Brian Hearty

9.3

2016. Our clean out the fridge charcuterie dinner. Blue cheese, apples, figs, prunes, walnuts all paired well with this unctuous wine as expected. We love Sauternes with Foie, but we didn’t have any on hand 😏, but we did have the end of a chub of good braunschweiger which went really well too. — 4 months ago

Jay Kline

9.3

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of an hour. The 1981 pours an amber color with medium+ viscosity. On the nose, the wine is developing (still!) with notes of ripe apricots, orange peel, honeysuckle, marmalade, candied nuts and crushed rock. On the palate, the wine is sweet with medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. This bottle of the 1981 seems evergreen considering the way it showed today. Drink now through 2081?? — 5 months ago

Donald Williams

9.5

Got away with more aging than recommended. Still lovely. — 6 months ago

with Bonnie

Pooneet K

9.0

Haven’t had for several years. Definitely more amber, but the age doesn’t add acid. Still nice enough but not overly remarkable. — 6 months ago

Angelina K

9.0

Christmas 2025 — 6 months ago

Neil Valenzuela

9.3

Medium amber color. Aromas of crushed pineapple, dried apricot and orange marmalade. Burnt honey on the palate, tropical fruit flavors and caramel on the finish. Very tasty Sauternes! — 9 months ago

with Quentin

Peggy Hadley

9.1

Easy drinker. Full of fruit. — 5 years ago

with Jim

Phil Mikhaylov

9.2

Favorite dessert wine — 9 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.4

1924 vintage. Amazingly fresh. Wow. — 12 years ago

Phil Kessling

9.6

2007 Petit Guiraud Sauternes. Excellent. — 13 years ago

Mark S.

9.2

Amber. vanilla apricot nutty mushroom Marzipan Fruitiness M+ Sweetness M++ Acidity M++ Bitterness M Body M+ Finish M++ even deep due to aged for 27 years 14% Château de Fargues Sauternes Semillion Sauvignon Blanc Blend 99 @13200, AD, 260226 — 4 months ago

Mark S.

8.9

Lemon yellow with green. Clear herbaceous+ chalk minerals citrus. Woody. Creamy. Later on it is getting rich from Semillon. Fruitiness M Sweetness M Acidity M++ Bitterness M+ Body M Finish M 13.5% Fresh Dry Château Doisy-Daëne Bordeaux Sec Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 18 @6300, AD, 260226 — 4 months ago

romo

9.0

Too much of everything for me. — 5 months ago

Eric Hoepelman

9.3

A direct neighbor of d'Yquem. — 6 months ago

Rusty Beall

9.5

1966 that we had with foie gras. It was excellent! — 6 months ago

Vasudev Vadlamudi

9.2

Medium-high acid, citrus. Sauvignon blanc primary with some muscadet and semillon — 7 months ago

Patrice Conxicoeur

9.4

Alive and kicking! And beautiful at that. The balance you want and come to expect in a top notch Sauternes between sugar, alcohol, fruits.
— 10 months ago

Loren Judah

8.9

A beautifully balanced Chaleur Blanc with delicate sweet notes countered by some well appointed acidity. Finishes fast and smooth with only the tart acid lingering on. — 7 years ago

Robert Stackowiak

9.1

A nice blend ideal with a meal or standalone- vibrant. November 2016 — 10 years ago

Michael Lusk

10

Awesome desert wine — 13 years ago

Mark S.

9.1

Lemon yellow with green. chalk mineral herbaceous woody vanilla oak clove. Honeysuckle. Pear peach. Fruitiness M+ Sweetness M Acidity M+ Bitterness M+ Body M Finish M Fresh Dry Elegancy and Excellently Balanced I am wondering how it changed for years. 13.5% Domaine de Chevalier Pessac Leognan Semillon sauvignon Blend 21 @31500, AD, 260226 — 4 months ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.4

Deep golden colour.
Beautiful mature White Bordeaux. Good complexity in the nose and palate, showing almondpaste, pumpkinpie, tangerine, dried mango, beeswax and hay. Quite rich, but there’s enough acidity and bitterness to balance it all out. — 5 months ago

Stuart Pollack

9.7

Perfect with chicken vindaloo. A beauty and just the right age. Molasses and honey. Great white fruit flavor mix. — 5 months ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.2

Classic sauvignon blanc nose with a smooth and buttery finish. Balanced but needs more time. Served with tuna tartar — 6 months ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.3

2015 vintage. 37,5 cl bottle. Golden colour. Intense perfume with caramel, roasted nuts, dried pineapple and orange peel. The idea is a more accessible style of Sauternes that could work as an aperitif, but after 10 years, this has beautifully evolved into something more complex and rich, while refreshing acidity keeps the sweetness in check. Abv. 14%. A great introduction to the grand vin. — 6 months ago

Todd Brooks

9.3

White peaches, hint of lemon zest, slight acidity with nice nose that has a little oak. Very nice. — 8 months ago

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9.1

Brilliant silver-straw. Lime zest, honeysuckle, succulent herbs and chalky minerals on the incisive nose. Dry, tightly focused and lithe on the palate, offering intense citrus and orchard fruit flavors that reveal a hint of waxiness and a refreshingly bitter quinine note. Shows a delicate touch and finishes clean, nervy and quite long, with resonating mineral character and a hint of lemon thyme. (Josh Raynolds, Vinous, July 2021)
— 5 years ago

Drew Howell

9.0

Great balanced white for a cream based spring pasta. Right blend of crisp mineral and some fruit — 7 years ago

Pooneet K

9.0

Excellent white blend from Arietta, with what is probably the right amount of age. Amber in the glass, deep and mouth filling, fat, but not oaky. Very nice. — 11 years ago