Fine
94p
92 Tb points
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Wine Description
The Story
Classed as a Premier Cru in 1855, it is made from grapes selected from the finest terroirs of the property. This wine is hand crafted at every stage of its elaboration and reveals remarkable finesse and complexity and a golden colour reminiscent of the sun that made it possible. With age the bright gold evolves to a dark amber colour.
With an extensive life-span, it powerfully and harmoniously combines fruit and floral aromas with roasted and...
Wine Information
Despite the climatic difficulties in 1999, the crop at Suduiraut, of fairly average quantity compared to normal, ripened in a regular and homogeneous way.
The 1st trie, very long selection (16 Sept.-4 Oct.) gave very little grapes, but they were magnificently concentrated and of great richness. A 2nd selection (5–15 Oct.) produced the same splendid quality and a little more volume. A 3rd selection allowed us to finish harvesting on October...
Vintage 1999
The 1999 Bordeaux harvest stands as an intriguing, warm, and highly heterogeneous vintage, defined by a humid, sunny growing season punctuated by a notorious August 11 hail storm in Saint-Émilion and localized late-September harvest rains that demanded meticulous vineyard selection. Properties on the Right Bank—particularly in Pomerol and unaffected sectors of Saint-Émilion—harvested early under warm, dry conditions, crafting plush, opulent, M...