This is easily one of the best in the line up, sunflower yellow in colour and showing great focus. It has a lovely minerality that rises through the palate and lime notes that give focus to the rich, fleshy texture. This is very good quality and you can see that it’s a flexible wine that would go well with food. It’s perhaps a touch soft on the finish but there's an awful lot to like. A great job from Silvio Denz here. 20% new oak was used. A yield of 10hl/ha. Read more at https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/bordeaux/chateau-lafaurie-peyraguey-sauternes-1er-cru-classe-2018-29842#iSwgph8OAcSVSFa5.99

(93-95) The 2018 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey is a honeyed, tropical effort that has light botrytis, full-bodied richness, a big mid-palate, and a great finish. It’s not the most complex Sauternes out there but it has wonderful purity of fruit. The blend is 95% Sémillon and 5% Sauvignon aging in one-third new French oak.

(WA 92-94+ points) The 2018 Lafaurie-Peyraguey is pale lemon-gold colored and bursts from the glass with vibrant notes of grapefruit, fresh pineapple, mango and guava plus nuances of lemongrass, crushed rocks and allspice. The palate has plenty of spring in its step with energetic citrus and tropical fruit layers, finishing long and zesty. - Lisa Perrotti-Brown

With a nose of honeysuckle, orange, tropical fruit, vanilla, white peach and marmalade, there is a lot of sweetness here, and just enough acidity to give it pop. Read more at:https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/wine-tasting-note/?vintage=2018&wine=Chateau%20Lafaurie-Peyraguey

The 2018 Lafaurie-Peyraguey is pale lemon-straw in color. It comes hurdling out of the glass with rambunctious notes of baked peaches, poached pears, and juicy melon, followed by wafts of beeswax, spice cake, and orange blossoms. The palate is rich, concentrated, and expressive, with just enough freshness and a decadently fruity finish. - Lisa Perrotti-Brown

The 2018 Lafaurie-Peyraguey has opened up over the last three or four years with those lovely quince and honey scents still in place. The palate is well-defined with very well-integrated oak, gaining some weight in the mouth with a lightly spiced finish. This 2018 seems to be on an upward trajectory. Very finessed. -- Neal Martin