Château Rieussec: Tasting & Drinking
Château Rieussec is today an excellent source of Sauternes, largely down to the investment doggedly put into place by the Rothschild family, with the early efforts of Charles Chevallier on the shop floor also having a significant invigorating effect. Although we should not forget Vuillier of course, who was perhaps simply a man before his time. Ten years later, against a backdrop of a changing attitude to Sauternes and a string of successful vintages through the 1980s, including 1986, 1988, 1989 and then 1990, his tenure would perhaps have been more widely lauded. As it is, however, it is the Rothschilds that have been in the right place at the right time. The style of wine the Rothschild team produce tends to be one of concentration with elegance, whereas older vintages, under Vuillier, tended towards a more voluptuous and fat nature, although they were still of relatively high quality.
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