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  • Country ranking ?

    1 056
  • Producer ranking ?

    64
  • Decanting time

    1h30min
  • When to drink

    now to 2025

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As the morning September sun rises a cloud of fog drifts across the cold waters of the Ciron. It sweeps swiftly over the vineyards and settles on the slopes. As the suns rays touch the hills its warmth cuts a swathe through the veil and the outline of pickers become discernable between the vines. The experienced walk stooped and gather the most raisined grapes covered in mould, often one at a time. The first pick of the Château d’Yquem 1896 vi...

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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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Wine Information

The start of the growing season in later March set the stage for very successful flowering. A first "tidying-up" pass to remove any berries affected by sour rot took place from the 21st to the 26th of September. The real harvest began in earnest from 28/9 to 3/10 with two passes that produced a large amount of very sweet grapes. It rained for 22 days in a row (213 mm) starting on the 9th of October. While there were still grapes with an honour...

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Tasting note

color

Full, Brownish and Dark

ending

Long, Smooth, Lingering and Alcoholic

flavors

Honey, Apricot, Waxy, Creamy, Nutty and Caramel

nose

Fresh, Opulent, Closed and Mature

recommend

Yes

taste

Average in Acidity, Warming, Well-structured, Perfectly balanced, Complex, Mature, Medium-bodied, Fresh, Full, Elegant and Medium-Sweet

Veridict

Transparent and Intelligent

Written Notes

Decanted for 30 minutes. Retained its best characteristics for one hour after opening. Bottle outwardly as new, recorked at the estate in 1967. Wine level top shoulder. Very dark, but clear colour. The bouquet was really modest at the beginning, but after about 45 minutes the wine was totally different. It transformed into an intoxicating combination of caramel, overripe exotic fruit and honey that overwhelmed the room. Surprisingly full, creamy and silky wine with the same kind of velvety smooth, almost tangible softness as the 1811. Good balance and structure. Even the aftertaste included fresh, sweet fruit and sprightly acidity. A surprisingly elegant wine that appeared much younger than we expected.

  • 93p
A medium-depth brown, cola-like colour. The palate is closed, slightly nutty, with apricot and wool notes. A sweetishly concentrated, volatile, but warming alcohol taste. There is still some fruitiness left, but the wine has passed its prime. Decanted just before serving. Lasts 30 minutes in the glass.
  • 87p
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Origin

Sauternes, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

Very Good

Fake factory

Serious

Glass time

45min
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