Sauternes · vintage 2025
Why this vintage
- 97-98 from James SucklingBarrel-sample tasting range. And 4 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2025 vintage in SauternesRegular morning mists in a dry autumn brought back honest botrytis: clean, nicely taut wines.
Critic scores
- James Suckling97-98
- Jeb Dunnuck96-98
- Decanter96
- Wine Advocate90-92
- Vinous92
The 2025 vintage in Sauternes
Vintage benchmark: 93/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: Regular morning mists in a dry autumn brought back honest botrytis: clean, nicely taut wines.
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
"Somptueusement constitué, il déploie une longueur impressionnante et toute la profondeur aristocratique propre au cru." - Bettane & Desseauve
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Blend of the 2025 vintage
- 100 % Sémillon
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2025 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 2025 sheet
- 13 hl/haYield
Winemaking
Fermentation alcoolique avec levures indigènes en barriques de chêne français, dont 50 % de bois neuf, pendant 2 à 3 semaines,
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Ageing
50 % en barriques neuves
50 % en barriques d’un vin, pendant 16 à 20 mois en fonction de l’évolution
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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.
An offer on Château Suduiraut 2025
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Texts and documents 2025
The texts below copy in one click for your product sheets, catalogues and social channels. The printable sheet condenses the whole page onto a single A4 page.
Visuals
For this vintage, the media library contains: packshots, labels. 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.