2020 Chateau de Rayne Vigneau
Sauternes, France
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- $ 65 / 750ml
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3 from 1 User Rating
- 16 Critic Reviews
- Style Dessert - Lush and Balanced
- Grape Variety Sauvignon Blanc - Semillon
- Food Pairing Blue Cheeses
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Kosher
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First Growth. Premier Cru Classe in 1855. This producer makes a third wine with a similar name (Sauternes de Rayne Vigneau). Ensure your merchant has the wine you are looking for.
Expert tasting note: (2020 vintage) "The wine has a vibrant medium yellow color. The aromas display rich, peach & apricot aromas with hints of mango. There is an attractive marzipan texture with hints of vanilla oak & balanced sweetness. The mid-palate is a nice combination of honey & marzipan. The wine is full-bodied & rich. Balanced alcohol leaves the finish long & fresh." - 11/24 DCAMW
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Chateau Rayne Vigneau Sauternes, France, Bordeaux
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About the Product
- Classification
- Premier Cru Classe (Sauternes & Barsac)
- Drinking Window
- 2023-2050
Analytical Data
- Alcohol ABV
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13.5%
- Sweetness
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Sweet
Production Attributes
- Maturation
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Oaked
- Winemaker
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Guillaume Rateau
- Consultant Winemaker
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Henri Boyer
- Ownership
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Financière Trésor du Patrimoine
- Closure Type
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Cork
- Winemaking
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The grapes are slowly attacked by bottytis cinerea, or "noble roe', towards the end of the growing season. They are then harvested in several waves, and picked only when perfectly ripe and botrytised. Depending on the vintage, pickers may need to go through the vineyard from 4 to 8 times. Rayne Vigneau owns a brand new wine press, where each lot, carefully selected, is slowly squeezed. The resulting juice (must) is allowed to settle for 24 hours before being poured into barrels (part of them are new oak) where fermentation Will take place. This lasts for between 2 and 4 weeks in a cellar whose temperature is controlled.
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- Ageing
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18 month
Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine
- Duck liver crème brulée Starter Course
- Contains: cream
- Western
- Crepes Suzette Dessert Course
- Flambéed in orange liqueur
- Contains: grand marnier
- French
- Apple pie Dessert Course
- With blackberries
- Contains: pastry, blackberry
- British
- Gorgonzola Cheese Course
- Italian
Details
About the Product
- Classification
- Premier Cru Classe (Sauternes & Barsac)
- Drinking Window
- 2023-2050
Analytical Data
- Alcohol ABV
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13.5%
- Sweetness
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Sweet
Production Attributes
- Maturation
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Oaked
- Winemaker
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Guillaume Rateau
- Consultant Winemaker
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Henri Boyer
- Ownership
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Financière Trésor du Patrimoine
- Closure Type
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Cork
- Winemaking
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The grapes are slowly attacked by bottytis cinerea, or "noble roe', towards the end of the growing season. They are then harvested in several waves, and picked only when perfectly ripe and botrytised. Depending on the vintage, pickers may need to go through the vineyard from 4 to 8 times. Rayne Vigneau owns a brand new wine press, where each lot, carefully selected, is slowly squeezed. The resulting juice (must) is allowed to settle for 24 hours before being poured into barrels (part of them are new oak) where fermentation Will take place. This lasts for between 2 and 4 weeks in a cellar whose temperature is controlled.
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- Ageing
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18 month
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Critics Scores & Reviews
(16)2020 vintage
91 / 100
16 scores
95 - 100
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90 - 94
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85 - 89
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80 - 84
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75 - 79
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0 - 74
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When to drink: 2023 to 2050
2020 Vintage
Tasted: Jan 2024
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2020 Vintage
Tasted: Aug 2023
When to drink: 2024
to 2030
Öliger Ansatz, voluminöse, runde Entwicklung, hübsches Finale von eingemachten Früchten; entspricht dem Stil des Jahres.
2020 Vintage
Tasted: Mar 2023
Layers of sweet, spicy, white peaches, tangerine, mango and pineapple all coated with honey hit all the right pleasure buttons. Sweet, refined, fresh and creamy from start to finish, this is already a treat in your glass. Drink from 2023-2045.
2020 Vintage
Tasted: Feb 2023
Solid and centred showing energy and character in the notes of yellow peaches, ginger, mandarin blossom, orange juice and marjoram. Medium bodied, a linear structure and a pleasant finale with a slightly thin closure. Drink now.
2020 Vintage
Tasted: Jan 2023
Enticing nose of mangoes, apricot jam, peaches, creme caramel and honey. Some ginger syrup. Creamy and lush, with delicious tropical fruit and a tasty finish. Drink now.
2020 Vintage
Tasted: Jan 2023
Medium golden yellow, silver reflections. Orange zest underneath subtle notes of blossom honey, ripe mango, yellow peaches, a hint of new wood. Juicy, very powerful, ripe stone fruit nuances, a fine acidity, integrated honey nuances, notes of pineapple on the finish, a nice subtle salty bitterness on the finish, ready to drink, with further ageing potential.
2020 Vintage
Tasted: Jun 2021
Dunkles Goldgelb. Kühle, leicht steinige Nase, intensiver Duft nach exotischen Früchten, Fenchelkraut, Latwerge. Im Gaumen vollmundig und mit viel Druck, zeigt Schmelz, Fülle, eine milde Säure verhindert Klebrigkeit, im Abgang einen spannenden Mix aus reifen Waldfrüchten, Orangenblüten und Aprikose. (April/Mai 2021)
2020 Vintage
Tasted: Jun 2021
Powerful and structured with a fine bitterness, pear and quince flavours with honey, mild pepper notes, saffron and balanced freshness with mild oak and good length.
2020 Vintage
Tasted: Apr 2023
When to drink: 2024
to 2044
2020 Vintage
Tasted: Mar 2023
When to drink: 2024
to 2050
2020 Vintage
Tasted: Jan 2023
When to drink: 2023
to 2042
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2020 Vintage
Tasted: Apr 2021
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User Ratings
(1)3
1 rating
Good
2020 Vintage Saved: 27-Nov-2024
The wine has a vibrant medium yellow color. The aromas display rich, peach & apricot aromas with hints of mango. There is an attractive marzipan texture with hints of vanilla oak & balanced sweetness. The mid-palate is a nice combination of honey & marzipan. The wine is full-bodied & rich. Balanced alcohol leaves the finish long & fresh. 11/24 DCAMW
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Critics Score
Avg. Price (ex-tax)
All
92 / 100
$ 72
2024
93 / 100
$ 51
2023
93 / 100
$ 49
2022
92 / 100
$ 63
2021
92 / 100
$ 59
2020
91 / 100
$ 65
2019
92 / 100
$ 60
2018
92 / 100
$ 91
2017
92 / 100
$ 72
2016
92 / 100
$ 68
2015
92 / 100
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2014
92 / 100
$ 185
2013
91 / 100
$ 60
2012
89 / 100
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2011
92 / 100
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2010
91 / 100
$ 80
2009
92 / 100
$ 67
2008
89 / 100
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2007
91 / 100
$ 53
2006
90 / 100
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2005
91 / 100
$ 71
2004
88 / 100
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2003
90 / 100
$ 55
2002
89 / 100
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2001
90 / 100
$ 60
2000
87 / 100
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1999
88 / 100
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1998
89 / 100
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1997
91 / 100
$ 63
1996
88 / 100
$ 77
1995
88 / 100
$ 195
1994
84 / 100
$ 60
1992
84 / 100
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84 / 100
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89 / 100
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88 / 100
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1988
88 / 100
$ 131
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91 / 100
$ 119
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85 / 100
$ 103
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91 / 100
$ 115
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89 / 100
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93 / 100
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1975
93 / 100
$ 215
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1971
93 / 100
$ 289
1970
85 / 100
$ 196
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1966
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$ 285
1964
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98 / 100
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$ 402
1955
94 / 100
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2020 Vintage: Sauternes Learn more
Vintage quality: Good
Current condition: Keep
For Sauternes, it is still early days to make a fully accurate assessment of the 2020 vintage – although reports are increasingly positive.
The growing season began with a mild but relatively wet spring, which saw both an early budburst and flowering. The weather than settled in...
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