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Best Sauternes 2018 wines: Where to look in a mixed year

The top wines are rich and luxurious but hail, mildew and a late-onset harvest provided plenty of challenges for Bordeaux's premier sweet wines.

Sauternes had the same issues to deal with in the first half of 2018 as all the other parts of Bordeaux in terms of mildew and hail.


Best Sauternes and Barsac 2018 wines

 


See all the Sauternes and Barsac 2018 wines tasted so far


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