Sauternes · vintage 2003
Château Suduiraut 2003
Ageing potential20 ans et +
Why this vintage
- The 2003 vintage in SauternesThe heatwave kept botrytis from taking hold: wines candied by passerillage, rich and powerful rather than roasted.
- Ageing potential20 ans et +
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The 2003 vintage in Sauternes
Vintage benchmark: 88/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: The heatwave kept botrytis from taking hold: wines candied by passerillage, rich and powerful rather than roasted.
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
Le 2003 possède une robe dorée profonde traduisant un millésime solaire, un nez intense dominé par les épices (vanille, safran) et les fruits exotiques confits (ananas). L'attaque est très puissante, avec beaucoup de gras. On retrouve en bouche les arômes du nez, agrémentés d'une touche de boisé. La finale très riche conserve néanmoins de l'élégance, grâce à une bonne acidité. C'est un vin puissant et flatteur, qui possède un grand potentiel de vieillissement.
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Blend of the 2003 vintage
- 90 % Sémillon
- 10 % Sauvignon
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2003 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 2003 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 2003
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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.