Sauternes is the best and most sought-after region for dessert wine in Bordeaux, perhaps in all of France. Chateau d'Yquem is the most celebrated of all Sauternes producers. The history of d'Yquem…
After a cool and rainy spring, warm conditions prevailed all the way through to November 2019. In Sauternes in particular the down pour in late July removed.
98+ Containing 135 grams per liter of residual sugar, the pale lemon-gold colored 2016 d'Yquem leaps from the glass with honeyed apricots, pineapple,.
The 2018 d'Yquem is all lime cordial, grapefruit oil and mandarin peel to begin. With a little coaxing, the fireworks really begin, letting off a whole.
Wine Advocate: 100 points, Wine Spectator: 98 points Fresh-cut orange, peach and nectarine notes lead the way, followed by lightly singed almond and warm.
James Suckling 99 Points: "a very classic Yquem. Breathtakingly wide spectrum of floral honey, exotic fruit (passion fruit, mango and pineapple), caramel and marzipan aromas. But none of this is a…
Wine Advocate 95 Points: "Pale gold colored, the 1998 d'Yquem features a flamboyant, rock-star nose of allspice, candied ginger, honeycomb and crme brle with a core of preserved lemons, mandarin peel…
Winemaker Notes: This was a year of tremendous contrasts. Spring was abnormally cool and wet, which meant that flowering was very spread out - a factor conducive to complexity at Yquem. Summer was…
Wine Spectator 97 Points A special wine right from the start, this glistens with pure papaya, mango, white peach and mirabelle plum, joined by elderflower.
Chateau d'Yquem - Sauternes 2006 (375ml) available at Joe Canal's Lawrenceville in Lawrenceville, NJ
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