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97 Wine Enthusiast -
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Powered by dry botrytis, this is a wine with immense potential. It has weight, complexity and richness, all under the cloak of botrytis. To leaven the power, there is acidity, but this is certainly for aging.
96 Jeff Leve: The Wine Cellar Insider -
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The color is slowly starting to deepen. If you love the smell of apricots and pineapple drenched in honey, you came to the right place. The wine is sweet, fresh, lively and long, leaving with you the sensation of pineapple squeezed over rocks with honey coated, apricots tossed in for good measure.
95 Wine Spectator -
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Dried lemon and floral aromas lead to loads of botrytis spice and bitter lemon peel in this young, full-bodied sweetie, with hints of lively lime and honey. Medium sweet. Very intense. Best after 2014.
94 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -
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The 2007 Suduiraut is a Sauternes that is just beginning to "motor" as it approaches its tenth birthday. The bouquet is much more open than when I last tasted this wine in 2011, with upfront honey, lemon rind and apricot blossom aromas that pack a punch. The palate is powerful and intense, layers of honeyed fruit, crisp acidity and the Sauvignon Blanc component now giving way more to Sémillon. This is a Sauternes of width and girth and as such it deserves another decade in bottle. Just superb. Tasted July 2016.
94 Vinous -
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The 2007 Suduiraut was cropped at 16hl/ha. It has a similar bouquet to the bottle I last encountered in 2016. It opens gradually with scents of dried honey, apricot blossom and a touch more melted wax than I recall. The palate is very well balanced with intense botrytised fruit, a fine line of acidity, perhaps just a little drier than it was a couple of years back, though developing intriguing notes of mandarin, tangerine, white pepper and Clementine. It is drinking beautifully now although it will clearly continue to age gracefully over another two decades. 131gm/L residual sugar. Tasted at the Suduiraut vertical at the château.
Technical Details
- Blend90% Semillon, 10% Sauvignon Blanc
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- AppellationSauternes
- Alcohol14.5%
Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes 2007
Proprietary Blends | France
WE97, JL96, WS95, WA94, VN94
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The estate took the name of Suduiraut in 1580 with the marriage of Nicole d'Allard to Leonard de Suduiraut. The chateau was plundered and burned down during the Fronde insurrection, then rebuilt in the XVII century. In April 1855, the estate was classed as a Premier Cru during the official wine classification. Located close to Chateau d’Yquem, the large 88 hectare vineyard of Chateau Suduiraut is planted with 89% Semillon and 11% Sauvignon Blanc, with an average of 30 years of age.
About the Producer
The estate took the name of Suduiraut in 1580 on the marriage of Nicole d'Allard to Leonard de Suduiraut. The chateau was plundered and burned down during the Fronde insurrection, then rebuilt in the XVII century. It was re-named Cru du Roy in the late 18th century on being taken over by a nephew of the Suduiraut family, Jean Joseph Duroy, Baron of Noaillan. The family home then acquired a cartouche featuring the Suduiraut and Duroy coats of arms, which was to give rise to the escutcheon used by Chateau Suduiraut today. The property was planted with magnificent formal gardens, designed by Le Notre, King Louis XIV's renowned gardener. On 18 April 1855 the estate was classed as a Premier Cru during the official wine classification programme in the Gironde winegrowing area.