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Château Suduiraut 2010 - 1er Grand Cru Classé

Name: Château Suduiraut 2010 - First Growth
Brand: Château Suduiraut
Rating: 4.6 (19 reviews)

Sauternes|White wine

4.6/5 (19 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

“Alongside Château Rieussec, the 2010 Suduiraut is a contender for the best Sauternes of the vintage. It offers a superb bouquet with an immediate sense of completeness and harmony, featuring layers of botrytized fruit, apricot blossoms, 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 tremendous weight on the finish.” (Wine Advocate – Robert Parker) • Delivered in a wooden case for any order of 6 bottles of this wine (excluding “Point Relais” delivery method) •

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Estate

Château Suduiraut

Vintage

1er Grand Cru Classé

Vintage

2010

Designation

Sauternes

Region

Bordeaux

Grape Varieties

90% Sémillon, 10% Sauvignon

Regions

Gravel and sandy soils

Viticulture

Reasoned

Grape Harvest

Manuals

Wine Production

Pneumatic, horizontal, very slow pressing (4 hours or more).

Livestock Farming

18 to 24 months in French oak barrels

Alcohol Content

14%

Eye

Golden color with amber highlights

Nose

Aromas of flowers, fruit, candied grapes, and roasted grapes

Palate

Elegant and smooth, combining harmony, power, complexity, and finesse

Serve

At 10-12°C

Drink before

2050

Food and Wine Pairings

Pairs well with foie gras, fruit-based desserts, and blue cheeses (Roquefort, Stilton, etc.)

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Bettane & Desseauve

Wine rated 17.5/20 (Benchmark wine)

Rated estate (2020 guide): 5* Stars (Exceptional producers who represent the absolute pinnacle of quality in France and around the world)

About the wine:

Rich, toasty, velvety, impressive—still a bit heavy-bodied—leaning more toward Barsac than Sauternes. Great potential.

About the estate:

The estate now produces the truly great wines that its terroir allows, with perfect consistency and a complex yet carefully considered range of first and second wines, as well as two remarkable dry wines. It’s difficult to choose between the sweet second wines—Lion, which is a bit more modern and exuberant, and the more classic Castelnau—because both are crafted without compromise, featuring a lovely roasted character from the grapes. Among the dry wines, S has slightly more density than the standard dry wine. Only Yquem manages to do just a tiny bit better, especially in terms of aging.

Guide Hachette des vins

Wine rated (2014 guide) 2** stars (Outstanding Wine)

About the wine:

During the reign of Henry IV, Suduiraut was a medieval castle known as the “cru du Roy.” After being destroyed by fire during the Wars of Religion, it was rebuilt in 1670, resulting in the magnificent château we know today, surrounded by gardens designed by Le Nôtre. Much like the castle itself, this wine—fresh, full-bodied, and powerful—embodies order, robustness, and balance while avoiding any sense of austerity. Very elegant throughout the tasting, perfectly balanced, powerful, rich, and round, invigorated by a healthy freshness that extends the finish, and subtle in its aromatic development (flowers and white fruits, caramel, brown sugar, candied and toasted notes), it is already very enjoyable while showing serious potential for long-term aging.

Guide des Vins Gault & Millau

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

About the wine:

The liqueur is certainly rich, but it balances elegantly with the crispness of the fruit and the tartness of the citrus. The nose is intense and powerful, with lingering notes of tobacco, truffle, amber, and candied fruit.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Wine rated (2014 guide) 96/100 (Extraordinary wine)

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide to the Best Wines of France

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

Rated Estate (2020 Guide) 2*Stars (These exceptional estates, often boasting fabulous terroirs, are must-haves that, thanks to the consistency and excellence of their wines, deserve a place in the cellars of discerning wine lovers)

About the estate:

This vast estate was acquired in 1992 by AXA Millésimes. Thanks to a geographically well-distributed vineyard, Suduiraut combines the power of Haut-Sauternais wines with the prestigious fruitiness found in the wines of the Preignac and Barsac plateaus. The result is a well-rounded wine that ages very slowly and, in great vintages, borders on genius. The most recent vintages have reached a very high standard.

Wine Spectator

Wine rated 93/100 (Exceptional wine)

Wine Enthusiast

Wine rated (2014 guide) 95/100

Customer Rating

4.6/5

based on 19 reviews