Chateau de Fargues Sauternes 1997 Languedoc The grapes

The grapes

Château de Fargues is an elegant

the wine is then aged in mid-sized barrels for 8 months to a year prior to bottling

4 hectare’s worth of vines in the lieux-dits Les Mailles in Magny-lès-Villers and Sous le Mont in Villers-sur-Faye

Chateau de Fargues Sauternes 1997 Languedoc The grapesThe 1997 Fargues is lighter and more delicate in spirit than the 1998, reflecting the more troublesome weather of the season that birthed it. Built more on minerality and spice than on luscious fruit, it is meditative and subtle rather than showstopping, but it still possesses a lurking power and a formidable sense of concentration. 115 g L residual sugar. While Chteau dYquem was sold to LVMH in the late 1990s, Chteau de Fargues remains under the