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  • Country ranking ?

    1 510
  • Producer ranking ?

    94
  • Decanting time

    1h
  • When to drink

    Now

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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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Château d’Yquem’s first harvest took place three hundred years earlier, in 1593, when Jacques de Sauvage purchased the estate from the crown. When Francoise de Sauvage and Louis Amade Lur-Saluces, king Louis XV’s godson, married in 1785, Yquem became part of the property of the historic and traditional Lur-Saluces family. At the same time, the vineyard received approval and protection from the French royalty. Today, the v...

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Tasting note

color

Full

ending

Medium

taste

Elegant

Written Notes

D 20 min / G 1 h Golden colour. The nose is closed and shows mainly varnish aromas combined with earthy and consommé nuances. The palate is sweet and intense with moderate level of acidity. On palate one can find some aniseed and licorice flavours. A good wine but lacking bit of integration of the tastes and acidity to balance the syrupy palate.
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Origin

Sauternes, Bordeaux
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