So many aromas of dried apricots, turmeric, pine nuts and botrytis. Full-bodied with 190 grams of sugar and incredible length and richness. The salted caramel, light nuts and dried fruit go on for minutes. 100% semillon. A great sweet wine. Drinkable already but will age for ages. Better in three or four years but already gorgeous.

Honeyed orange, caramelized citrus, flowers, spice, and buttery nuances all emerge from the 2022 Château Suduiraut, a decadent Suduiraut that has a vibrant sense of freshness, perfect balance, and a gorgeous finish. It's a brilliant, opulent Sauternes that's just about impossible to resist yet should evolve for decades if well stored.

There is so much going on here and so much to like about this wine; I do not know where to start. So, let's go with the beginning, and its nose is packed with honey-coated apricots, pineapples, tangerine, vanilla, and a plethora of spices. Intense, powerful, opulent, and palate-coating, what makes everything work is the blazing acidity that lifts up the sweetness that comes from its incredible 190 grams of residual sugar! This is pure decadence for lovers of sweet wines. The wine was made from 100% Semillon for only the third time in the history of the estate. Drink from 2027-2065.

This cuvée is pure Semillon, and the residual sugar is 190 g/l in this vintage. A rich, smoky-gold hue in the glass, the nose is similarly smoky and harmonious, with a huge intensity of dried citrus and tropical fruits, all orange, mango and coconut, a substantial and cohesive build. Despite this, as well as the huge and voluptuous texture on the palate, there is a sense of freshness here, the creamed weight of white peach, mango, melon and white chalk countered by a white pepper energy and bright central acidity. Beautifully bitter in the finish, this is a towering collection of components at the moment, but given time it will be a brilliant Sauternes. Leave alone for ten or twenty years. Very impressive, bright and fresh. Tasted twice. The alcohol on the label is 13.4%. - Chris Kissack

The 2022 Suduiraut is elegant, gracious and lifted, as the wines here typically are these days. Apricot, cinnamon, dried flowers, mint and orange peel all grace this wonderfully airy, understated Sauternes. Most importantly, the 2022 is a wine of exquisite balance. The 190 grams of residual sugar is quite a bit higher than the norm of 140-150, but that is not particularly evident. This has come together very nicely since I tasted it en primeur. While it might not reach the highs of the most exceptional years, it certainly comes close. -- Antonio Galloni

Gorgeous richness and juiciness, a compelling density and complexity, well constructed and poised. Refined but powerful, I love the intensity, really combines fruit fleshiness and unctuous acidity. Orange rind, but cool and fresh, not so much marmalade more honeyed oranges with lemon, lime, cinnamon, apricot, caramelised pineapple and touch of mango, but staying cool and bright with salty touches giving nuance. Well integrated, balanced - it has a lot of sugar at 194g but it really works! A yield of 7hl/ha. 3.45g total acidity. 4.0pH.

The 2022 Suduiraut reveals a deep, complex bouquet of ripe orchard fruits, caramel, spices and mango. Medium to full-bodied, enveloping and mouth-coating, it’s long and fleshy with great depth at the core and a long, mineral, orchard fruits-inflected finish. Entirely crafted from Sémillon and matured for 18 months in barrels (70% were new barrels), this is a classic in the making and a superb Sauternes. This has 190 grams per liter of residual sugar. - Yohan Castaing

A plump, broad style, with marzipan, toasted almond and bitter orange notes leading the way for mango, creamed peach and papaya flavors. Rich and honeyed, but with an alluring, shimmering energy through its long finish. Drink now through 2045. - JM

Amber in colour, with tropical fruits of passion fruit and mango on the opening beats, clear depth of flavour and contrast provided by orange peel and aniseed bitterness, low acidity. Luscious, silky, powerful, enjoyable. Pierre Montégut technical director, 7hl/h yields, 70% new barrels 30% from barrels of one vintage.