Château Raymond-Lafon - Sauternes

Château Raymond-LafonSauternes

4.2
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Sauternes of Château Raymond-Lafon is a sweet wine from the region of Sauternes of Bordeaux.
In the mouth this sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
The Sauternes of the Château Raymond-Lafon is in the top 10 of wines of Sauternes.

Taste structure of the Sauternes from the Château Raymond-Lafon

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Sauternes of Château Raymond-Lafon in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

honey, beeswax

Wine with oak taste

caramel, vanilla

Wine with microbio taste

cream, cheese

Wine with spices taste

cinnamon, vanilla bean

Wine with vegetal taste

hay, straw

Wine with floral taste

honeysuckle, orange blossom

On the nose the Sauternes of Château Raymond-Lafon in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, dried apricot or earth and sometimes also flavors of non oak, oil or banana.

Details and technical informations about Château Raymond-Lafon's Sauternes.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cortese

A very old variety, cultivated for a very long time in Piedmont in northwestern Italy, it can also be found in other Italian wine regions. It is known in Germany, Switzerland, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, the United States, etc. It is virtually unknown in France.

Last vintages of this wine

Sauternes - 2015
In the top 10 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Sauternes - 2013
In the top 10 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 411110
Sauternes - 2011
In the top 10 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Sauternes - 2010
In the top 10 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Sauternes - 2009
In the top 10 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Sauternes - 2008
In the top 10 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Sauternes - 2007
In the top 10 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.311110

The best vintages of Sauternes from Château Raymond-Lafon are 1987, 1985, 1988, 1997 and 1998.

Informations about the Château Raymond-Lafon

The winery offers 4 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Sauternes in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Raymond-Lafon is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in the of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Bordeaux
In the top 2000 of of France wines
In the top 20 of of Sauternes wines
In the top 250 of sweet wines
In the top 8000 wines of the world

The wine region of Sauternes

Sauternes, 65 km South of Bordeaux, is a Village renowned for its high quality Sweet wines. Although some wineries produce Dry wines, they sell them under other appellations than Sauternes, which is specific to sweet wines. The village is surrounded on all sides by vineyards, the best of which produce some of the most prestigious, long-lasting and expensive dessert wines in the world. A half bottle of premium, aged Sauternes from a good Vintage can sell for over $1,000.


The wine region of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.

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The Rully appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Rully appellation. Here the vineyard is planted on different hills which have very different gelogicial characteristics. It partly explains the great diversity in the expression of the Rully wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 20 ...

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The word of the wine: Alcooleux

Said of a wine dominated by the presence of alcohol.

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