Château Suduiraut 2010 - 1er Grand Cru Classé

Name: Château Suduiraut 2010 - 1er Grand Cru Classé
Brand: Château Suduiraut
Rating: 4.6 (17 reviews)

Sauternes|White wine

Bordeaux

White

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Drink or Keep

4.6/5 (17 customers)

96/100

Robert Parker

95/100

Wine Enthusiast

93/100

Wine Spectator

19/20

Gault & Millau

2*Étoiles

Hachette

17,5/20

Bettane & Desseauve

"Along with Château Rieussec, Suduiraut 2010 is a candidate for the best Sauternes of the vintage. It has a superb bouquet with an immediate sense of completeness and harmony, with layers of botrytized fruit, apricot blossom, peach skin and marmalade. It's powerful but not flashy. It doesn't need to be. The palate is balanced with a viscous attack. There's plenty of botrytis here, good acidity and enormous weight on the finish." (Wine Advocate - Robert Parker) - Delivered in wooden cases for orders of 6 bottles of this wine (excluding Point Relais delivery).

Features

Estate

Château Suduiraut

Cuvée

1er Grand Cru Classé

Vintage

2010

Designation

Sauternes

Region

Bordeaux

Grape varieties

90% Sémillon, 10% Sauvignon

Terroirs

Gravel and sand soils

Viticulture

Reasoned

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

Very slow, horizontal, pneumatic pressing (4 hours or more).

Breeding

18 to 24 months in French oak barrels

Alcohol content

14 %

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Golden color with amber highlights

Nose

Aromas of flowers, fruit, candied and roasted grapes

Mouth

Racy, mellow, combining harmony, power, complexity and finesse

Serve

AT 10-12°C

Drink before

2050

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with foie gras, fruit desserts and blue-veined cheeses (Roquefort, Stilton...).

Château Suduiraut

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Rated 17.5/20 (Reference wine)

Domaine rated (2020 guide) 5*Stars (Outstanding producers, those who represent the absolute pinnacle of quality in France and the world)

About the wine:

Rich, roasted, unctuous, great allure, still a little massive, turns more to Barsac than Sauternes. Great future.

About the domain :

The estate now produces the great wines that its terroir allows, with perfect regularity and a complex but perfectly thought-out range of grand and second wines and two remarkable dry wines. It's hard to choose between the slightly more modern and exuberant Lion and the more classic Castelnau among the sweet second wines, as both are made without concession, with a lovely roasting of the grapes. In dry form, S has a little more density than the simple sec. Only Yquem can do a little better, especially when it comes to ageing.

Guide Hachette des vins

Wine rated (2014 guide) 2**Stars (Outstanding wine)

About the wine:

During the reign of Henri IV, Suduiraut was a medieval château, known as the "cru du Roy". Burnt down during the Wars of Religion, it was rebuilt in 1670 to create the magnificent château we know today, surrounded by gardens designed by Le Nôtre. In their image, this wine, fresh, full-bodied and powerful, plays the card of order, robustness and balance, avoiding any austerity. Elegant throughout, perfectly balanced, powerful, rich, round, invigorated by a healthy freshness that stretches the finish, subtle in its aromatic development (flowers and white fruits, caramel, brown sugar, candied and roasted notes), it is already very pleasant while displaying serious assets for long ageing.

Guide des Vins Gault & Millau

Wine rated (2012 guide) 19/20 (Exceptional)

About the wine:

The liqueur is certainly rich, but balances elegantly on the crunch of fruit and the acidity of citrus. The nose is intense and powerful, extending notes of tobacco, truffle, amber and candied fruit.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Rated (2014 guide) 96/100 (Extraordinary wine)

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Domaine rated (2020 guide) 2*Stars (These great estates, often endowed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to their consistency and the excellence of their production, must be included in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).

About the domain :

This vast estate was bought by AXA Millésimes in 1992. Thanks to a geographically well-distributed vineyard, Suduiraut combines the power of Haut-Sauternais wines with the prestigious fruitiness found in the crus of the Preignac and Barsac plateaus. The result is a full-bodied nectar that ages very slowly, but which, in great years, approaches genius. Recent vintages have reached a very high level.

Wine Spectator

Rated 93/100 (Outstanding wine)

Wine Enthusiast

Wine rated (2014 guide) 95/100

Customer reviews

Customer rating

4.6/5

out of 17 reviews