Chateau Haut Caplane Sauternes 1995 AOC 0,75l

This Château Haut Caplane 1995 is a Sauternes, a sweet white wine from Bordeaux, in a 0.75-liter bottle. The Sauternes appellation covers five communes on the left bank of the Garonne: Barsac, Bommes, Fargues, Preignac, and Sauternes. Here, the Ciron, a tributary with cool waters flowing down from the Landes, joins the warmer Garonne.

Château Haut Caplane was a Sauternes estate that produced sweet wine under this name and covered twelve and a half hectares in 2011. Before then, the estate changed hands several times. In 2011, the property was acquired by the Bernard family of Domaine de Chevalier in Pessac-Léognan, who renamed it Clos des Lunes in honor of the Chinese Moon Festival. Today, Clos des Lunes is based at the lieu-dit Cap Lanne, in the commune of Sauternes, and produces mainly dry white wines.

Like every Sauternes, this wine is made according to rules established as early as the 1936 decree: grapes that have reached overripeness, affected by noble rot and hand-picked in successive passes, called tries. Pickers use scissors to select the most concentrated grapes, plant by plant, returning two, three, or more times depending on the weather. The must ferments slowly, and fermentation stops when the alcohol inhibits the yeasts, leaving the wine rich in sugar.

Noble rot is a fungus, Botrytis cinerea. At the confluence of the Ciron and Garonne, nights bring high humidity and daytime brings rapid ventilation: this alternation encourages the fungus to develop, slowly drying the grapes and concentrating their sugars and aromas. The main Sauternes grape variety is Sémillon, with its thick skin; the appellation also allows Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, and Muscadelle.

In Sauternes, 1995 saw early budbreak, a dry spring, and a hot summer, with a violent storm on August 10. September was very rainy, but the rain stopped at the end of the month and the weather favored noble rot: the tries were concentrated between late September and mid-October. Over the years, the color of Sauternes changes from gold to amber, and notes of candied fruit, citrus, honey, and toast emerge.

This bottle comes from the years when the estate still bore the name Haut Caplane. Sauternes pairs with foie gras, cheeses, and poultry, and can accompany a meal from starter to dessert.

In the STELT selection, this 1995 Haut Caplane is a Sauternes to choose for discovering a sweet wine more than thirty years old, from an estate that now bears another name, in a vintage when noble rot arrived at the end of September.

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