Suduiraut Sauternes 2003 375ml

95 points Robert Parker: "2003 is a rich, sweet vintage of powerful, full-bodied wines that possess huge levels of glycerin, alcohol, and residual sugar. (Apr 2006)"

95 points Bettane & Desseauve's Guide to the Wines of France: "With a golden color, this has a little splash of iodine on the nose, which will reduce its score by one-half to one point, because some of its peers do not have this character. Huge richness and sweetness. Great future. Drink: 2011 up to 2030. (2011)"

93 points Wine Spectator: "Intense aromas of pecan pie, dried apricot, apples and syrup. Full-bodied, medium-sweet, with a dense mouthfeel of very ripe fruit and a long, powerful and spicy aftertaste. Very, very impressive. Not quite the 2001, but who's arguing? Best after 2010. (5/31/06)"

93 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2003 Suduiraut is the finest example of this vintage in Sauternes that I have yet tasted, though this is admittedly from a fairly small sampling of the vintage. The bouquet is deep, pure and very refined in its mélange of pineapple, apricot, peach, coconut, gentle soil tones and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, deep and most impressively light on its feet, with fine mid-palate depth, with lovely focus and just a touch of youthful bitterness still to resolve on the long, succulent and bouncy finish. The acids here are not as zesty as in the 2005, but there are sufficient to frame the wine beautifully and to keep it fresh and lively far into the future. I would give this wine three or four years to fully blossom and then drink it over the next several decades. 2013-2040. (Sep/Oct 2009)"

18.5/20 points La Revue du Vin de France: "Still marked by the wood, dissipating with air towards more floral notes. The mouth is beautiful, bold with a very harmonious finish. (Apr 2013)"