Client mode activated Change client

Château Yquem
Château Yquem - Cru Classé 1991
Sauternes - aoc

Cépage Sémillon
Sauvignon Blanc

Description

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.

Notes de Presse

17/20

Jancis Robinson

18/20

La Revue du Vin de France

94/100

Jean-Marc Quarin

Tasting

A vintage marked by the frost of 21 April, which will spare some slopes in Yquem; follows a warm and dry summer, relayed by a month of rainy September and harvests in three tries, modest but of very high quality. An experiment that shows how much the great terroirs are advantaged in case of spring frost. An unforeseen harvest in view of the accidental conditions and bays that bear witness to a great summer.

Aroma: Not always very expansive for young vintages but marked by fruits (apricot, tangerine, sometimes exotic fruits) and woody notes (vanilla, toast). For the older ones, on the other hand, it allows to float extraordinary scents from the opening of the bottle.
Palate: The aromatic palette is then immense, combining the notes of dried fruits (dry apricot, prune, marmalade) with spicy notes (cinnamon, saffron, liquorice) and even floral (linden...). In the palate, the first sensation is always very silky, often sumptuous.


It is followed by a more enveloping impression that a taster characterized by saying "this wine lines the palate". Indeed, it is present without being oppressive, with elegance and lightness, always balanced. Balance between liquor and acidity (between sweetness and freshness). A few bitterness touches can contribute to this harmony. When in the final, there is an aromatic persistence that tells another story, a story that lasts and lasts...


Our suggestions

 

 

  Produits

Veuillez saisir un mot-clé

  Producteurs

Veuillez saisir un mot-clé

Il semblerait qu'un article de votre panier ne soit plus disponible. Votre panier a donc été mis à jour en conséquence