Top Sauternes & Barsac 2018 wines: Re-tasted in the bottle

An extremely impressive Yquem here. Deeply concentrated and silky in texture, with crème caramel and saffron, followed by bitter orange on the finish. Gourmet, powerful...

Attractive balance and grip alongside silky texture. White nectarine flesh and clear lime citrus acidity. Successful, as it was en primeur.

This is silky but with a proper mule kick of acidity on the finish, given layers and depth by gunsmoke. This has great balance -...

A success, with an attractive sense of lift, spice and power. One of the best in the line-up. A bottle filled with citrus, lime, slate...

Extremely concentrated, with a gorgeous kick of bitter orange, lime zest, and concentrated saffron and white pepper spice. Satin in texture, this has less of...

Deep in colour, with strong peach and apricot pit flavours, and welcome touches of almond bitterness on the finish that help things to lift off...

A rich, round feel, appealing density through the palate, with layers of apricot, nectarine, saffron and a touch of noble bitterness on the finish. Great...

Clear sense of enjoyment, with lime blossom, citrus, kiwi and some sweet fruit without sacrificing the sense of lift. Promising start for the new dry...

Ripe sunflower yellow in colour, this has good concentration, grip and real depth of fruit. Plenty of stone fruits - nectarines and peach, good bitterness...

Clear uplift; this has really good zip of lime zest, white flowers and citrus, and an enjoyable burnt caramel feel on the finish. Satin texture...

Extremely rich in texture on the attack. This is hugely concentrated with power and poise to the white peach and pear flavours, shot through with...

Rich and powerful and well-spiced, this is tight right now but has personality and uplift.