2006 Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes Blend
Reviews of 2006 Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes Blend
93 points, Robert Parker, Wine Advocate
February 2009
This wine is medium gold in color, with a flamboyant, buttery, intensely intoxicating nose of smoked tropical fruits, especially pineapple, melted caramel, and honeyed orange. Unctuously textured, with superb, full-bodied richness, good underlying acidity, and a stunning finish, it should have 30+ years of longevity.
92 points, Stephen Tanzer
June 2009
Bright medium gold. Sexy, perfumed nose offers pineapple, honey, caramel, marzipan and spicy oak. Big, rich and voluminous; one of the most unctuous wines of the vintage, with enticing, sweet flavors of exotic fruits, spices and honey. As chewy as this is, the texture maintains a distinctly refined quality. Finishes long and sweet. 92 points
92 points, Wine Spectator
March 2009
Dried citrus fruit and apple crumble aromas follow through to a full, thick and intense palate, with loads of lemon curd and apple skin character. Medium sweet. Feels almost chalky. Viscous. Best after 2012. 3,450 cases made. –JS
About 2006 Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes Blend
About the Winery Chateau Suduiraut
"Chateau Suduiraut takes its name from the Suduiraut family, who owned the chateau in the 18th Century...The Suduiraut vineyards cover 92 ha of a possible 200, lying at the southern end of the commune of Preignac. The terroir is mainly sand and gravel, and the vines are 90% Semillon and 10% Sauvignon Blanc, with an average vine age of 25 years. The nearby Garonne provides the mists that engender the Noble Rot. Harvesting at Suduiraut takes place earlier than many other chateaux, a practice that causes a few eyebrows to rise. Yields are typically less than 18 hl/ha. In the cellar, Pierre Pascaud will Chaptalise if required. The wine is largely fermented in stainless steel, but some aliquots see fermentation in oak. The wine is racked the following spring and will spend up to two years in oak. The grand vin here is Chateau Suduiraut..." www.suduiraut.com
About the Wine
"..dense and compact on the nose, with powerful botrytis on the nose, alongside plenty of sweet fruit. A full, fat and rich palate. Certainly a ripe vintage, with acidity nudging towards the low side. A wonderful, plush texture ...elegant, sweet, full-bodied...
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