Chateau Rieussec Sauternes 2003 (375ml) CS20230516 What sets it apart from

What sets it apart from the supermarket stuff is time and care: 18 months resting on the lees

Duncan's winemaking background includes stints at renowned wineries like Kongsgaard

is a proof that a grower that sticks to its guns can make perfectly terroir-transparent -- and almost shockingly beautiful -- Champagnes

Drew Neiman cut his teeth working harvests under John Kongsgaard starting in 1994 — that's pedigree most Napa winemakers would kill for

freshness from the youngest base

Chateau Rieussec Sauternes 2003 (375ml) CS20230516 What sets it apart fromSweet wines aren't in fashion, which means for wine lovers willing to buck a trend it is an opportunity. Rieussec is a Premier Cru Class of the 1855 Sauternes classification, sitting on clay gravel terroir just over the river from Chteau d'Yquem, and it has been steered by the Rothschilds of Lafite since the 1980s. 2003 was the heat wave vintage in Bordeaux: intense, unusual, and for Sauternes a year of remarkably concentrated, almost exotic botrytis.