Maison Sichel Sauternes France Dessert Wine 2016 blueberries

blueberries

Lime or white grapefruit zest

with no signs of ageing

while the remainder is vinified in 225-litre oak barrels

and with the magnificently complementary gravel on clay-limestone subsoil on the Bommes side which gives the FRESHNESS

Maison Sichel Sauternes France Dessert Wine 2016 blueberriesA tiny parcel of the surplus production from one of the most famous of all Sauternes vineyards. The Chateau does not make a second sweet wine, so this is made with the same noble grapes as the Grand Vin which are picked individually on 7 10 separate occasions as the botrytis sets in and are then aged in oak at the Chateau. Pale gold with an extraordinary complex nose of summer fruits, peaches and apricots. Rich and concentrated. Drinks exceptionally