Ch Filhot Sauternes 75cl
Per bottle £29.99
Quick Facts
- Brand Ch Filhot
- Bottle Size 75cl
- ABV 13.5%
- Vintage 2011
- Country France
- Country Region Sauternes
- Grape Variety Semillon
Sauvignon Blanc - Closure Cork
Intro to Ch Filhot Sauternes 75cl –
Ch Filhot
Full tasting note and wine making –
Ch Filhot is sweet, fine and delicate. Their ” rôti ” bouquet develops very well with ageing, becoming rich and complex, with crystallized orange and hazel nut, honey notes. The ” rôti ” is the specific character given by the noble rot to the Sauternes wines, which results in taste and flavours of crystallized fruit.
The 62 hectares of vines of the château Filhot are planted with 60 % of Sémillon, 36 % of Sauvignon and 4 % of Muscadelle. The hillsides face towards the south or the south-west and consist of gravels, clay and sand on calcareous base. They are bordered by the Landes forest and are crossed by the local river Ciron which creates the ideal microclimate for the development of the botrytis cinerea (noble rot) on the grapes.
The harvest is made with successive selections according to the state of maturation of the grapes and the evolution of the noble rot (botrytis cinerea). This long work of selection gives low yield, about 10 to 20 hl/ha depending on the year.
The juice is fermented in 50 hectolitre temperature-controlled cool stainless steel vats for 10 to 30 days depending on the grape variety and concentration of the must. It rests for 10 months and the wines are blended before two years maturation in French oak barrels from the Allier Forest of which 30% are new each year.
The producer –
The creation of the vineyard dated from 1630 up to 1650. The chateau was built in 1709 by Romain de Filhot (1641-1710) whose family already owned the noble house ‘Verdoulet’ in Sauternes. At that time, he changed the old label ‘Wine of Langon’ by introducing the Sauternes appellation.
After the revolution, the Lur-Saluces, managed the property, which they had inherited from Josephine de Filhot.
The vineyard was awarded the ‘Second Cru Classification’ according to the 1855 official classification and from then on the Chateau Filhot wine was sold under the name of Chateau Sauternes until the end of the 19th century.
The estate was given back the title of Chateau Filhot in 1901. In 1935, the Countess Durieu de Lacarelle, born Lur-Saluces, bought the vineyard from her brother. Her son, Louis Durieu de Lacarelle restored and expanded the vineyard until the 1970s.
One of the Countess Durieu de Lacarelle’s daughters married the Count Pierre de Vaucelles, ambassador of France. Since 1974, their eldest son, the Count H. de Vaucelles, has been managing the Chateau Filhot and is assisted by his son Gabriel since 1996.
Drink with –
It is a great match with pates and desserts
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