2022 Lafaurie Peyraguey
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The 2022 Lafaurie Peyraguey lacks a bit of bandwidth on the nose: honeysuckle and melted candle wax mixed with honey and marmalade. The palate is rounded and viscous, with clean botrytised fruit and a pleasing, slightly tangy, caramel-tinged finish that oddly reminds me of one of Alois Kracher's sweet wines. Quite delicious. Tasted blind at the Southwold tasting in London.
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James Suckling
James Lawther MW, jancisrobinson.com
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Liquid peach, honeyed orange, caramelized pineapple, and spicy notes all emerge from the 2022 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey Coeur De Terroir, an absolutely massively unctuous, thick, textured Sauternes that, despite all its richness and depth, somehow stays light on its feet, beautifully balanced, and elegant. It's a monster dessert wine that has so much to love. Give bottles just a year or three and enjoy over the following two decades.
The 2022 Lafaurie-Peyraguey has an open, finely delineated bouquet with yellow plum, saffron and hints of caramelized pear. The palate is very well balanced with ample weight and depth. The acidity keeps everything fresh, and there is a luxuriant quality toward the almond and peach-tinged finish. A hint of crème caramel lingers on the aftertaste. This is one of the best Sauternes this vintage.
I found the richness during En Primeur particularly marked with this estate, and my feeling is confirmed on this retaste - it is luscious and opulent, replete with apricot puree, quince, lemon posset, impressive and textural but a style that lacks the push and pull of acidity and bitterness than makes for a truly balanced Sauternes. Particularly important to serve this chilled.