A decadent elixir, Castelnau de Suduiraut is the second label of Château Suduiraut—in an excellent vintage like 2010, it offers fabulous QPR—and is exactly the sort of wine I’m inclined to haul out of my cellar during the holidays. Lavishly layered aromas of dried apricot, quince, dried orange peel, sultana, and crème brûlée rise from the glass. The impression of richness, a glycerol-rich palate, a well of honeyed fruit that is only interrupted a coursing and singular thread of of minerality on the finish.
91 Points