Chateau Dudon, Sauternes

Pale golden yellow color. Extremely sweet and unctuous nose with bold aromas of acacia honey, mushroomy and toasty - even slightly pastry-like - aromas of botrytis, dried pineapple, some overripe apricot and a little bit of cloudberry jam. Very impressive, albeit a little bit over-the-top, maybe. The wine is very full-bodied, concentrated and even quite fat on the palate with very rich and remarkably intense flavors of powerful honeyed character, toasty brioche, spicy-mushroomy botrytis notes, a little bit of peach …