2000 Château Suduiraut
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Tasting notes
The 2000 Suduiraut has a simple, enervated bouquet that perhaps does not show the grey rot as much as it did several years ago. The palate is Aszú-like on the entry with moderate acidity, waxy in texture but far too one-dimensional and slightly volatile on the finish. 115gm/L residual sugar. Tasted at the Suduiraut vertical at the château.
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Notes of orange and apricot jam emerge from the elegant, medium gold-colored 2000. The wine shows good ripeness, medium to full body, plenty of sweetness, and more character and soul than most 2000 Sauternes. An excellent effort. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2020.
About the producer
Among the very best Sauternes estates, Ch. Suduiraut is owned by AXA Millésimes, which also manages Pichon Baron. The team works meticulously to select the finest fruit from its 91 hectares of vines, bordering Yquem. The resulting wines are intensely concentrated, balanced, complex and age-worthy.