Wine Tasting Note: Le Dauphin de Guiraud Sauternes, 2002, Bordeaux, France Add/Read Comments
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This is the second wine (i.e. not quite as good, but therefore cheaper than the main label) of the 128 hectares estate Chateau de Guiraud. This is actually a supposition as the website only details the full black and gold labelled Sauternes (of which I have a few bottles of the 1999 tucked away) and one other wine, a Sauvignon Blanc dominated white.
I thought it was rather good myself, but I found a tasting note on the Observer website that rated it just 2 out of 5 - "Slightly synthetic. Tastes of butter and coconut. Rather sticky texture. Good acidity." Perhaps my half bottled aged more effectively than the Observers sample...
Wine Tasting Note: Le Dauphin de Guiraud Sauternes, 2002, Bordeaux, France
Half bottle around £10.
Deeply golden, lovely quince, pear and orange flavours mingle with a little botrytis spiced-orange-treacle. The spices, clove and cinnamon, linger. Sticky, but good acidity on the finish. Alcohol 13%. Superb with Baked Apples With Cinnamon and Créme Fraiche.
Scribblings Rating - 88/100
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