Guiraud 2011

This wine has exceptional clarity, balance and freshness, with lots of spicy botrytis character. Full body, medium-sweet and a crisp finish. It's racy and refined. What's impressive is the intensity of noble rot that makes the wine feel almost dry. This is the greatest wine ever made here. Made from organic grapes. Try in 2017, but already delicious to drink.

The 2011 Guiraud offers attractive scents of dried honey, pressed white flowers and honeysuckle. The palate is medium-bodied with quite a concentrated opening, fine acidity, spicier than its peers with a botrytis-laden finish that has just the right amount of bite. Excellent. Tasted blind at the annual 10-Year-On tasting. 2022 - 2042

This Premier Cru Sauternes has recently been bought by the Peugeot family in partnership with Xavier Planty and Stefan von Neipperg of Canon La Gaffeliere and Olivier Bernard of Domaine de Chevalier. Bortytis and grapefruit notes here. Well balanced with pleasing acidity and good freshness.

There is a lovely depth of fruit on the nose rich and ripe with some fleshy peach and caramelized citrus peel. Ripe flavours enrich the mid palate and although towards the back there is some freshness the finish is sweet fruited.

As it did in 2009, this bio-dynamic estate has made one of the sweet wines of the vintage, with a marked percentage of Sauvignon Blanc adding verve and freshness to the blend. There's a tangy, citrus peel note underlying the 139g/l of sugar here, giving some backbone to the sweet, exotic fruit flavours. 8+ years.

Elegant, refined style, typical of Guiraud. Silky sweetness with finely woven flavours and long finish. Combines finesse with depth. Delicate yet intense, the wine possesses breeding and immense drinkability.