Château SUDUIRAUT 2019

Description

Antonio Galloni 94-96 points www.vinous.com
The 2019 Suduiraut is dense, powerful and creamy. Pineapple, candied orange peel, spice, chamomile and passion fruit all run through this rich yet beautifully balanced Sauternes endowed with terrific freshness and tons of class. What I like most about Suduiraut is how it delivers superb flavor intensity and yet remains light on its feet. The 2019 is a gorgeous and totally compelling wine. Tasted two times.

Yves Beck 96-98 points www.yvesbeck.wine
94% Sémillon, 6% Sauvignon Blanc
Quel bouquet intense, invitant et complexe aux multiples facettes. Il se révèle étape par étape et laisse apparaître de la minéralité, du fruit et un peu d’élevage. Caramel, amandes grillées, agrumes et oranges confites. La mise en bouche est ample et saline. Tout comme au nez il y a une superbe symbiose entre fraîcheur et douceur, entre race et crémosité. Très belle bouteille avec du coffre, du tempérament et des perspectives réjouissantes.  2028-2064

Neal Martin 95-97 points www.vinous.com
The 2019 Suduiraut was picked between 19 September and 30 October via three tries through the vines. Yields came in at just 7hl/ha after a meticulous sorting. It has a gorgeous bouquet of wild honey, quince, pineapple and passion fruit, with good levels of noble rot evident. The palate is unctuous on the entry. A powerful and intense Sauternes in the making with layers of honey, ginger and quince. You could almost describe the texture as « gloopy »! This is a superb Suduiraut with long-term potential.

Lisa Perrotti-Brown 94-96+ points www.robertparker.com
Composed of 94% Semillon and 6% Sauvignon Blanc harvested from the 17th of September to the 30th of October (three selective pickings in total), the 2019 Suduiraut is aging for 16-20 months in French oak barrels, 50% new. The alcohol came in at 14.1% with 130 grams per liter of residual sugar. Pale to medium lemon-gold colored, the nose is oh-so-tantalizing with intense notes of candied ginger, beeswax, fenugreek and crystalized citrus peel over a core of pineapple upside-down cake, honey coated almonds, pink grapefruit and peach preserves with a waft of musk perfume. The rich, concentrated palate explodes with spicy fireworks in the mouth, complementing the the exotic fruit and peach preserves layers, with a racy line to lend just enough lift, finishing with epic length and depth.

Jean-Marc Quarin 94 points www.quarin.com
Couleur jaune, aux reflets verts. Nez intense, fin, fruité et botrytisé. Ample à l’attaque, fondant au développement, tout à la fois aromatique et gras, mais sans lourdeur, avec de la noblesse dans le toucher, le vin s’étire longtemps en finale, complexe, long, tandis que des nuances rappellent la mandarine et l’orange. Assemblage : 94 % sémillon, 6% sauvignon blanc.

Jane Anson 96 points  www.decanter.com (at Bordeaux, 28 May 2020)
Full of pleasure, silky and richly textured, easy to sink into but carefully measured at the same time, addings its layers of spice and truffle slowly but surely as it inches through your palate. Tiny floral notes accompany the saline minerality on the finish. Drinking Window 2022 – 2045