2024, Château Suduiraut, SAUTERNES 1er Cru Classé

Bordeaux Blend: 100% Sémillon.

Shiny gold in the glass. This has a waxy, broad nose with ginger syrup, fresh pastries and confit citrus on the nose. The palate has the same waxy breadth, showing honeysuckle and more of that ginger syrup, but there are brighter notes of roasted white peaches and spicy poaching liquor - cinnamon, cloves and mace all come through. This is a complex, layered Suduiraut with real potential.
95-98 Thomas Parker MW, Farr Vintners.

This really is charming, full of marmalade and orange zest, saffron and lime, bitter finish in the best way, gives focus and rises up through the palate. Four passes through the vineyard through to 3rd week of October, with 2nd and 3rd being the heart. Pierre Montegut technical director across both Suduiraut and Pichon Baron. 11.3hl/h yield. Lovely, softly spoken, not the intensity of 2022, but just thoroughly appealing. Eric Boissenot consultant, as at Pichon and at Noval in Portugal.
95 Jane Anson.

The 2024 Suduiraut offers up a beguiling mix of passion fruit, mango, pineapple and tangerine oil. Even with 130 grams of residual sugar, the 2024 is not an especially opulent Sauternes. I especially admire its freshness. What a beautiful and expressive wine. 2030-2054.
94-96 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.