The Château Rieussec of Sauternes of Bordeaux

Château Rieussec
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
This estate is part of the Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite).
It is ranked in the top 7 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Sauternes in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Rieussec is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

The Château Rieussec is a wine estate located in Sauternes, in the Bordeaux region of Aquitaine in France. Founded in the early 13th century, this estate has had many owners over its 800 years of history. It dates back to 1815 when Count Alexandre de Ségur bought the estate to cultivate vines intended to produce sweet wines known as Sauternes. Château Rieussec is today one of the largest estates in Sauternes and spans over 32 hectares of vineyards. It produces three distinct vintages: the Château Rieussec First Oak Barrel, the Château Rieussec Second Oak Barrel, and the Château Rieussec Old Vintage. The vineyard consists mainly of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon grape varieties. In accordance with Bordeaux region tradition, the vinification is carried out with a mixture of pre-fermentation, alcoholic fermentation, and traditional vinification to achieve the desired degree of sweetness. The wines are then aged 12 to 18 months in French oak barrels before being bottled and marketed. Château Rieussec is famous for its round, rich, and sweet dessert wines. The wines from Château Rieussec are appreciated for their unique bouquet of ripe fruits and their typical balance of suppleness and power. They pair well with seafood-based dishes and spicy cheeses. They can also be enjoyed with desserts such as vanilla ice creams, sorbets, and iced fruits. Château Rieussec is an excellent example of the expertise and know-how of Sauternes vineyards. Whether to accompany a meal or simply to relax, Château Rieussec offers a wine tasting experience worthy of being shared.

Top Château Rieussec wines

Looking for the best Château Rieussec wines in Sauternes among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Rieussec wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Rieussec wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sweet wines of Château Rieussec

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Rieussec

How Château Rieussec wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of rice with milk or beloved steaks.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Château Rieussec

On the nose the sweet wine of Château Rieussec. often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, pineapple or cream and sometimes also flavors of grapefruit, tropical or citrus. In the mouth the sweet wine of Château Rieussec. is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château Rieussec

  • 1971With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1990With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1986With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1984With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1983With an average score of 4.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Rieussec.

  • Sémillon
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Muscadelle

Discovering 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.

Classic Sauternes has a DeepGoldenColor (darker than most other dessert wines), which turns a deep amber color with bottle age. Its aromas include flower and stone fruit, with a hint of honeysuckle - the hallmark of botrytized wines. The best wines balance sweetness with acidity, concentration with freshness and power with elegance. Sauternes wines are primarily made from the Sémillon grape, which accounts for about eight out of every ten vines in the local vineyard.

Sauvignon Blanc accounts for most of the remaining vineyard and is the dominant grape in a small handful of Sauternes wines. Semillon forms a broad, well-structured base with aromas of beeswax and apricot, while Sauvignon Blanc contributes its characteristic herbal aromas and enough acidity to keep the resulting wine fresh rather than mouthwatering. These two varieties (sometimes supplemented by a small amount of Muscadelle and Sauvignon Gris) have become the preferred varieties here, not only because they are also used to make dry white Bordeaux wines, but also because of their susceptibility to a particular type of fungus, Botrytis cinerea (often just botrytis). Apart from yeast, without which the grape juice cannot ferment into wine, one would not expect a fungus to play a key role in winemaking.

The top white wines of Château Rieussec

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Rieussec

How Château Rieussec wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of chicken drumstick with bacon, mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche or coconut chicken.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Rieussec

On the nose the white wine of Château Rieussec. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cream or grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical, citrus or apples. In the mouth the white wine of Château Rieussec. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Rieussec

  • 2020With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2021With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2022With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Rieussec.

  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

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Discover the grape variety: Muscadelle

Muscadelle white is a grape variety that originated in France (Bergerac). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by bunches of medium size, and grapes of medium caliber. Muscadelle white can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Languedoc & Roussillon.

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