Even better from the bottle, this is a spell-binding sweet wine that lovers of this genre cannot be without. Intense, electric, and packed with ripe and overripe, honey-slathered tropical fruits, cashews, white peaches...

The perfume bursts with a bouquet of flowers, candied lemon peels, pineapple, white peach, orange, mango, vanilla, saffron, and anise. It is a lively, bright, energetic vintage for Chateau d'Yquem. Rich, intense, opulent...

The 2010 Lafaurie-Peyraguey has a pale straw-gold color. It needs some patient swirling to coax out youthful notes of orange blossoms, lemon curd, and grapefruit oil, giving way to more fragrant floral scents of jasmine...

Strangely, this is my first note on the 1990 Yquem, a vintage tasted many times. Now 35 years old, it has an enticing bouquet of wild honey, barley sugar, crème brûlée and figs that billows with aeration, certainly more...

(96-98 points) A blockbuster Sauternes, the 2025 Château Suduiraut is 100% Sémillon that will spend 16 to 20 months in equal parts new and one-vintage-old barrels. It delivers massive orange blossom, caramelized peach...

The 1988 Doisy-Daene has a slightly muted nose coming after the 89, needing coaxing from the glass, touches of petrol infusing the honeyed from but missing the same degree of complexity. The palate is balanced but a...

The 2011 Coutet is simpler on the nose compared to the 2010, with dried honey, white chocolate and a touch of elderflower. The palate is well balanced with a viscous opening, fresh and vibrant, with a gentle build towards...

Medium yellow-gold in color, the 2007 de Fargues opens with notes of brown sugar and toffee over a core of apple butter and dried persimmons with hints of quince paste and stewed tea. The palate carries loads of complex...

So rich and powerful with so much dried apricots and citrus aromas and flavors. Caramel and toffee. Full and very sweet. Amazing.

Pale to medium gold with a touch of amber in the color, the 1987 d'Yquem springs from the glass with spritely notes of preserved lemons, lime leaves, and candied orange peel plus hints of chamomile and ginger tea. The...

This has rich caramelised nectarine and apricot fruits, a sense of uplift and steel through the core. It is sweet in its texture but not in its expression, and there is such a lift through the finish that you feel...

The 1998 Doisy Daëne is medium gold in color. Wow—this is a real honey-nut bomb on the nose with gorgeous orange marmalade and preserved apricot notes in the background plus a kick of ginger. Big, rich, full and powerful...

The 1977 d'Yquem has 81 grams per liter of residual sugar. Medium gold-amber in color, it sashays out with delicate notes of chamomile tea, cinnamon stick, and burnt sugar, plus hints of tobacco and truffles. The palate...

Aromas of dried mushroom. Full body, bright acidity and a volatile undertone. Some spice. Not showing right at first but then opens into a pretty fresh and spice Sauternes.