2001 Château d'Yquem
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JulianSkeels Likes this wine:
99 Points
Friday, February 3, 2017 - Just a potentially perfect wine that every wine lover must have in their cellar. I have had 100yr old sauturnes that taste of grapefruit and young one prodigious ones, but none that have this substance - a typical Yquem nose of pineapple and gingerbread but where it excels is the sheer power and length in the mouth with a noticeably higher than usual level of acidity providing freshness and ageability. This will age tremendously. Tried it also alongside the 97 Yquem (imho the best value in the market) and it blew it away. Nowhere near ready though - hold for at least 10yrs.
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Comment posted by Ispendtoomuchmoneyonwine:
2/19/2017 3:35:00 AM - I had a 375 in 2006 and it was fantastic
Comment posted by JulianSkeels:
2/19/2017 3:45:00 AM - Was probably nice and youthful then. Still drinkable now, but neither as youthful nor 'ready'. At this point I'd definitely hold for a bit on opening more bottles - even halves.