Sweeter Wine (all sizes)

Golden yellow color with notes of creme Brulee and stone fruits. A touch of barley sugar and then a lovely undercut of citrus fruit adding balance and stopping this being too cloying. A great match for creamy fruit desse...(read more)

Subtle minerality to this lightly waxy and unctuous Sauternes, showing a touch of cream to the sweet-lemon, pineapple and dried-mango notes. Flavorful and medium-bodied for Sauternes, with smooth, sweet but balanced flav...(read more)

The 2016 Coutet is a vintage that I am ambivalent towards. It feels a little strict and lean on the nose, missing the presence and concentration of the previous vintage. The palate is well balanced with quince and tanger...(read more)

Not a massive wine, and indeed seems light and not very sweet compared to the big guns, but very very pretty. Bright beeswaxy, citrus fruit, a hint of pineapple, lovely acidity and trace of warm butter, a long citrussy l...(read more)

The sweet wine of kings and king of sweet wines. Stilton loves this.

The 2007 Rieussec is a blend of 87% Semillon, 4.5% Muscadelle and 8.5% Sauvignon Blanc picked between 13 September and 31 October. It has an almost Barsac-like bouquet with barley sugar joining the ginger and honeyed not...(read more)

The 2018 Rieussec has plenty of botrytis on the nose, along with scents of honey, white peach, saffron, lanolin and walnut that gain intensity with aeration. The very well balanced palate presents a viscous opening and a...(read more)

The 2006 Rieussec is a blend of 94% Semillon, 3% Sauvignon Blanc and 3% Muscadelle picked between 5 September and 10 October. The bouquet is a little smudged at first with marmalade and quince aromas, bit it soon clarifi...(read more)

This is a property on a roll, and Bérénice Lurton has been turning out one of the best Sauternes for many years. Unfortunately it is rarely available for tasting during primeur week unless you go to the Ch&...(read more)

22 years old and just now into its second year on the market as it was released in 2018. On first opening, you get an almost smoky edge, suggesting that you are missing nothing in the complexity of aromatics from seeing...(read more)

13.5%, 123 g/l RS, TA 3.8. Very classic vintage. Warm year with a very wet spring. Good weather lasted to the end of the harvest, 15 Oct started – very late – and then it was a dream vintage with no rain for 4 weeks....(read more)