{"product_id":"carmes-de-rieussec-sauternes-2021","title":"Carmes de Rieussec Sauternes 2021","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this wine\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSweet, fresh Sauternes from the 2021 second wine of Château Rieussec, a medium-bodied blend of 61 percent Sémillon and 39 percent Sauvignon Blanc. Lively acidity carries the sweetness through apricot, white flowers, and lemon to a clean citrus finish, at 13.5 percent ABV in a 375 ml half bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarmes de Rieussec 2021 is the second wine of Château Rieussec, a Sauternes Premier Grand Cru Classé estate acquired by the Rothschild family in 1984. The estate’s 93-hectare vineyard lies at the junction of Fargues and Sauternes on sandy-clay gravel soils. The difficult 2021 season included severe winter frost, heavy summer rainfall and mildew pressure, followed by conditions favorable to gradual noble-rot development; yields were very low and harvesting required up to four selections. The wine was fermented in barrels parcel by parcel, lees-stirred until mid-December, then aged in barrel for approximately 12 months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWorth knowing\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2021 introduced a redesigned bottle, and the glass is the interesting part — PcR, post-consumer recycled, recovered from domestic glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBlend\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSémillon 61%\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSauvignon Blanc 39%\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Preface Wine","offers":[{"title":"Bottle 375 mL","offer_id":49105910300855,"sku":"WICDRSAU2021-B375","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/preface.wine\/products\/carmes-de-rieussec-sauternes-2021","provider":"Preface Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}