2014 Chateau Sigalas Rabaud Sauternes

The wine is all richness—loaded with botrytis and concentration. With its balanced acidity and dried fruit flavors, it's ripe, gorgeous and developing well, if slowly. This will be a great wine, but wait until 2024 to open it. (Cellar Selection)

The 2014 Sigalas Rabaud has a detailed bouquet with pure honey, flint and quince aromas, precise and very well focused. The palate is well balanced with a fresh entry, crisp acidity, notes of tangerine and marmalade furnishing the vibrant and spicy finish. Every now and again this property pulls a great Sauternes out of the bag. The 2014 is one of them. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.

Tropical in feel, with mango and guava notes holding sway, backed by hints of nectarine, tangerine and bitter almond. The long, piecrust- and coconut-framed finish rolls through languidly. Best from 2018 through 2033. Tasted twice, with consistent notes. 1,052 cases made.

Delicate saffron, lemon verbena, juniper and yellow apple aromas mingle with lemony botrytis. Fresh and juicy, with lifted fresh citrus and spicy stone fruit flavors. Doesn’t seem sweet at all but finishes long with building sweetness and intriguing notes of crystallised ginger. Outstanding example of lighter-styled Sauternes. Drinking Window 2018 - 2030.