2023 Suduiraut, Sauternes (375ml)

Pale lemon-gold in color, the 2023 Suduiraut storms out of the glass with a powerful perfume of pineapple upside-down cake, mango pudding, passion fruit, and orange blossoms, leading to hints of lemon verbena, candied ginger, and crème caramel. The palate is rich and opulent with a crisp backbone and a fabulous array of exotic spice-laced tropical fruits, finishing with savory gravitas. Stunning. This is 100% Sémillon, with a pH of 3.80 and 150 g/l of residual sugar. (LPB)

This is 100% Semillon as usual. A modestly dense colour, and a focused nose of crushed minerals, yellow peach, apricot, orange and toast, pure but clearly showing great depth. The palate is just sublime, combining all this aromatic character with a core of sweet and dense orchard fruits, with a pithy density and grip, a wonderful acid freshness and seams of pure, white quartz minerals. A truly impressive wine, with such controlled richness and superbly bitter energy, achieving a remarkable balance, with energy and clean-cut definition despite such rich and sunny sweetness. A cut above the rest.