Chateau Bastor-Lamontagne Sauternes 2022 375ml
97 POINTS: Decanter World Wine Awards
96 POINTS: Wine Direct Tasting Team
94-93 POINTS: James Suckling
5 STAR VALUE PICK: Wine Direct Tasting Team
13.5% Abv, 55% Sauvignon and 45% Semillon, Organic
“Serious intensity for this property” — James Suckling"
"The third Bordeaux wine this year from the magnificent 2022 vintage is a Sauternes – a season during which sweet-wine growers didn’t have quite as easy a time of it as their red-wine peers. Sauternes needs a drenching shower or two towards the end of the season to start botrytis on its way, and in 2022, little rain came until late September. The result was a lengthy, thumb-twiddling, finger-drumming vintage which mingled pre-rain raisined grapes with post-rain botrytised grapes. This particular Sauternes may well have a component of both harvests in its blend: its deep colour and lusciously sweet flavour (145 g/l sugar) are generous and gratifying, but you’ll find some of the butter-roast notes of botrytis, too, in both aroma and flavour. It’s also an unusual Sauternes in having more Sauvignon Blanc in the blend (55 per cent) than Sémillon."
— Decanter Wine World Awards
“This super value 2022 Sauternes has a delightful delicate and pale golden colour. Complex on the nose it releases intense fragrances of orange peel, pear and spice. Rich and fresh attack on the palate with subtly candied and fruity aromas that draw out to a lovely finish combining power and freshness. Perfect for the Xmas table & to enjoy now”
— 5 Star Value, Wine Direct Tasting Team
“Dried apple, pear and spice with botrytis character. Full and rich. Medium sweet. Solid structure. Serious intensity for this property. 55% Sauvignon and 45% Semillon.”
— 94-93 Points, James Suckling
The Bastor Lamontagne Castle is located in the municipality of Preignac, in the Gironde area. The proprerty benefits from a unique geographical setting in the heart of the sauternes appellation thank to a large-scale vineyard, green areas and an imposing group of buildings. This ancient royal property with three centuries of history has converted its winemaking to organic (“biological”) farming since 2010. Château Bastor-Lamontagne is one of the three properties of the sauternes appellation detaining an Organic certification.
13.5% ABV