2022 Chateau Guiraud

Name: 2022 Chateau Guiraud
Brand: Chateau Guiraud
SKU: 7c9a75a072c3697e61619fecef3b125e
Price: 39.86 CAD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 94 (18 reviews)

Sauternes, France

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- CA$ 100 / 750ml

4 from 1 User Rating
94 / 100 18 Critic Reviews
Style Dessert - Lush and Balanced
Grape Variety Sauvignon Blanc - Semillon
Food Pairing Blue Cheeses

Organic
- First Growth. Premier Cru Classe in 1855.
  
  Expert tasting note: (2022 vintage) "The wine has a pale to medium golden-yellow color. The aromas on the nose are of honeysuckle & passionfruit. The palate is very sweet with lovely, luscious pineapple fruit, honeyed notes & a honeysuckle perfume. The wine is medium to full bodied with balanced acidity & alcohol adding a little warmth. The finish is long & ends with well balanced sweetness." - 04/23 (ep) DCAMW
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Winery

Chateau Guiraud

6 products ranged between CA$26 - CA$169 (Avg. price ex tax)

Region or Appellation

Sauternes

Bordeaux / France

Grape Variety / Blend

Sauvignon Blanc - Semillon

65% Semillon & 35% Sauvignon Blanc

Style

Dessert Wine

Dessert - Lush and Balanced

Food Pairing

Blue Cheeses

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About the Product

Classification: Premier Cru Classe (Sauternes & Barsac)
Producer Notes: Every autumn a microscopic fungus called le « Botrytis Cinerea » appears and transforms the grapes. This is the famous 'noble rot' that is Nature's gift to Chateau Guiraud. In autumn the grapes take on a dark colour which can even seem austere, but this 'noble rot' is a precursor of aromatic expression. Understanding this phenomenon is essential as only the grapes that have been perfectly concentrated by the Botrytis will be picked one by one.
Drinking Window: 2025 - 2065

Analytical Data

Alcohol ABV: 13.5 - 13.7%
Residual Sugar g/L: 134 g/L
Sweetness: Sweet

Production Attributes

Maturation: Oaked
Oak Type: French
Closure Type: Cork
Vineyard Notes: The bouquet is precise, the texture is sensual, the smoothness has a somewhat mineral tone ; Château Guiraud expresses elegant purity and aromatic refinement.

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Harvest Notes: Manual picking only, by several sortings on botrytised berries. A minimum potential charge of 20% alcohol is required to start the harvest.
Winemaking: Fermentation: in oak barrels 90% new 10% from a first wine – lasts 3 to 6 weeks.
Ageing: 18 month

Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine

Duck liver crème brulée Starter Course: Contains: cream; Western

Strawberry mousse Dessert Course: Western

Fruit strudel Dessert Course: Contains: filo pastry; Austrian

Gorgonzola salad Cheese Course: With endive, orange and pinenuts; Italian

Details

About the Product

Classification: Premier Cru Classe (Sauternes & Barsac)
Producer Notes: Every autumn a microscopic fungus called le « Botrytis Cinerea » appears and transforms the grapes. This is the famous 'noble rot' that is Nature's gift to Chateau Guiraud. In autumn the grapes take on a dark colour which can even seem austere, but this 'noble rot' is a precursor of aromatic expression. Understanding this phenomenon is essential as only the grapes that have been perfectly concentrated by the Botrytis will be picked one by one.
Drinking Window: 2025 - 2065

Analytical Data

Alcohol ABV: 13.5 - 13.7%
Residual Sugar g/L: 134 g/L
Sweetness: Sweet

Production Attributes

Maturation: Oaked
Oak Type: French
Closure Type: Cork
Vineyard Notes: The bouquet is precise, the texture is sensual, the smoothness has a somewhat mineral tone ; Château Guiraud expresses elegant purity and aromatic refinement.

Read more
Harvest Notes: Manual picking only, by several sortings on botrytised berries. A minimum potential charge of 20% alcohol is required to start the harvest.
Winemaking: Fermentation: in oak barrels 90% new 10% from a first wine – lasts 3 to 6 weeks.
Ageing: 18 month

Critics Scores & Reviews

(18)

2022 vintage

94 / 100

18 scores

95 - 100

90 - 94

85 - 89

80 - 84

75 - 79

0 - 74

When to drink: 2025 to 2068

94 / 100 Izak Litwar - Great Wines from Bordeaux

2022 Vintage Tasted: Apr 2025

When to drink: 2028 to 2038

70% Semillon + 30% Sauvignon Blanc. Intense on the nose with guava and heather honey of sweet grapefruit and honey melon, rich and refined on the palate, fine acidity matches the delicious sweetness well. Lingering finish. Lovely wine.

About Izak Litwar - Great Wines from Bordeaux

96 / 100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

2022 Vintage Tasted: Mar 2025

The debut vintage for Sandrine Garaby pops as soon as the wine hits your glass with notes of honeyed pineapples, custard, saffron, ginger snaps, crème brûlée, and flowers that fill the perfume. The palate is even better with its energetic jolt of luscious, sweet, tropical fruits bathed in honey with more of that saffron complexity that comes in at the end of the finish. Drink from 2026-2055.

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95 / 100 Adrian van Velsen - vvWine.ch

2022 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2025

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? / 100 James Suckling

2022 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2025

There’s a real purity of fruit and focus here with sliced dried-pineapple, peach and apricot aromas and flavors, very impressive and clear with a medium sweetness and light spiciness at the end. Some licorice and pie crust to the wonderful fruit as well. Drinkable but so much better in five or six years.

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93 / 100 Raffaele Vecchione - WinesCritic.com

2022 Vintage Tasted: Dec 2024

Extremely bright and captivating, it shows notes of wisteria, white currants, magnolias, gardenias and hawthorn. Lots of lime peel describes the secondary scene. Medium body, juicy structure and a finish of excellent progression and persistence. Drink now or age.

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2022 Vintage Tasted: Oct 2024

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19 / 20 Vinum Wine Magazine

2022 Vintage Tasted: Aug 2023

When to drink: 2026 to 2050

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93 - 94 / 100 Wine Maniacs

2022 Vintage Tasted: Apr 2023

When to drink: 2030 to 2040

Moderate level of botrytis note. Tasty, rich and intense. Fine and smooth siropy texture . Finished with bitterness which adds to the complexity. Moderate length.

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95 - 96 / 100 VertdeVin

2022 Vintage Tasted: Apr 2023

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94 / 100 Wine Spectator

2022 Vintage Tasted: May 2025

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95 / 100 Jean-Marc Quarin

2022 Vintage Tasted: Feb 2025

When to drink: 2028 to 2068

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94 / 100 Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux

2022 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2025

When to drink: 2025 to 2032

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95 / 100 Alexandre MA

2022 Vintage Tasted: Nov 2024

About Alexandre MA

93 - 95 / 100 The Wine Independent

2022 Vintage Tasted: Jun 2023

When to drink: 2026 to 2050

About The Wine Independent

95 / 100 Tim Atkin

2022 Vintage Tasted: Apr 2023

For reports and full tasting notes, go to Tim Atkin MW's website.

About Tim Atkin

92 / 100 Chris Kissack - Winedoctor

2022 Vintage Tasted: Apr 2023

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93 / 100 CellarTracker

2022 Vintage

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2022 Chateau Guiraud, Sauternes, France

Very Good

2022 Vintage Saved: 10-May-2023

The wine has a pale to medium golden-yellow color. The aromas on the nose are of honeysuckle & passionfruit. The palate is very sweet with lovely, luscious pineapple fruit, honeyed notes & a honeysuckle perfume. The wine is medium to full bodied with balanced acidity & alcohol adding a little warmth. The finish is long & ends with well balanced sweetness. 04/23 (ep) DCAMW

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Vintage Critics Score Avg. Price (ex-tax)

All 93 / 100 CA$ 97 2024 94 / 100 CA$ 80 2023 94 / 100 CA$ 78 2022 94 / 100 CA$ 100 2021 – – 2020 92 / 100 CA$ 98 2019 93 / 100 CA$ 87 2018 – – 2017 93 / 100 CA$ 106

2016 93 / 100 CA$ 91 2015 93 / 100 CA$ 93 2014 93 / 100 CA$ 80 2013 93 / 100 CA$ 78 2012 89 / 100 CA$ 97 2011 93 / 100 CA$ 91 2010 93 / 100 CA$ 98 2009 94 / 100 CA$ 110 2008 91 / 100 CA$ 89 2007 93 / 100 CA$ 89 2006 91 / 100 CA$ 91 2005 93 / 100 CA$ 113 2004 91 / 100 CA$ 84 2003 92 / 100 CA$ 97 2002 92 / 100 CA$ 89 2001 93 / 100 CA$ 126 2000 89 / 100 CA$ 104 1999 90 / 100 CA$ 78 1998 91 / 100 CA$ 95 1997 90 / 100 CA$ 124 1996 89 / 100 CA$ 102 1995 89 / 100 CA$ 98 1994 85 / 100 CA$ 74 1993 73 / 100 – 1992 83 / 100 – 1990 92 / 100 CA$ 126 1989 92 / 100 CA$ 149 1988 88 / 100 CA$ 110 1987 80 / 100 – 1986 90 / 100 CA$ 132 1985 82 / 100 CA$ 123 1984 78 / 100 – 1983 90 / 100 CA$ 197 1982 89 / 100 CA$ 102 1981 87 / 100 CA$ 206 1980 – CA$ 145 1979 92 / 100 CA$ 176 1978 – CA$ 141 1977 – – 1976 90 / 100 CA$ 214 1975 89 / 100 CA$ 225 1974 – – 1973 – – 1972 – – 1971 – CA$ 201 1970 93 / 100 CA$ 371 1969 – CA$ 266 1967 93 / 100 CA$ 347 1966 – CA$ 223 1965 – CA$ 659 1964 – CA$ 267 1962 90 / 100 CA$ 343 1961 90 / 100 CA$ 386 1960 – – 1959 94 / 100 CA$ 624 1958 – – 1957 – – 1955 – – 1953 – CA$ 642 1952 – – 1950 – – 1949 – CA$ 1,125 1948 – – 1947 – CA$ 618 1946 – CA$ 479 1945 95 / 100 – 1944 – – 1943 – CA$ 661 1942 – – 1940 – – 1938 – – 1937 90 / 100 – 1936 – CA$ 769 1935 – CA$ 995 1934 90 / 100 CA$ 1,432 1929 – CA$ 2,286 1928 – CA$ 797 1926 – CA$ 810 1925 – – 1924 – – 1922 94 / 100 CA$ 802 1921 – – 1920 – CA$ 2,410 1919 – CA$ 1,370 1918 93 / 100 – 1917 – – 1916 – – 1914 – CA$ 2,852 1913 – – 1911 – – 1908 – CA$ 5,260 1904 – – 1893 – CA$ 2,995 1885 – – 1884 – CA$ 1,695

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2022 Vintage: Sauternes Learn more

Vintage quality: Excellent

Current condition: Will keep

For Sauternes, the vintage was surprisingly excellent despite the sometimes-turbulent growing season.

The growing season began with a cool but relatively dry winter, which then turned into an equally dry spring. Temperatures then rose at a rapid pace making for both an e...

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