OMG. This is amazing. This is the new 2001. Incredible purity of botrytis and ripeness. Full-on. So driven and precise. Full-bodied, very sweet and electrified. Pineapple jam and mangoes — endless tropical fruits. This ends very clean and is almost tannic on the finish. A truly great Sauternes. Energy. Drink or hold.

96+ A blend of 86% Sémillon and 14% Sauvignon Blanc, the 2015 Rieussec reveals a bright, pale straw-gold color and is a little closed at this youthful stage, yet it offers wonderful purity and depth, featuring notes of lemon marmalade, orange blossoms, beeswax and acacia honey with hints of preserved kumquats and peach compote. Very elegant and fine in the medium to full-bodied mouth, it features a racy backbone cutting through the earthy and citrus layers, finishing long and spicy. - Lisa Perrotti-Brown

The 2015 Rieussec is very elegant and refined on the nose of crushed white flowers, albumen and hints of saffron. The oak is very well integrated. The palate is balanced and perhaps the most unctuous of the Sauternes, filling and lacquering the mouth with honeyed fruit. Maybe it needs just a touch more acidic bite on the finish, but this is delicious. Tasted blind at the 2015 Bordeaux Ten-Year-On tasting. -- Neal Martin