Château Suduiraut

Gironde

Château Suduiraut Premier Cru Classé 1855

Sauternes

$ EUR

Release Price

Drink Window

13.8%

ABV

3.8

pH

TA

125

RS

Nose

Château Suduiraut 2018 unveils a subtle bouquet.

Very fruity at first, with notes of ripe cherry plums and yellow peach, it evolves into hints of candied fruits, vanilla, and spices.

Palate

The body is unctuous with an ample and fresh development in the mouth. There are suggestions of yellow fruit and vanilla. The finish is unctuous, spicy, and admirably long.

The 2018 vintage confirms the excellent hold, fruitiness, and elegance of this wine.

Growing Conditions

The 2018 vintage was characterized by wet weather and mild temperatures. We recorded an average of 90 mm of rain until bud break, which started the first week of April, a week later than in recent years. With high rainfall throughout the winter and spring, cryptogamic pressure was present. Mildew became a concern, particularly following the rainy periods of 14th to 18th May and 4th to 8th June. Foliage was marked by the parasite but fortunately the outbreak was contained. A hot and dry summer helped to reverse the situation. We were spared by the hailstorm of 15th July that hit the western part of the appellation. At the end of the season, the grapes were able to reach a perfect maturity and we were able to harvest plot by plot.

Harvest

The harvest took place from 10th October to 9th November, with a total of four selective pickings. The very dry weather in September was not conducive to the development of botrytis and we had very little shrivelling in the vineyard. We therefore waited for the Botrytis Cinerea fungus to appear. A rainy period from 6th to 10th October accelerated the spread of botrytis but without much concentration. We were nonetheless able to start the first selective picking on 10th October, two weeks later than usual. This picking gave the lowest yield in 15 years, with 30 hectolitres in four lots.

More rainfall from 15th to 16th October gave rise to renewed hopes and we started a second, more generous, more concentrated picking from 22nd to 26th October. We had to be conscientious in order to obtain the usual quality. It felt like a repetition of 2008, when we had a lengthy wait between each picking for the grapes to become desiccated. After a sunny weekend, we started the third picking on 29th October. But yet again, there was a loss of grapes and we only just managed to achieve the concentration required. We finished on 8th and 9th November with a final picking to round off the harvest. The yield was between 5 and 6 hectolitres per hectare.

Aging

50% in new barrels,
50% from barrels of one vintage, for 16 to 20 months

Appearance

A deep golden yellow wine.

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