Château Suduiraut
Pur Sémillon

Bordeaux Blanc sec

2023

Blend

100% Sémillon

Wine designation

Château Suduiraut Pur Sémillon, White, 2023
Category: Bordeaux Blanc, Bordeaux

Food pairing

Perfect alongside seafood, a seafood platter with langoustines, or with scallops, cod, or seabass.

Château Suduiraut
Pur Sémillon

Bordeaux Blanc sec

2023

Tasting notes

A 100% sémillon with vines averaging 55 years old, giving a complexity of flavors to this dry white wine. With stone-fruits, minerality and floral aspects, and an overall complexity with harmonious flavors revealing a certain depth of flavoring.

Vineyard

Vineyard size: 91 hectares
Soil composition: Gravel with sand-clay

Winemaking

Aging: Oak Barrels
66% 1 year old barrels, 34% new barrels – for 9 months
Type of oak: French
Winemaker: Caroline Gendry
Consulting œnologist: Eric Boissenot

Heritage in the vineyard

Domaine

Named after Léonard de Suduiraut after his marriage in 1580 to Nicole d’Allard. The Château was burned down before being re-built in the XVII century. After having given a coat of arms featuring the Suduiraut and Ducoy cartouche. The estate was planted with formal gardens designed by Le Nôtre. Purchased by AXA Millésimes in 1992 has revived the estate to fulfil its potential in recent years.

Green in the vineyard

Environmental practices

Certified HVE3 recently, the estate implements environmentally-friendly agriculture, in compliance with the specification for the High Environmental Value specifications. The certification is based on 4 axes: Biodiversity preservation, phytosanitary strategy, fertilization management as well as water management.