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Dessert · Late-harvest Sémillon
Heure Dorée 2018
$360 · 375 ml
Left on the vine six weeks past the main harvest, until the berries turned to amber. Honeyed, apricot-rich and balanced by the terrace's bright acidity.
Bottles
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- Vintage
- 2018
- Varietal
- Late-harvest Sémillon
- Format
- 375 ml
- Bottles made
- 900
In the cellar
- Berries picked one by one over three passes
- Fermented slowly in old barrels for a year
- Residual sugar 140 g/l
- Half bottles only
In the glass
Apricot, orange marmalade, saffron, honeycomb. Luscious yet weightless.
At the table
Blue cheese, tarte tatin, foie gras, a ripe peach.
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