Tasted as part of a vertical held at the chateau. The 2009 Guiraud has a complex, precocious bouquet with honeysuckle and jasmine notes, hints of dried honey and white peach. It is tightly wound but very precise. The palate is... Read More
Tasted at the Sauternes 2006 ten-year on horizontal in Bordeaux. The 2006 Raymond Lafon felt rather reduced on the nose, quite resinous in style and lacking a sense of joie de vivre. The palate is better with honeyed, lightly... Read More
Ex-chateau bottle tasted blind in Sauternes. The Rieussec '03 has a strong Barsac like aromas - marmalade, quince, vanilla and coconut aromas that unfold nicely in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with a ripe candied,... Read More
Cooked apple on the nose, with dried lemon and honey. Full-bodied, thick and medium sweet, with a chalk and honey character. A little rustic, but interesting. Best after 2011.?-- JS (03/2010)
The 2015 Suduiraut comes with 123 grams per liter of residual sugar, more modest than some of its Sauternes peers and 4.56 grams per liter of acidity. It has a sense of completeness on the nose already: immense clarity with wild... Read More