Château Sigalas Rabaud Sauternes 2012 - 1er Cru Classé (37,5cl)
Bordeaux
White
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Drink or Keep
Wooden crate
94/100
Le Figaro
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92/100
RVF
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17,5/20
Jancis Robinson
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16,5/20
Bettane & Desseauve
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90/100
Decanter
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90/100
Vinous
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90/100
Wine Spectator
"One of the best in this ready-to-drink vintage!
"Sigalas Rabaud 2012 has a lovely, very pure bouquet, with scents of white peach, quince and saffron. The palate is well balanced with a syrupy attack, good weight, density and fine acidity with much more botrytis towards the finish than the Château de Malle 2012. It's not a long-ageing wine, but it's definitely worth the detour." (Vinous 2013) - Ready to enjoy, this half-bottle liquoreux will be the ideal companion for your festive meals! - Delivery in wooden cases possible for orders of 12 half-bottles of this wine (depending on country and shipping method selected).
Features
Estate
Château Sigalas Rabaud
Cuvée
1er Cru Classé (37,5cl)
Vintage
2012
Designation
Sauternes
Region
Bordeaux
Grape varieties
86% Sémillon, 14% Sauvignon
Terroirs
Sandy-clay gravel soils
Viticulture
Traditional and meticulous
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
Automatic temperature control in barrels, vatting time 2 to 6 weeks
Breeding
18 months in French oak barrels
Alcohol content
13%
Residual sugars
127 g/l
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Golden yellow colour
Nose
Opens with intense aromas of white-fleshed fruit and floral notes typical of this famous terroir.
Mouth
Fresh and well-balanced, harmony between sweetness and acidity, long, lively finish.
Serve
AT 8-10°C
Open
1/2 hour before
Drink before
2032+
Production
1,000 cases
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with oysters, foie gras raviole, goat's cheese, fresh fruit desserts, or on its own at the end of a meal...
Château Sigalas Rabaud
Sauternes
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Rated 16.5/20 (Reference wine)
Domaine rated (guide 2023) 4*Stars (Top-quality producers, the glories of French winegrowing)
About the wine:
One of the sector's most successful wines in this very difficult year, with a freshness that is nonetheless rich in liqueur and no deviation towards iodine or mushroom. This terroir drains magnificently. Drink before 2032.
About the domain :
A direct neighbor of Lafaurie-Peyraguey, Sigalas-Rabaud is a small vineyard of 14 hectares in a single block (the smallest classified growth in Sauternes), ideally exposed, capable of producing a very syrupy wine of transcendent finesse. Due to its early age, grape rot develops in a particularly noble way, as the great vintages of the last twenty years have shown. Laure Compeyrot de Lambert steers the vineyard towards a more respectful viticulture and produces dry wines with character.
Decanter
Wine rated (2013 guide) 90/100
About the wine:
Intense sweetness (131 gm/l residual sugar) with beautiful balance and precision. This wine doesn't have the density of the best vintages, but it has balance, harmony and freshness in a difficult vintage. Eric Boissenot is the consultant for this property. 2019 - 2027
Guide Hachette des vins
Domaine noté (guide 2021) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)
About the domain :
Established in the 17th century by a family of magistrates at the Bordeaux parliament, Ch. Rabaud was acquired by Henri Sigalas and became Sigalas-Rabaud in 1863. In 1903, his son Pierre sold 30 ha to the Promis family, keeping only "the jewel of the terroir", i.e. the present 14 ha planted on a gravelly hilltop on clay. The history of the estate was then eventful (leasing, regroupings, divisions), until the family lands were taken over in 1951 by Marie-Antoinette de Lambert des Granges, née Sigalas, whose granddaughter, Laure de Lambert Compeyrot, now manages the estate.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rated (2016 guide) 92/100
Domaine rated (guide 2023) 2*Stars (These great estates, often blessed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to their consistency and the excellence of their production, must be included in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).
About the domain :
The de Lambert family exploits this magnificent, homogeneous terroir, which provides ideal conditions for the development of noble rot. The wine's style is unrivalled: while it matches the Haut-Sauternais premiers crus in richness of liqueur and power, with a bouquet of the same nature, it reveals a more assertive immediate finesse, which only increases tenfold with ageing. In the end, these are small miracles that a core of loyal connoisseurs place in the firmament of Sauternes. Laure de Lambert-Compeyrot took over the management of Sigalas Rabaud in 2013 and is energetically developing the production of dry whites (La Sémillante de Sigalas and La Demoiselle). She is also fighting for recognition of a new dry Sauternes appellation.
Wine Spectator
Wine rated (2015 guide) 90/100 (Very good wine)
Domaine noté Recommended (Wine Spectator recommended wine producer)
About the wine:
This wine presents notes of toasted coconut, warm brioche, pear and peach cream. It has good length, with a note of candied lemon peel adding fullness to the finish. A fine effort for the vintage.
Jancis Robinson
Rated 17.5/20
Recommended area
Vinous A. Galloni
Wine rated (2013 guide) 90/100
About the wine:
Sigalas Rabaud 2012 has a lovely, very pure bouquet, with scents of white peach, quince and saffron. The palate is well balanced with a syrupy attack, good weight, density and fine acidity with much more botrytis towards the finish than the Château de Malle 2012. It's not a long-ageing wine, but it's definitely worth the detour. Tasted blind at the Southwold Ten-Year On tasting.
Le Figaro vins
Wine rated (2013 guide) 94/100
Area rated Recommended
About the wine:
Sigalas is an honestly constructed wine with a lot of elegance, without the usual power, it is half-bodied, but nicely balanced.
Customer reviews
Customer rating
5/5
out of 2 reviews
Note and review by M. FREDERIC B. Published on 08/09/2024
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Note and review by M. BERNARD B. Published on 24/03/2024
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