Community Tasting Notes 42

• rhodacantha wrote:

  September 16, 2023 - When I first opened this bottle, I felt that it was kind of flat, with a strong undercurrent of alcohol. After a few weeks in the fridge it's much better, if not that much more interesting for a sauternes: mostly caramel and pineapple, with a bit of tanginess to offset the richness. Not as much tang as you'd expect from the vintage report, but this being the second wine explains it perhaps. Muted when cold, shows better at room temp. Overall: not bad but not exciting.

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• tomherer Likes this wine: 89 points

  January 18, 2018 - Way better than expected -- I opened the first (of three) of these bottles about a year ago, and it was total shit. Was dreading choking the rest of the bottles back, but this bottle is just fine. Great viscous texture that stops short of syrup-y. Nice and tangy from the botrytis. Simple palate, but it checks the basic Sauternes boxes; honey and apricot, mostly. Just a tinge of dishwater holds this back from being very good. Good, 88-89.

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• bps2266 wrote: 88 points

  October 16, 2016 - simple and clean. ripe mango flavor and a marmalade mouth feel. fun to drink with medium hot golden curry. whut whut!

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• FLI Likes this wine: 85 points

  June 18, 2016 - Pleasant, but one dimensional.

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• Mathijs81 Likes this wine: 87 points

  March 13, 2016 - Always had a weak spot for Sauternes wines, so back to basic here.
  
  + Colour - surprisingly already some evolution
  + Nose - very much citrus, sweet tropical fruit, honey, pollen
  + Flavour - very greasy and opulent, very syrupy ( gut in a good way )
  + Taste - sweet candy, apricot, peach, dried candied pineapple
  
  Second day, the taste gave away a little, and went more to fried banana.
  Still the syrupy flavour and taste were present, some good fruit remaining.
  
  Nice wine - not sure if 19,95 € value, but still very nice to have over two days

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2009
• Type White - Sweet/Dessert
• Producer Château Suduiraut
• Varietal Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend
• Designation Lions de Suduiraut
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Sauternais
• Appellation Sauternes
• UPC Codes 3760020103651, 3760020103736, 4000122701980, 4000122863336

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• Pending Delivery 51 (6%)
• In Cellars 369 (44%)
• Consumed 427 (50%)

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