Château Suduiraut

Gironde

Vieilles Vignes Grand Vin Blanc Sec

Sauternes

$ EUR

Release Price

Drink Window

13.5%

ABV

pH

4.25

TA

RS

Nose

The nose is still subtle, starting with notes of candied lemon, herbs and menthol. It leads into delicate woody, nutty and flinty aromas.

Palate

The attack is fresh, the palate then unfolding with great unctuosity and the year's characteristic tautness. Mature flavours of white fruit and lemon follow through to a taut, mineral finish with subtle hints of oak.

Growing Conditions

The winter was rainy and mild, with the last days of March relatively warm and an early start to the vine growing cycle. In early April, a long and severe cold spell affected the vineyard, especially on 7th and 8th April with sub-zero temperatures. Frost damage was very serious: apart from a few plots that were spared, in others the damage caused 30 to 100% losses depending on location. Heavy rains in May and June caused a virulent outbreak of mildew, with some new losses.
July and August were fairly dry, but cool overall, and veraison took place on 10th August, as in 2019. Late August and early September were more in line with usual conditions, and were conducive to good ripening, while maintaining high acidity.
The harvest for the dry whites took place gradually over a total of 10 days, between 6th and 22nd September, adjusting to the slow and very variable development of the plots. We started our harvest in the gravelly plots and then continued with the clay or cooler soils. The pursuit of optimum maturity entailed plot-by-plot harvesting, with almost surgical precision.
The quality is excellent, with aromatic intensity, richness and freshness on the palate.

Harvest

We waited for the old vines to reach full maturity, with clusters few and far between in these plots that were hit hard by the frost. We began this painstaking harvest on 7th September and continued on 9th September.
The yield was low but the grapes' balance was excellent, displaying the year's characteristic freshness. We finished on 13th September to allow the final plot of Sauvignon Blanc to reach full maturity.
Quantities were very low, five barrels, but we are happy to have been able to produce even just a little of this wine despite the year's conditions.

Bottling

Bottling date: May 19th 2022

Aging

75% from barrels of one vintage,
25% in new barrels, for 9 months.

Appearance

Light yellow in colour with green glints.

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