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Château Sigalas Rabaud 2014 - Sauternes Premier Cru Classé

Château Sigalas Rabaud 2014 - 1er Cru Classé de Sauternes

Sauternes|White wine

4.4/5 (15 customers)

96/100

Wine Enthusiast

92-93/100

James Suckling

92+/100

Robert Parker

17/20

Bettane & Desseauve

1*Étoile

Hachette

“This wine is rich and full-bodied, with notes of botrytis and great concentration. With its balanced acidity and notes of dried fruit, it is ripe, magnificent, and developing beautifully—albeit slowly. This will be a great wine [ ...]” (Wine Enthusiast 2017) Delivered in a wooden case for orders of 6 bottles of this wine (excluding the “Pickup Point” delivery method)

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Estate

Château Sigalas Rabaud

Vintage

1er Cru Classé

Vintage

2014

Designation

Sauternes

Region

Bordeaux

Grape Varieties

85% Sémillon, 15% Sauvignon

Regions

Sandy-clay gravel soils

Viticulture

Traditional and refined

Grape Harvest

Manuals

Wine Production

Automatic temperature control in barrels; fermentation lasts 2 to 6 weeks

Livestock Farming

18 months in French oak barrels

Alcohol content

14%

Eye

Golden Yellow Dress

Nose

A complex bouquet with notes of apricot, pineapple, citrus, and white flowers

Palate

Powerful, it coats the palate like velvet. The intense aromatic development confirms the promise of the initial nose and lends this wine elegance. On the finish, slightly spicy and mineral notes impart a refined liveliness and hint at great potential.

Serve

At 8-10°C

Drink before

2030+

Food and Wine Pairings

Enjoy it with foie gras, delicate fish dishes in cream sauce, blue cheeses (Roquefort, Stilton), fruit desserts... and roasted poultry such as capon with raisins, a delicate foie gras stuffing, pan-seared baby potatoes, and porcini mushrooms

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Bettane & Desseauve

Wine rated 17/20 (Benchmark wine)

Rated estate (2023 guide): 4*Stars (Producers of the very highest quality, the pride of French viticulture)

About the wine:

Still aromatic with notes of yellow fruit, less sweet than some of its peers but remarkably balanced, it will pair beautifully with dishes it deserves to inspire.

About the estate:

Located right next to Lafaurie-Peyraguey, Sigalas-Rabaud is a small, 14-hectare vineyard in a single block (the smallest classified growth in Sauternes), ideally situated and capable of producing a very sweet wine of transcendent finesse. Due to its early ripening, noble rot develops here in a particularly refined manner, as demonstrated by the great vintages of the past twenty years. Laure Compeyrot de Lambert is steering the estate toward more sustainable viticulture and producing dry wines with character.

Guide Hachette des vins

Wine noted (guide 2018) 1*Star (Very successful wine)

Rated Estate (2021 Guide) Award-Winning Wines (This producer’s wines regularly receive awards from the guide)

About the wine:

Hailing from one of Sauternes’s finest terroirs, this wine truly lives up to its origins. While its golden color is of medium intensity, it sparkles with brilliant highlights, and the bouquet is already very expressive, blending subtle hints of linden blossom with more intense notes of candied apricot, orange, and vanilla. Supple, round, and full-bodied, the palate echoes the nose: it unfolds with rich aromas of candied yellow fruits, before offering a delicate woody finish with hints of vanilla and coconut. A distinguished sweet wine that will delight lovers of traditional Sauternes. The previous vintage was named a “favorite.”

About the estate:

Founded in the 17th century by a family of magistrates at the Bordeaux Parliament, Château Rabaud—acquired by Henri Sigalas—became Sigalas-Rabaud in 1863. In 1903, his son Pierre sold 30 hectares to the Promis family, retaining only “the jewel of the terroir”—the current 14 hectares, planted on a ridge of gravel over clay. The estate’s history was subsequently eventful (leasing, mergers, and divisions), until the family lands were reclaimed in 1951 by Marie-Antoinette de Lambert des Granges, née Sigalas, whose granddaughter, Laure de Lambert Compeyrot, now serves as the estate’s director.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Wine rated (2018 guide) 92+/100 (Outstanding wine)

About the wine:

Pale lemon in color, the 2014 Sigalas has a wonderfully exotic nose of tropical fruits with hints of honeycomb, fresh ginger, allspice, and a touch of linden blossoms. The rich and boldly fruity palate features a zesty streak of freshness that brings out layer upon layer of pineapple- and guava-inspired flavors, finishing with a long, lingering spicy note.

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide to the Best Wines of France

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Rated Estate (2023 Guide) 2*Stars (These exceptional estates, often boasting fabulous terroirs, are must-haves that, thanks to the consistency and excellence of their wines, deserve a place in the cellars of discerning wine lovers)

About the estate:

The Lambert family cultivates this magnificent, homogeneous terroir, which provides ideal conditions for the development of noble rot. The wine’s style is unparalleled: while it rivals the Haut-Sauternais premiers crus in richness and power—with a bouquet of a similar nature—it reveals a more pronounced, immediate finesse that only intensifies with aging. Ultimately, these are true little miracles that a core group of loyal connoisseurs has elevated to the pinnacle of Sauternes. Laure de Lambert-Compeyrot took over the management of Sigalas Rabaud in 2013 and is energetically expanding the production of dry white wines (La Sémillante de Sigalas and La Demoiselle). She is also campaigning for the recognition of a new “dry Sauternes” appellation.

Wine Spectator

Estate rated "Recommended" (Wine producer recommended by Wine Spectator)

Wine Enthusiast

Wine rated (2017 guide) 96/100

About the wine:

This wine is rich and full-bodied, with notes of botrytis and great concentration. With its balanced acidity and flavors of dried fruit, it is ripe, magnificent, and developing beautifully—albeit slowly. It will be a great wine, but wait until 2024 to open it.

Jancis Robinson

Rated "Recommended"

James Suckling

Wine rated (2015 guide) 92-93/100

About the wine:

The wine displays great tension and beauty, with notes of dried fruit, minerality, and intensity. Medium-bodied, with a brilliant finish.

Le Figaro vins

Rated Estate Recommended

Customer Rating

4.4/5

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