Bordeaux 2025: Ideal conditions lead to luscious Sauternes

Sweet and luscious, a lovely lick of pineapple and mango straight away – ripe, sweet, but also salty the two giving a nice interplay between...

Rich aromatics of salted caramel, vanilla, orange and white chocolate on the nose –it smells incredible. Pure straight away, this is rich and luscious for...

Really fragrant and aromatic peach and pear notes on the nose and palate. Round, sweet, luscious and energetic, this has such a lovely presence in...

Gorgeous aromas of orange, clementine and grapefruit with orange blossom, honey, straw and salted caramel vanilla. Juicy and so lively, lifted and almost sharp which...

Some tropical aromas on the nose. You can really feel the weight and depth on the palate, the extra sugar gives a round lusciousness that...

Mirabelle plum, dried apricot and orange blossom on the nose, smells lovely. Crisp and cool, not overly sweet, still a little tight and focused all...

Creamy really aromatic and fragrant, peach, pear, blossom, so fragrant. Lovely sweetness and cleanness with lemon, apricot, sweet pineapple, mango cinnamon and vanilla. Crisp, fresh,...

Sweet and pure, this has real clarity with a lightly framed core of stone peach fruit and cool baked apple flavours. Lacks a touch of...

Gorgeous acidity here, really something that’s not often in Fargues where the sweetness usually takes over. I’m sure this is still high in residual sugar...

Gorgeous intensity on the nose, honeyed flowers, caramel and blood orange. Thick, sugary and filling but with a mouthwatering, orange juice edged acidity that lifts....

Juicy and lively, this has a real kick to it with the acidity at the fore – tangy lemon and pineapple before slowly creamy, vanilla,...

Richly spiced on the nose, lots of oak here. Bitter toast, chocolate, cedar and clove. Ripe and full, quite a luscious heady style as you’d...

Sweet from the off, a hit of baked pineapple, dried mango and lemon sherbet. I love the acidity and pure energy coming from this wine,...

Friendly and upfront, a lovely lick of quite bright acidity before turning much more mineral with flint, wet stones, struck match and a cool, crisp...

Very grapey on the nose with lots of baked apple and pear aspects. Really fragrant and floral on the palate, so perfumed and aromatic. Quite...

White chocolate, vanilla, caramel, wild honey and pineapple. Luscious and filling, thick and weight but so delicious on the palate, super sweet, but the sweetness...

Tangy acidity meets beautifully ripe and forward tropical fruit. I like this expression, vibrant and focused with a clean core but also quite a sweet,...

Juicy but also quite thick and dark – more of a toffee, salted caramel, baked pineapple aspect with gentle acidity. I like it though as...

Quite a lively, tangy style where the acidity almost overtakes the sweetness of the fruit and thus making this friendly and approachable but perhaps not...

Floral nose with caramelised lemons and some baked apple notes. Juicy and rich, a lovely burnt caramel and salted orange rind aspect. Pleasant, filling, good...

Toffee apple, baked oranges, salted caramel and flint – lots of aromas and flavours to this, but ultimately quite clean and sleek with the freshness...