Chateau Dauphine Rondillon Cuvee d'Exception AOC Loupiac Vignobles J. Darriet, 2009

A rich and developed dessert wine with great complexity. It is deep amber in colour with a bouquet of toffee, orange and roasted chestnuts. The concentrated palate has caramel and bitter-orange flavours with vanilla custard which stay in the mouth. It is produced from the oldest 100-year-old vines on the estate of Château Dauphiné-Rondillon from 100% Sémillon grapes. Individual botrytised grapes were harvested by hand and pressed into barrel. The fermentation stopped naturally due to the high concentration of sugar, and the naturally sweet wine was aged for 18 months in barrel. The Loupiac Appellation sits across the Garonne River facing Sauternes and makes similar style dessert wines.