Dessert Wine from Sauternes

Wine Spectator, 99 points: A lovely, creamy, tropical style, with mango, papaya and guava notes lending a caressing feel, while singed almond and warm piecrust accents blossom through the lush finish. Just when you think that's all there is...

Wine Spectator, 99 points: A lovely, creamy, tropical style, with mango, papaya and guava notes lending a caressing feel, while singed almond and warm piecrust accents blossom through the lush finish. Just when you think that's all there is...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, 91 points: Medium-dark yellow-gold. Rather subdued aromas of peach pear marzipan and vanillin oak. Suave smooth and focused on entry then turns a bit austere in the middle displaying lovely purity of apple guava and pear flavors...

jamessuckling.com, 97 points: (JS96-97 points) This shows incredible freshness and power, with dried pineapples, mangoes and papayas. Full body, medium-sweet with electrifying acidity. Vibrates your palate. Barrel sample still.

jamessuckling.com, 96 points: Wow. This Sauternes shows an amazing intensity of dried pineapple, mango and spicy botrytis. It really shakes you. Full body and very sweet, but with an intense, wild finish of everything. Speechless. Best ever from here...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, 97 points: Bright golden yellow. Intense deep aromas of ripe citrus kiwi and guava are complicated by marmaladey smoky botrytis and a touch of honeyed mango decadent notes that are rare in 2011 Sauternes. Very rich in the mouth...