Château de Fargues - Sauternes - Blanc - 2008

Wine:

Derived from a frost-affected year that significantly reduced the harvest, the 2008 white Sauternes Château de Fargues is a sumptuous success, an essence of concentrated and profound Sémillon. Notes of candied and exotic fruits, honey, and saffron intertwine around a sensual and opulent framework, with innate freshness, enhanced by extensive aging that has brought it to this stage of development. The finish, marked by great tension, concludes the tasting with delight. A superb achievement that can be served at the table with roasted poultry or aged Comté cheese. Rated 95/100 by Parker.

Vinification:

Hand-picked: 5 successive selections from September 25 to November 6. Fermentation for 3 to 5 weeks with indigenous yeasts in barrels, 25 to 30% of which are new wood, and the remainder in barrels aged one to one-and-a-half years, followed by 30 months of ageing.

Temperature:

Serve between 10 and 12°C in a large glass.

Food and wine pairing:

Foie Gras, raw or semi-cooked, with fig confit or mango jam, roast poultry, hard cheeses (vieux comté, mimolette, parmesan) or blue-veined cheeses (fourme d'Ambert or Montbrison on toast), lemon meringue tart, vanilla crème brûlée, yellow fruit tart.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2040, and even longer for enthusiasts

Legend of Sauternes, Château de Fargues is owned by Alexandre de Lur Saluces, who was once the co-owner of Yquem, vinifying it for over thirty years... This staunch advocate of sweet wines and heritage now oversees the family jewel, a domain of his family since 1472, like a treasure.

Now joined by his son Philippe, he applies exactly the same principles as at Yquem, with minuscule yields to obtain, through successive selections, perfectly ripe grapes with exquisite natural concentration, and very long aging of three years, producing a Sauternes comparable to the greatest, vibrant, precise, and lordly.