The Château Suduiraut of Sauternes of Bordeaux

Château Suduiraut
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
This estate is part of the AXA Millesimes.
It is ranked in the top 8 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Sauternes in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Suduiraut is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Château Suduiraut is a winery in Sauternes, France. The 97-hectare estate was founded in 1663 by Jacques de Pontac, a Bordeaux merchant. The property has a long history, with the first wines being produced in the 17th century, and the wines have since gained an international reputation. The vineyard is located in the beautiful setting of the Garonne plain, close to the Ciron river and the Landes forest. The climate is semi-continental with hot summers and cold winters. The soils are composed of gravels and sands, which contribute to creating rich and powerful wines. The estate has been practicing organic agriculture since 2013, and the wines are made from the main grape varieties of Sauternes: sémillon, sauvignon blanc, and muscadelle. The vines are grown to produce mature grapes and the wine is aged in French oak barrels for 18 months. Château Suduiraut produces a variety of wines, including a Sauternes white wine, a red wine, and a sparkling wine. The Sauternes white wine is dry and intense in aromas, with notes of spicy white fruits and floral nuances. The red wine is balanced and rich in flavors, with aromas of ripe red fruits and spicy notes. The sparkling wine is refreshing and enjoyable, with a subtle touch of honey and citrus. Château Suduiraut is a winery that produces quality wines and represents the quintessence of Bordeaux winemaking. True to its origins, this story and these historical wines continue to amaze and offer unique and authentic experiences to visitors from around the world.

Top Château Suduiraut wines

Looking for the best Château Suduiraut wines in Sauternes among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Suduiraut wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Suduiraut wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Château Suduiraut

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Suduiraut

How Château Suduiraut wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of english breakfast, broccoli and blue cheese quiche without pastry or fried rice noodles with chicken.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Suduiraut

On the nose the white wine of Château Suduiraut. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cream or grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical, citrus or smoke. In the mouth the white wine of Château Suduiraut. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Suduiraut

  • 2009With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Suduiraut.

  • Sémillon
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Sauternes

Sauternes, 65 km South of Bordeaux, is a Village renowned for its high quality Sweet wines. Although some wineries produce Dry wines, they sell them under other appellations than Sauternes, which is specific to sweet wines. The village is surrounded on all sides by vineyards, the best of which produce some of the most prestigious, long-lasting and expensive dessert wines in the world. A half bottle of premium, aged Sauternes from a good Vintage can sell for over $1,000.

Classic Sauternes has a DeepGoldenColor (darker than most other dessert wines), which turns a deep amber color with bottle age. Its aromas include flower and stone fruit, with a hint of honeysuckle - the hallmark of botrytized wines. The best wines balance sweetness with acidity, concentration with freshness and power with elegance. Sauternes wines are primarily made from the Sémillon grape, which accounts for about eight out of every ten vines in the local vineyard.

Sauvignon Blanc accounts for most of the remaining vineyard and is the dominant grape in a small handful of Sauternes wines. Semillon forms a broad, well-structured base with aromas of beeswax and apricot, while Sauvignon Blanc contributes its characteristic herbal aromas and enough acidity to keep the resulting wine fresh rather than mouthwatering. These two varieties (sometimes supplemented by a small amount of Muscadelle and Sauvignon Gris) have become the preferred varieties here, not only because they are also used to make dry white Bordeaux wines, but also because of their susceptibility to a particular type of fungus, Botrytis cinerea (often just botrytis). Apart from yeast, without which the grape juice cannot ferment into wine, one would not expect a fungus to play a key role in winemaking.

The top sweet wines of Château Suduiraut

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Suduiraut

How Château Suduiraut wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of tarte tatin or penne with four cheeses.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Château Suduiraut

On the nose the sweet wine of Château Suduiraut. often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, pineapple or cream and sometimes also flavors of grapefruit, tropical or citrus. In the mouth the sweet wine of Château Suduiraut. is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château Suduiraut

  • 1966With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1982With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1976With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.44/5
  • 1990With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1988With an average score of 4.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Suduiraut.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Sémillon

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

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Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

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