Château Sigalas Rabaud

Gironde

2018

Le 5 de Sigalas

Bordeaux Supérieur

$14 EUR

Release Price

Drink Window

13.5%

ABV

3.6

pH

TA

RS

Nose

The expressive and elegant notes reveal a pretty and fruity bouquet, with notes of pears and caramelized apples with more little dried fruits throughout.

Palate

The taste is fresh and sweet with lively finish. The balance between fruit and natural sugars gives the whole of harmony and lightness in
the mouth.

Harvest

Le 5 is made from grapes picked by hand when ripe, according to the ancestral tradition of Sauternes.
lt is the result of many selective tries, which has
allowed us to make a sweet and natural wine, made of its own character and
originality.

Winemaking

This type of management was done to protect the wine from oxidation of molds and the filtration of the wines. As well as another thousand gestures that were done to make it possible not to use sulfur in our wine.

Aging

Only in stainless steel vats to avoid to oxydation.

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