2001 Sigalas Rabaud
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The 2001 Sigalas Rabaud has a winsome nose with dried honey, beeswax, walnut and pressed flower aromas. The palate is well-balanced with a tangy entry, fresh and tensile. It shows good depth and weight, with dried apricot and marmalade on the off-dry finish. The 2001 represents a real bounce back after the millennial vintage, with wonderful tension and impressive persistence. Tasted at the Sigalas Rabaud vertical at the winery.
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The 2001 Sigalas Rabaud never quite gets out of the blocks on the nose, which is a little simple, light and floral, just as I found a decade ago. The palate is balanced with a honeyed opening and pretty white peach and saffron notes, plus a hint of stem ginger, but as before, it does not deliver the complexity or tension on the finish that I expect from a 2001.
The Sigalas-Rabaud has a ripe honeyed nose that does not quite possess the penetration or complexity of its peers. The palate is well balanced with a viscous opening. This is quite tight and backward although the finish shows there is plenty of concentration that will require continued cellaring to really open up. Tightly coiled and still boasting that lovely nutty, almost Azsu-like finish, this could repay further cellaring.