Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes 2016 375ml

A Premier Cru Classé Sauternes, Château Suduiraut is celebrated for its richness, precision, and exceptional longevity. It reveals luxurious aromas of apricot, peach, pineapple, candied orange peel, honey, saffron, vanilla, toasted almond, and acacia blossom. Lusciously concentrated yet beautifully fresh, it delivers vibrant acidity, remarkable complexity, and an extraordinarily long, elegant finish.

Food Pairing: Pair with foie gras, Roquefort, blue cheese, crème brûlée, fruit tarts, roasted peaches, apricot desserts, or enjoy on its own.

97 Points - Wine Enthusiast

This is a dense wine, full of rich fruit, bitter orange and apricot. Its ripe fruit is balanced by the intense botrytis while it is also freshened by the wine's acidity. This is a great wine with a long-term future.

95 Points - Jeb Dunnuck

As to the Sauternes, the 2016 Château Suduiraut boasts a medium gold color and a fresh, clean, beautifully perfumed bouquet of orange blossom, honeyed pineapple and flowers, with notable botrytis, which can be lacking in a number of Sauternes in 2016. With moderate acidity, a fleshy, full-bodied texture and loads of fruits, it’s geared more toward drinking over the coming 10-15 years than any over-the-top cellaring.

95 Points - James Suckling

A very concentrated Sauternes with a cornucopia of dried papaya, pineapple and mango, plus candied orange and tropical flowers that bowl you over. Although it stays in the background, there’s great acidity in this wine that keeps it very straight and clean, in spite of the luscious extravagance. Bright, citrusy finish. Drink or hold.

94 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Yet another distinctive wine, the 2016 Suduiraut reveals a spicy, intriguing bouquet of licorice, acacia, curry leaf and exotic fruits mingled with ripe orchard fruits. Moderately weighted and perfectly balanced, it’s charming and round, with a rich core of fruit framed by a gastronomic bitterness and a long, penetrating finish.

93 Points - Wine Spectator

This is a powerful style, with a mix of creamed pear, fig, papaya and persimmon flavors liberally laced with crème brûlée and orange blossom honey notes, through a ginger-tinged finish. In line with the vintage's forward persona, but this has notably more breadth and depth than most of its peers. Best from 2023 through 2038.