Chateau Rieussec Sauternes 2011

Professional Ratings

• 97 James Suckling
  This shows incredible freshness and power, with dried pineapples, mangoes and papayas. Full body, medium-sweet with electrifying acidity. Vibrates your palate. Barrel sample still.
  Barrel Sample: 96-97 Points
• 96 Wine Spectator
  Intense, with ginger, yellow apple chutney, dried pineapple and papaya flavors coursing through a finish that brims with singed almond and lemon chiffon flavors. This retains a touch of youthful rawness, featuring a bitter orange note that’s yet to be absorbed. No need to rush. Best from 2018 through 2040.
• 95 Wine Enthusiast
  Layers of complex botrytis give this wine an immensely aromatic character. It is sumptuous and generous, ripe and full-bodied. The essential acidity comes through the dry structure of botrytis and sweet honey. The fruit is only just beginning to show and the wine is obviously very young. Drink from 2022. Cellar Selection.
• 95 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  The 2011 Rieussec, a blend of 95% Semillon, 2% Sauvignon Blanc and 3% Muscadelle is an absolute dream. There is wonderful precision and mineralité on the nose, the new oak more integrated than a few months ago. The palate is beautifully balanced with clear honey, brioche and pralines, a sensual Rieussec that is utterly charming, hints of nougat and almond lingering on the long finish. Gorgeous! Tasted April 2016.
• 95 Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
  COMMENTARY: Château Rieussec is always among the top producers of Sauternes. The 2011 vintage is magnificent. TASTING NOTES: This wine is opulent from start to finish. Its aromas and flavors of pineapple, apricot, and oak should provide excellent tasting when it has aged slow and long in the cellar. (Tasted: March 12, 2019, San Francisco, CA)