Chateau Gilette 'Creme de Tete' 1989 (750ml)

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Price: $239.00

In Mixed Case: $215.10

Producer	Chateau Gilette
Country	Francs
Region	Bordeaux
Subregion	Sauternes
Varietal	Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon
Vintage	1989
Sku	81415
Size	750ml

Chateau Gilette Description

The story and creation of Chateau Gilette dates back to 1710, when two, well-known Sauternes families got together through marriage. The Numa Medeville family married family Marie Despujols, the daughter of another famous family in the region, Lamothe Despujols. The couple was given the estate as a wedding gift from Lamothe Despujols. they received vineyards, Chateau Gilette, and Chateau Les Justices.

The estate has remained in the hands of the Medevile family for generations. Chateau Gilette is perhaps the most unique Bordeaux wine produced in the Sauternes appellation.

The wines of Chateau Gilette are released on average, between 20 and 25 years after the vintage! The wine remains in tanks for almost 20 years before its even bottled! At that point, Chateau Gilette ages the bottled Sauternes wine for an additional 3-5 years!
To produce the wine of Chateau Gilette, the wine is fermented and stored in small, cement tanks that range in size from 20 hectoliters up to 40 hectoliters. The wine of Chateau Gilette does not see any new or used oak during its extremely long aging period.

I like the fruit, honey, floral, stone and spicy notes in the 1989 Creme de Tete. The vanilla, custard, creme brulee and other attributes I find in Sauternes makes this wine extremely pleasing in the mouth. . It is a good, albeit unusual style of wine, due to the complete lack of oak in the aging process. Interestingly, even though it spends close to 25 years in cement vats before bottling, the wine continues aging and improving in the bottle."

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