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, and apricot on the nose. Checking in at 13.5% alcohol with a pH of 4.04 and 158 grams of residual sugar, it's full-bodied on the palate, with a deep, layered, unctuous mouthfeel and tons of fruit, all while holding onto a beautiful sense of vibrancy, freshness, and elegance.

The pale straw-gold colored 2025 Suduiraut is 100% Sémillon. It waltzes out with flamboyant notes of peach preserves, pineapple tart, candied ginger, and orange blossoms, plus hints of allspice, marzipan, and lime cordial. The palate delivers rich, multilayered citrus and tropical fruit layers, with a viscous texture and great tension, finishing long and opulent. It has a residual sugar of 158 grams per liter, a pH of 3.4, and the alcohol is 13.5%. It is aging in French oak barriques (50% new) for 16–20 months. (LPB)

The 2025 Suduiraut is pure Sémillon, picked mostly after October 10 (there was a first picking of more passerillé fruit that constituted around 10% of the blend). It is mainly from the second trie, with a last picking at the end of October. There were a total of 10 days of picking. This has a fragrant bouquet with wild honey, linseed, saffron and light orange pith scents that blossom in the glass, though I would not describe it as intense, but very pure. The palate is well balanced, with a viscous opening, very pure botrytised fruit and a killer line of acidity. There is no heaviness here, and despite the 158 g/L residual sugar, it feels light on its toes. Oh yes. (NM)