2024 Château Suduiraut Sauternes Premier Grand Cru Classé

Château Suduiraut 2024: classic Sauternes with precision and elegance

The Château Suduiraut 2024 is a beautiful embodiment of this iconic Premier Cru Classé from Sauternes. In a year with extreme weather conditions, Suduiraut delivered a wine that combines finesse, intensity and balance. Made entirely from 100% Sémillon and hand-harvested in four strict tries, this wine shows the full potential of noble rot.

Climate and harvest: from rain to gold

After an extremely wet autumn and winter the growing season started early. Spring brought cool temperatures and challenges with mildew and irregular flowering, but thanks to a dry, warm summer and windy weather in September Botrytis cinerea could develop quickly and homogeneously.

The harvest for the sweet wine began on September 19 and ended on October 24 , with four separate tries:

• First Trie: September 19–25, 5 batches

• Second trie: October 2–11, 9 batches

• Third batch: October 14–17, 6 batches

• Fourth Triumph: October 23–24

The yield was very low: 11.3 hl/ha , which ensured maximum concentration.

Vinification and maturation of the 2024 Suduiraut Sauternes

Every step was carried out with the utmost care:

• Gentle pneumatic pressing (3 hours), followed by vertical pressing (50 min),

• Cold settling at 10°C,

• Alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts in 50% new French oak barrels , for 2 to 3 weeks,

• Fermentation was slowed by cooling and light sulphurisation.

The wine then matures for 16 to 20 months , partly in new barrels and partly in one-year-old barrels.

Suduiraut Sauternes Tasting Notes

The Château Suduiraut 2024 shows a bright golden yellow color. The nose offers aromas of candied citrus, tropical fruits, honey, blossom and roasted almonds . In the mouth the wine is rich, silky and layered, with a pronounced freshness ( 4.1 g / L acidity ) that is beautifully balanced with the 130 g / L residual sugar . The finish is long, pure and intense.

Storage and wine-food pairing

Perfect with foie gras, roquefort, apricot crumble or even spicy dishes with mango or coconut. This wine has a very high aging potential and can age for decades.