2023 | Château Suduiraut Grand Vin Sec "Vieilles Vignes" | Bordeaux | France

The dry white of a Sauternes First Growth — old-vine Sémillon/Sauvignon, mineral and complex.

Château Suduiraut is a Sauternes Premier Cru Classé (owned by AXA Millésimes) best known for its great sweet wines — but this is its dry white, "Grand Vin Sec Vieilles Vignes," from a meticulous selection of old vines averaging around 45 years. A Sémillon-led blend with Sauvignon Blanc, it's a gorgeously complex, mineral-laced Bordeaux blanc.

The dry white of a Sauternes First Growth is a connoisseur's Bordeaux blanc. Premier Cru estate, ~45-year vines, Sémillon/Sauvignon → mineral, complex, elegant → you're drinking classified-estate white Bordeaux.

• Sémillon and Sauvignon Blanc (dry)
• Bordeaux — Sauternes (dry white), France
• Château Suduiraut — Sauternes Premier Cru Classé, AXA Millésimes
• Old vines averaging ~45 years

Pear, white peach and stone fruit over lemon curd, brioche and a mineral, quinine-tinged frame with balanced, elegant length. Translation: a serious, mineral dry white — orchard and stone fruit with a brioche richness and a saline, elegant spine. Complex and ageworthy Bordeaux blanc from a great address.

The dry white of a Sauternes First Growth. Exactly the white for shellfish, roast chicken, or a serious white lover.