Chateau Guiraud 2001
- Producer Vignobles Comtes von Neipperg
- Blend 100% White Bordeaux Blend
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Sauternes
- UPC 0 15643 42584 4
Harvest
Uniquely by hand, with successive selective pickings (2-6 pickings) of botrytised grapes. A minimum potential alcohol level of 20° is required to begin harvesting.
Tasting notes
GUIRAUD 2001 presents intense aromas, hawthorn flowers, fresh fruit, with a minty note which characterizes the vintage. The botrytis is terribly here, with fresh pepper, black tea flavours and a mysterious and wild side which calls for keeping it in the bottle.
The feeling in mouth is magnificent, soft, but robust. The tonic feeling of the botrytis is amplified by a great freshness. Mouth aromas strengthens up the nose : the botrytis now shows them crystallized, of great precision and purity.
The feeling in mouth is magnificent, soft, but robust. The tonic feeling of the botrytis is amplified by a great freshness. Mouth aromas strengthens up the nose : the botrytis now shows them crystallized, of great precision and purity.
Winery Technical Data
Area: 85 ha.
Soil: 80% sandy gravel and clayey gravel for the remainder.
Sub-soil: Deep translucent sand, pure gravel with some banks of red clay and limestone marl, bands of limestone with oyster shells or red and white clays.
Density: 6,600 vines/ha.
Rootstock: Riparia, 33 09, 101 14, 161 49.
Production: 100,000 bottles of Château Guiraud,30,000 bottles of Dauphin de Guiraud, Château Guiraud’s second wine, 50,000 bottles of G de Château Guiraud, dry white Bordeaux.
Owners: Robert Peugeot for FFP, Stephan von Neipperg, Olivier Bernard and Xavier Planty.
Soil: 80% sandy gravel and clayey gravel for the remainder.
Sub-soil: Deep translucent sand, pure gravel with some banks of red clay and limestone marl, bands of limestone with oyster shells or red and white clays.
Density: 6,600 vines/ha.
Rootstock: Riparia, 33 09, 101 14, 161 49.
Production: 100,000 bottles of Château Guiraud,30,000 bottles of Dauphin de Guiraud, Château Guiraud’s second wine, 50,000 bottles of G de Château Guiraud, dry white Bordeaux.
Owners: Robert Peugeot for FFP, Stephan von Neipperg, Olivier Bernard and Xavier Planty.
Winemaking
Fermentation: 90% in new barrels, 10% in barrels that have already aged one wine, for a period of three weeks to two months.
Maturation: in barrels, on fine lees, for 18 to 24 months depending on the year, with racking every three months.
Maturation: in barrels, on fine lees, for 18 to 24 months depending on the year, with racking every three months.
