Chateau de Fargues Sauternes 2003 Rhone Valley Compared to the ferocious La

Compared to the ferocious La Chavaroche below

Made from 100% Erbaluce (known locally as “Greco Novarese”)

With a soaring nose of juicy blackberries and spices

comprised of 50% Nerello Mascalese and 40% Perricone from younger vineyards

Chateau de Fargues Sauternes 2003 Rhone Valley Compared to the ferocious LaWhile Chteau dYquem was sold to LVMH in the late 1990s, Chteau de Fargues remains under the control of the Lur Saluces family, with Alexandres friendly and highly capable son Philippe at the helm today. Their lone wine is produced from 80% Smillon and 20% Sauvignon Blanc, harvested with meticulous care to only include pristinely botrytized fruit, with yields averaging less than a glass of wine per vine. It is aged for two full years in one third new