Tag: Bordeaux

Top 10 Wine 2006

Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes 2003

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Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes 2003 97 / $45 Bordeaux 6,520 cases made Lafaurie-Peyraguey has produced some of Sauternes’ most powerful wines for more than two decades. The 2003 is no exception—Bordeaux’s hottest summer on record produced a full-bodied dessert wine with incredibly intense apricot and honey aromas. To achieve that concentration, the château uses more than 90 [...]

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Château Léoville Las Cases St.-Julien 2004

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Château Léoville Las Cases St.-Julien 2004 95 points / $90 20,000 cases made France Bordeaux’s wet, cool 2004 vintage got lost between the exceptional 2003 and 2005, but Jean-Hubert Delon’s St.-Julien estate consistently delivers excellent wines in both great and difficult years. Half of the château’s 250 acres are planted in the famous Clos Léoville [...]