Château Suduiraut, 1er Cru Classé, Sauternes, 2023

Name: Château Suduiraut, 1er Cru Classé, Sauternes
Brand: Château Suduiraut
Price: 274 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2001 2014 2023 2024

justerini & brooks tasting note

A 100% Semillon rendition of Suduiraut in 2023, and what a showing it is. A fabulous fine sweetness threads the palate, with notes of flowers, meadow honey and candied mandarin. With as much focussed intensity as you could hope for this etches itself upon your palate, culminating in a fine long harmonious finish. A superb Suduiraut, as good a release as we can remember.

critic reviews

97-99/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

Pale lemon-gold in color, the 2023 Suduiraut swans out of the glass with flamboyant notes of candied orange peel, lemon meringue pie, lime cordial, and beeswax, followed by hints of preserved ginger, allspice, and white truffle. The palate is both rich and bursting with freshness, delivering waves of baking spice and citrus preserve flavors, leading to incredible length and layers on the finish of this stunning wine. This is 100% Semillon, with a pH of 3.80 and 150 g/l of residual sugar.

DRINKING WINDOW 2029 - 2065

date of review 05/2024

96-98/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2023 Suduiraut is pure Sémillon that was picked from the end of September with more passerillage berries. After the rain, the first botrytis picking began on October 1 and lasted over the next 12 days, when botrytization was rapid. Seventy percent of the crop was picked on this date, which was essential for maintaining purity of fruit. The harvest concluded on October 17 after three tries through the vineyard. Matured in 50% new oak, it has a lovely, beguiling bouquet with dried honey, quince, almond and saffron aromas that are beautifully defined. The palate is well balanced with a spicy, tensile opening. Very impressive richness matches with a silver bead of acidity here. This is armed with immense purity on the finish that effortlessly manages the 150g/L residual sugar. Supremely gifted Suduiraut, ahoy.

DRINKING WINDOW 2027 - 2070

date of review 04/2024