2021 Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes Premier Grand Cru Classe
Pale yellow in colour, the nose is highly aromatic, with bewitchingly pure aromas of honeysuckle, saffron, and notes that intensify with aeration to offer us scents of camomile, white flowers, and orange blossom. The palate is succulent, remarkably well-balanced, sweet and voluptuous, with intense peach and apricot notes, lemon and orange peel, and a most attractive finish. A superb wine that is sure to delight you for years to come.
100 POINTS JAMES SUCKLING
96 POINTS VINOUS
95 POINTS ROBERT PARKER
97 POINTS WINE INDEPENDENT
The best of the best, Chateau d’Yquem stands alone as the grandest and greatest of the wines of Sauternes. Single botrytis-infused berries are hand selected in the meticulous and painstaking winemaking process that puts Yquem at the pinnacle and kept it there for centuries.
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 unique, prolonged pleasure. There is a lovely expression in French to describe Yquem’s tremendously long aftertaste: il fait la queue du paon, which means that it spreads out like a peacock’s tail.
Pale yellow in colour, the nose is highly aromatic, with bewitchingly pure aromas of honeysuckle, saffron, and notes that intensify with aeration to offer us scents of camomile, white flowers, and orange blossom. The palate is succulent, remarkably well-balanced, sweet and voluptuous, with intense peach and apricot notes, lemon and orange peel, and a most attractive finish. A superb wine that is sure to delight you for years to come.
100 POINTS JAMES SUCKLING
96 POINTS VINOUS
95 POINTS ROBERT PARKER
97 POINTS WINE INDEPENDENT
The best of the best, Chateau d’Yquem stands alone as the grandest and greatest of the wines of Sauternes. Single botrytis-infused berries are hand selected in the meticulous and painstaking winemaking process that puts Yquem at the pinnacle and kept it there for centuries.
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 unique, prolonged pleasure. There is a lovely expression in French to describe Yquem’s tremendously long aftertaste: il fait la queue du paon, which means that it spreads out like a peacock’s tail.