Very rich, complex wine offering lemony and smoky botrytis, melon, honeyed pineapple and apricot. Dense but suave, this is the biggest Sauternes of the year, in the typical LP style. New owner Silvio Denz of Lalique fame has started off with a bang. Read more at http://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/bordeaux/chateau-lafaurie-peyraguey-sauternes-1er-cru-classe-2014-19292#BsSByydYkrDuxJet.99

(WA92-94 points) The Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey 2014 is a blend of 94% Sémillon, 6% Sauvignon Blanc and 1% Muscadelle picked from 17 September to 27 October (17 days of picking over four tries.) The yields was just 9.4 hectoliter per hectare and it is aged in 40% new oak and there is 137 grams per liter residual sugar. It has a very pure bouquet that should fine mineralité once in bottle. It is not as intense as its peers, but very harmonious and one can see the influence of Prof. Denis Dubourdieu here, instilling more "verve" than recent vintages. The palate is fresh and vibrant on the entry. Very precise, very poised but linear at the moment, the best part of this Sauternes is the last ‘third’ that is underpinned by vibrant, spicy fruit and a long effervescent tail on the finish. Excellent, through the new wood on the finish suggests that it will benefit from several years in bottle. - Neal Martin

A very attractive marzipan, pineapple and candied-lemon nose with discreet vanilla oak. Quit a big, rich wine, but there’s not that much honey. The balance is the best thing about this moderately sweet wine. Clean and straight finish that pulls you back to the glass.

Lively, fresh, floral and spice notes add to all that ripe, sweet, juicy, yellow fruit, vanilla bean and honey. Energy, and length with that balance of sweet and acidity is right here. The wine was made from a blend of 93% Semillon, 6% Sauvignon Blanc, 1% Muscadelle. Read more at:https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/wine-tasting-note/?vintage=2014&wine=Chateau%20Lafaurie-Peyraguey

The 2014 Lafaurie-Peyraguey has a slightly different aromatic profile than previous bottles. It's a little earthier in style, still missing the vivacity of subsequent vintages. The palate is well balanced with plenty of ginger and mandarin-infused botrytised fruit, slightly attenuated on the finish. It is missing the precision of later vintages, but it continues to offer pleasure. -- Neal Martin