Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes 2003 (375ml) SPBURGUNDY 87% Zinfandel with smaller portions

87% Zinfandel with smaller portions of Alicante Bouschet

The wine was aged in thin-staved Bordeaux chateau barrels (22% new) for 18 months and racked every three months using the soutirage traditionnel method Daniel learned while working in Pomerol in the 1980s

gently smoked

Geoffroy describes Assemblage 2 as sake that drinks 'as white wine'—a bridge between two great fermentation traditions

and ages in barrel with a minimalist hand

Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes 2003 (375ml) SPBURGUNDY 87% Zinfandel with smaller portionsSuduiraut is one of the most prized Premier Crus of the 1855 Sauternes classification, with vineyards directly adjacent to Yquem and a long history of producing some of the most luxurious sweet wines in Bordeaux. The 2003 was the legendary heat wave year. Sauternes got a scorching summer followed by perfectly timed September rain that triggered intense, even botrytis, and the result was concentrated, exotic, almost flamboyant wine. More than two