Chateau Rieussec Sauternes 2003 (375ml) CS20230516 George's grape" famous from Nemea)

George's grape" famous from Nemea) grown across the Peloponnese

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

Try it in a spritz

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

Chateau Rieussec Sauternes 2003 (375ml) CS20230516 George's grape" famous from Nemea)Sweet 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.