Best Sauternes and Barsac 2021 wines tasted en primeur

Gorgeous yellow gold colour in the glass. Caramelised nuts on the nose - almonds and hazelnuts, yellow raisins, wild honey and soft white floral touches...

Such an expressive nose as you’d expect from such tiny quantities of 1hl/ha in 2021. Candied lemon, wild honey, honey blossom and sweet orange on...

Wildflower notes with green apple and lime zest on the nose. Freshness and livelines on the palate, this has an immediate appeal in terms of...

Gorgeous caramelised satsumas on the nose, wild honey and lifted citrus aromas. So sumptuous on the palate, but also so energetic and buzzing with floral-scented...

Slightly toasted orange rind and vanilla caramel on the nose. Lovely density and unctuousness on the palate, really quite rich and fleshy with peach, sweet...

Clementines and lemon zest on the nose, such unctuousness straight away, you feel the texture and the richness here, a surprising feat in 2021. It's...

<p>Lively and exciting on the palate, this has energy and so much appeal in the delivery of sugary sweetness, lemon zest and spiced edges. I...

Crisp green apple, lemon, elderflower, this could pass for a dry white wine on the nose - super expressive. Lively on the palate, fresh and...

Honeyed caramel, hazelnuts, oranges and lemon and lime zest on the nose. Sweet but so satisfying too on the palate, this is quite opulent but...