Sur Saluces - Sauternes - 1996 - Chateau de Fargues - 0,75L

An exceptional Sauternes, combining richness, elegance, and great aromatic complexity.

📋 Characteristics

Appellation: AOP Sauternes
Estate: Château de Fargues
Vintage: 1996
Grapes: 80% Sémillon, 20% Sauvignon Blanc
Region: Bordeaux, France
Aging: In oak barrels for 24 to 36 months, to develop structure and complexity
Appearance: Golden with amber highlights, showing beautiful evolution

🍇 Tasting Notes

Nose: Intense and expressive, revealing notes of candied fruits (apricot, orange), acacia honey, saffron, and vanilla, accompanied by a floral and spicy touch
Palate: Opulent and velvety, with great aromatic concentration. A perfectly integrated acidity balances the richness of the wine, offering flavors of quince, exotic fruits, sweet spices, and gingerbread
Finish: Long and persistent, marked by a subtle minerality and a lightly toasted note, the signature of great age-worthy Sauternes

🍴 Food Pairings

Perfect for accompanying refined and complex dishes:
🍽 Foie gras & gourmet dishes: Seared foie gras, semi-cooked, with fig chutney
🧀 Blue cheeses & aged cheeses: Roquefort, Stilton, Fourme d’Ambert
🍰 Fruity desserts & pastries: Tarte Tatin, vanilla mille-feuille, crème brûlée
🌶 Asian & spicy cuisine: Peking duck, Thai curry with coconut milk

🗓 Cellaring Potential

Thanks to its structure and concentration of sugar and acidity, this Château de Fargues 1996 has an exceptional aging potential of 30 to 50 years. It will continue to evolve towards more complex notes of dried fruits, white truffle, and refined spices.

🌡 Serving Temperature

10-12°C, ideally decanted for 30 minutes before serving to release its full aromatic richness.

🏰 About the Château

Château de Fargues, owned by the Lur Saluces family, shares a prestigious history with Château d’Yquem. Producing Sauternes of exceptional depth and richness, this estate continues an ancestral savoir-faire, crafting wines of great purity and remarkable aromatic complexity.