Château Suduiraut is an estate winery in the Sauternes region on the left bank of the Bordeaux region. It makes sweet white wines under the Sauternes AOC which at their unctuous best are ‘the poor man’s Yquem,’ (Hugh Johnson: Wine Companion: 1991, p.79).

Owner: AXA Millésimes. Previous owners: l Fonquernie and Mme Fronin.

Vineyards: The next vineyard to Yquem, going north.

Organic certification: 2017 No (Source: Agence Bio).

White wines

Sauternes AOC, Château Suduiraut: 1970s ‘Suffered a period of relative neglect,’ (Hugh Johnson: Wine Companion: 1991, p.79).