Tanzer Score: 90

Score: 95-97 NM

Region: Bordeaux

District: Sauternes

Type: Still Wine

Color: White

Varietal: Sauternes

Vintage: 2009

Futures Item: Yes

Available: 22

Brand: See more from Chateau Fargues

Sku: 143393

Price: $86.99

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Wine Spectator Review:
Pear pie and blanched almond on the nose. Full-bodied and medium sweet, with a subtle spice, honey and sliced apple character. Like sorbet. Score range 91-94.

Tanzer Review:
Medium yellow-gold. Reticent but pure aromas of apricot, ginger, honey, marzipan and vanilla gain in force with aeration. Plump on the palate, but with a firm core of acidity and strong spice character giving definition and verve to the ripe peach, honeyed botrytis and spicy marzipan flavors. This will need time to harmonize, but already displays very good underlying structure and sweetness, and finishes with a lingering white pepper note. A fairly typical Fargues, falling somewhere between the overt fruitiness of Barsac and the opulence of Yquem.

Other Notes:
The nose is rather taciturn at first, unfurling with tantalizing slowness clear honey, pear, orange-blossom and apricot. Wonderful definition. The palate is not as powerful as others, but there is a tangible sense of minerality underlying the honeyed fruit, very focused and endowed with breathtaking definition and tension towards the vibrant finish. Neal Martin, 95-97 points.