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  • Country ranking ?

    666
  • Producer ranking ?

    39
  • Decanting time

    5h
  • When to drink

    now to 2050
  • Food Pairing

    Traditional Apple Pie

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The Story

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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Tasting note

color

Full

ending

Long, Pure and Lingering

flavors

Vanilla, Apricot, Waxy, Toasty and Honey

recommend

Yes

taste

Complex and Fresh

Written Notes

Golden. Intense, apricots, vanilla, scented, orange zest, layered, nuanced and complex nose. Fresh acidity, fresh, lively and nuanced palate, rich, caramel and bitter touch, incredibly long. 97

  • 97p

From a 0.75 bottle(enomatic machine), straw yellow colour,on the nose vanilla,

orange zest,peach, pineapple.Very sweet and concentrated with a perfect balance of acidity.Medium body and long aftertaste.Will be a killer in 20-30 years or more.

Very well made sauternes.

  • 95p
Consistent notes. It was a very refined, sophisticated and beautifully structured wine with great intensity of aromas, great acidity and minerality, stunnigly rich, great structure and striking length. Heaven's doors are open.
  • 99p

Intense, yellow colour. Fresh, honeyed, complex, bee wax, apricot marmalade, toasty, spicy. Lusciously sweet, vivid acidity, oily texture, spicy, lovely toasty vanilla flavours. Lingering long, fresh, pure and multilayered. Sheer pleasure! – JL 95p (5/2011)

  • 95p
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Origin

Sauternes, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Above Average

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

Average

Fake factory

None

Glass time

3h
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