Château Rieussec 2008

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 862; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2008 which is 884. The average score for Château Rieussec is 902, making this a below average effort for the producer.

When people talk about wines from Château Rieussec they use words like Sweet, Full, Apricot, Honey, Botrytis, Fruit, Acidity, Rich, Dried, Sweetness, Ripe, Long, Lemon, Peach, Balanced. The 2008 shares most of these characteristics. The wine has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (13.5% vs 12.69%); it has broadly similar levels of alcohol for the region in 2008 (13.5% vs 13.02%). The wine has been ready to drink for 6 years (since 2012) and should be consumed within the next 10 years (by 2028). It normally takes wines from Château Rieussec around 7 years to be ready to start drinking, and 13 further years to decline.

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