Sauternes · vintage 2002
Château Suduiraut 2002
Ageing potential20 ans et +
Why this vintage
- 92/100 from Wine Advocateand 1 other score above 90/100.
- The 2002 vintage in SauternesBotrytis arrived late, in October, giving taut, precise wines, more lithe than rich.
- Ageing potential20 ans et +
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Critic scores
- Wine Advocate92
- Decanter91
The 2002 vintage in Sauternes
Vintage benchmark: 91/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: Botrytis arrived late, in October, giving taut, precise wines, more lithe than rich.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Sauternes. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Tasting
La robe est jaune dorée avec des reflets verts. Débutant sur le registre floral, le nez se poursuit avec un fruité frais (poire, prune, raisin) puis apparaissent des notes d'agrumes confits et un boisé vanillé discret. La bouche est à la fois concentrée et aérienne, alliant gras, saveurs fruitées et fraicheur. La finale reste dans le registre et se termine par des notes minérales, mentholées et fruitées d'une grande noblesse. Ce vin délicat, croquant mais très concentré ira loin, porté par la très belle vivacité du millésime et la rigueur de son élaboration.
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Blend of the 2002 vintage
- 90 % Sémillon
- 10 % Sauvignon
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2002 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 87 % sémillon, 13 % sauvignon blanc — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2002 sheet
- 14 % vol.Alcohol
- 25 yrsVine age
- 100,000 bottlesProduction
Winemaking
Le raisin arrive dans des bacs qui sont vidés dans un pressoir pneumatique moderne, horizontal. Le pressurage dure beaucoup plus longtemps que pour les vins blancs secs. Il faut environ 4 heures ou plus pour presser le contenu. Ce sont les jus les plus riches qui sortent les derniers.
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Ageing
Le vin vieillit en barriques de chêne français, pendant 18 à 24 mois.
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Terroir
The Sauternes terroir covers 2,200 hectares 40 km from Bordeaux, between the left bank of the Garonne and the Landes forest. The Sauternes appellation takes in the communes of Sauternes, Bommes, Fargues, Preignac and Barsac. The Suduiraut estate extends over 200 hectares, of which 92 hectares are under vine, on soils composed essentially of sandy-clay gravel. The region's microclimate brings sunny, warm autumn afternoons following the morning mists. This causes, or at least stimulates, the appearance on the grapes of Botrytis cinerea, or noble rot.
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Texts and documents 2002
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Visuals
For this vintage, the media library contains: packshots. High-definition packshots, labels, back labels and lifestyle photos are reserved for clients and partners, on the Compagnie Médocaine’s VinCod media library.
Sheet checked on September 21, 2026. Technical data: the estate’s VinCod sheets. Critic scores: sources cited above, with their date. Vintage benchmarks and character: Compagnie Médocaine’s own editorial read. Soils and relief, where shown: the Compagnie Médocaine’s parcel survey and the Mapbox/IGN terrain model.