An Uncorked favourite for quality, value and sheer drinkability, Lafaurie-Peyraguey never makes blockbuster Sauternes but rather elegant and food friendly wines at home with the foie gras as much as the Roquefort or Tarte Tatin. The Chateau itself is a proper castle, not some effete house for courtiers or their modern counterparts grocers and builders to entertain in. At once imposing and bizarre, it was constructed in the 13th century but didn`t establish a reputation for fine wine until the mid nineteenth century./CW