Chateau Gravas Sauternes (375ML half-bottle) 2010

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    Vintage
    2010

    Size
    375ML

    ABV
    13.5%

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    The wine shows a lovely pale golden color with deep golden highlights, and it offers aromas of candied fruits backed up by a hint of exotic fruit (mango, guava). On the palate, it is ample and fleshy, leading into a silky and long finish.

    Blend: 95% Semillion, 5% Sauvignon Blanc

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    Chateau Gravas, France
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    Six generations of Claverie and Bernard have succeeded on the field Gravas. For decades, the vineyards of Gravas remained very modest (1 ha.) Before reaching its current size (around 8 ha.)The castle retains a magnificent stone wine press since 1900.

    Climens, Coutet and Chateau Doisy-Daëne; The Gravas enjoys an exceptional terroir. High Barsac characteristic with cracked limestone. This allows a deep root penetration and excellent supply of the plant, a guarantee of quality for wine.

    Welcoming visitors is an ancient tradition in Gravas. Pierre Bernard, father of the current owner, opens the doors of the Castle to wine lovers and tourists.

    Today this home vocation has added the organization of cultural festivals and events: conferences, concerts, theme exhibitions and any form of expression combining art and wine. It is a warm and friendly atmosphere that the owners share their passion for wine. After an initiatory journey through the vineyards, a tasting tour is offered within the Castle. Finally, you will discover the latest attractions of the property, such as Decanter Chateau Gravas, like a perfume bottle.

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    Apart from the classics, we find many regional gems of different styles.

    Late harvest wines are probably the easiest to understand. Grapes are picked so late that the sugars build up and residual sugar remains after the fermentation process. Ice wine, a style founded in Germany and there referred to as eiswein, is an extreme late harvest wine, produced from grapes frozen on the vine, and pressed while still frozen, resulting in a higher concentration of sugar. It is becoming a specialty of Canada as well, where it takes on the English name of ice wine.

    Vin Santo, literally “holy wine,” is a Tuscan sweet wine made from drying the local white grapes Trebbiano Toscano and Malvasia in the winery and not pressing until somewhere between November and March.

    Rutherglen is an historic wine region in northeast Victoria, Australia, famous for its fortified Topaque and Muscat with complex tawny characteristics.

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    Sauternes Wine

    Bordeaux, France

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    Sweet and unctuous but delightfully charming, the finest Sauternes typically express flavors of exotic dried tropical fruit, candied apricot, dried citrus peel, honey or ginger and a zesty beam of acidity.

    Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris and Muscadelle are the grapes of Sauternes. But Sémillon's susceptibility to the requisite noble rot makes it the main variety and contributor to what makes Sauternes so unique. As a result, most Sauternes estates are planted to about 80% Sémillon. Sauvignon is prized for its balancing acidity and Muscadelle adds aromatic complexity to the blend with Sémillon.

    Botrytis cinerea or “noble rot” is a fungus that grows on grapes only in specific conditions and its onset is crucial to the development of the most stunning of sweet wines.

    In the fall, evening mists develop along the Garonne River, and settle into the small Sauternes district, creeping into the vineyards and sitting low until late morning. The next day, the sun has a chance to burn the moisture away, drying the grapes and concentrating their sugars and phenolic qualities. What distinguishes a fine Sauternes from a normal one is the producer’s willingness to wait and tend to the delicate botrytis-infected grapes through the end of the season.

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