Guiraud

Specification

Producer

Guiraud

Region

Bordeaux

Where

Sauternes, Bordeaux

Classification

First Growth (Sauternes, 1855)

Grapes

Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc

Vintage

1989

Case

75cl

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

GUIRAU891X75

About this wine

Château Guiraud is made from botrytis-affected Sémillon with an unusually high share of Sauvignon Blanc, picked by hand in several passes through the vineyard and fermented and aged in oak. It is rich and honeyed, with apricot, citrus peel, saffron and spice balanced by fresh acidity. Guiraud ages beautifully, deepening in colour and complexity over thirty years or more.

About Guiraud

Château Guiraud is a Premier Cru Classé of Sauternes in the 1855 Classification. Its vineyard lies in the commune of Sauternes itself, close to Château d’Yquem.

It is one of the largest estates of the appellation and is notable for a relatively high proportion of Sauvignon Blanc alongside Sémillon. Guiraud was the first of the Sauternes First Growths to gain organic certification, and it also makes a dry white wine. Its sweet wines are rich and complex, with the freshness to age for many decades.