2016 Rayne-Vigneau (Sauternes)
Secondary Description
Producer
Origin
Bommes, Barsac & Sauternes, Bordeaux, FRANCE
Colour
white
Wine Style
sweet
Dominant Grape
Semillon
Closure Style
cork
Maturity
drink or keep
Bottle size
75cl
Case Quantity
6
Alcohol
13.5%
Classification
Barsac/Sauternes first growths
Score
93-95 points, Neal Martin, robertparker.com, Apr 2017
88 pts, Jane Anson, decanter.com, April 2017
86 pts, J-M Quarin, quarin.com, Apr 2017
17.5 points, Jancis Robinson, jancisrobinson.com, Apr 2017
This product is delisted and unavailable for sale.
Media Reviews
Neal Martin
The 2016 Rayne-Vigneau comes from a Sauternes property that I feel is consistently overlooked in the market. Please don`t. This has a very elegant bouquet with superb delineation: pure botrytised fruit that has a floral tincture that blossoms with time. The palate is very well balanced with crisp acidity, very fine tension, and quite taut and almost reserved towards the finish, as if biding its time for later when the wine is in bottle. This has great potential. Perhaps not quite there with the outstanding 2015 Rayne-Vigneau, but only a whisker away. 93-95 points
Jane Anson
Deep amber in colour, this carries intensity right through the palate. Honey aromas hold back the lift off on the finish - this is a little heavy, which is a shame as since 2013 they have been refining the profile of Rayne-Vigneau to finesse the palate. 88 points