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Château de Rayne Vigneau 2016

Name: Château de Rayne Vigneau 2016
Brand: Chateau de Rayne Vigneau
SKU: 10874
Price: 44.09 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.625 (3 reviews)

France - Bordeaux - Sauternes - 1er Grand Cru Classé - Chateau de Rayne Vigneau

4.63/5 Critics notes (3)

$44.09

Format et conditionnement

Bottle 0.75L

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Bottle 0.75L $44.09

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Data sheets

Grape varieties

Sémillon 80%

Sauvignon blanc 20%

Producer

Chateau de Rayne Vigneau

Country

France

Region

Bordeaux

Appellation

Sauternes

Classification

1er Grand Cru Classé

Terroir

Left Bank

Vintage

2016

Color

White

Type of aging

Raised under wood

Operating temperature

Between 16° and 18° C

Storage

Bottle lying down

Présentation +

Chateau de Rayne Vigneau

It is a Premier Cru Classified according to the prestigious list of 1855 presented to the Emperor Napoléon III, on the proposal of professionals involved and recognized in the Bordeaux.

His reputation , Château Rayne Vigneau. owes it to its quite exceptional geographical location. The 80-hectare vineyard is located on the Bommes plateau, a gravel and sandy ridge harboring agates, onyxes and sapphires.

Furthermore, the Ciron River, a tributary of the Garonne River, provides early morning autumn mists conducive to the birth of botrytis, a form of over-ripening of the berries at the time of harvest.

The vines, whose average age is 40, are made up of the Semillon grape variety for 80%, and the Sauvignon grape variety for 20%. All the harvest is manual with successive sorting, sometimes up to 7, depending on the year to achieve this degree of perfection.

The wine is aged for 50% in new barrels for about 18-24 months before bottling.

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Critics Château de Rayne Vigneau 2016.

Jancis Robinson

17.5/20

Bettane & Desseauve

96/100

Neal Martin

94/100

Description +

Description Château de Rayne Vigneau 2016.

A vintage of contrasts that ended superbly.

A particularly mild winter gave way to a rainy spring, with a small miracle of sunshine during flowering. The terroir enabled the vines to react calmly to the very hot summer of Sec. The vines drew the water they needed to thrive from the deep clays. The rains of September 15 triggered fog and botrytis, and sorting began.

The heterogeneity of Rayne Vigneau's terroir plays its qualitative role to perfection, allowing us to be "in the right place at the right time". The start of the classic, pure harvest suddenly turns into a week of magical madness. The botrytis is perfect, everything has to be picked. And that's what we did in 6 very active days! All that remains is to let the white frosts pass to finish the harvest on October 28. Purity, precision and power are the watchwords for Rayne Vigneau's Château wines in 2016.