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The pleasure derived from tasting Yquem is difficult to describe.

It offers a myriad of well-balanced, complex flavours that generate even more harmonies over time. The impression that remains is reminiscent of a quote from Frédéric Dard "the silence that follows a piece by Mozart, in which the listener remains suffused with the music". This reflects the fact that Château d'Yquem stays on the palate for a remarkable long time, providing a u...

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Thomas Jefferson bottle, one of which was tasted by Michael Broadbent, HR and German cronies at Wiesbaden in 1985 soon after HR's acquisition of this Th J collection from a mysterious "bricked up cellar in Paris" before another was auctioned at Christie's in 1986. The bottle tasted in 1998 was much darker than that described in 1985.
Very dark brown syrup with copper-coloured rim. Bottle stink immediately after pouring. After five to 10 minutes a very beguiling bouquet of dried roses emerged and the wine was lively, aromatic, fragrant for a good 40 to 50 minutes. On the palate the wine was very gentle, very delicate, very feminine to the 1787's more aggressive appeal, and the sweet fruit was lovely and very, very long before fading (earlier than the 1787). A marvel of a relic rather than unmitigated pleasure.

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Sauternes, Bordeaux
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