<h2> Sauternes & Barsac 2022</h2> <h3><strong>Average yield: </strong></h3> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li><strong>Sauternes</strong>: 4hl/ha. A decrease of 71% from 2020.</li> <li><strong>Barsac</strong>: 1.5hl/ha. A decrease of 86% from 2020.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h3>What you find from the 2022 wines</h3> [subscriber-content]Winemakers were tested in 2022 having to wait nervously for the onset of Botrytis after such a long hot and dry summer and only when crucial rain and wind arrived in the middle of October did the noble rot progress quickly. Yields were much healthier than in 2021 and the resulting wines tend to be in one of two camps; intensely rich with high residual sugar or a little light and watery and lacking in acidity. Some wines however manage the perfect combination of intensity, lusciousness and balancing acidity giving them such lovely, early drinking appeal. <hr /> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/search/bordeaux/white/2022/page/1/487?appellation=sauternes%2Bbarsac&orderQuery=order%5B0%5D%5Bscore_rounded%5D%3Ddesc%26order%5B1%5D%5Bupdated_at%5D%3Ddesc"><strong>See all 34 Sauternes and Barsac 2022 wines tasted en primeur</strong></a></p> <hr /> [breakout] <h3>Top picks:</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/bordeaux/chateau-doisy-daene-lextravagant-de-doisy-daene-barsac-70505"><strong>Château Doisy-Daëne, l'Extravagant de Doisy-Daëne</strong></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/bordeaux/chateau-de-fargues-sauternes-bordeaux-france-2022-70506"><strong>Château de Fargues</strong></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/bordeaux/cha-teau-suduiraut-sauternes-1er-cru-classe-2022-70508"><strong>Château Suduiraut</strong></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/bordeaux/cha-teau-doisy-ve-drines-barsac-2eme-cru-classe-2022-70507"><strong>Château Doisy-Vedrines</strong></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/bordeaux/domaine-de-lalliance-sauternes-bordeaux-france-2022-70509"><strong>Domaine de L'Alliance</strong></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/bordeaux/chateau-de-rayne-vigneau-sauternes-1er-cru-classe-2022-70510"><strong>Château de Rayne Vigneau</strong><strong> </strong></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/bordeaux/chateau-bastor-lamontagne-sauternes-bordeaux-france-2022-69822"><strong>Château Bastor-Lamontagne</strong></a></li> <li><strong><a href="https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/bordeaux/chateau-doisy-dubroca-barsac-2eme-cru-classe-2022-70511">Château Doisy-Dubroca</a></strong></li> <li><strong><a href="https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/bordeaux/cha-teau-guiraud-sauternes-1er-cru-classe-2022-70512">Château Guiraud</a></strong></li> <li><strong><a href="https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/bordeaux/chateau-raymond-lafon-sauternes-bordeaux-france-2022-70513">Château Raymond-Lafon</a></strong></li> <li><strong><a href="https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/bordeaux/cha-teau-coutet-barsac-1er-cru-classe-bordeaux-2022-70514">Château Coutet</a></strong></li> <li><strong><a href="https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/bordeaux/clos-haut-peyraguey-sauternes-1er-cru-classe-2022-70519">Clos Haut-Peyraguey</a></strong></li> <li><strong><a href="https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/bordeaux/chateau-sigalas-rabaud-sauternes-1er-cru-classe-2022-70518">Château Sigalas Rabaud</a></strong></li> <li><a href="https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/bordeaux/cha-teau-rieussec-sauternes-1er-cru-classe-2022-70517"><strong>Château Rieussec</strong></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/bordeaux/chateau-doisy-daene-barsac-2eme-cru-classe-2022-70515"><strong>Château Doisy-Daëne</strong></a><strong> </strong>[/breakout]</li> </ul> [/subscriber-content] <hr /> <h2>See the top-scoring Sauternes & Barsac 2022 en primeur wines</h2> [wine-collection] <hr /> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/search/2022/bordeaux/page/1/74?orderQuery=order%5B0%5D%5Bscore_rounded%5D%3Ddesc%26order%5B1%5D%5Bupdated_at%5D%3Ddesc">Search all Bordeaux 2022 en primeur ratings published so far</a></h2> <hr /> <h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.decanter.com/bordeaux-2022-en-primeur/">Back to the main Bordeaux en primeur page</a></h3>