1st of 24, pnp, perfect cork and level - darkening bright gold; nicely spiced, honeyed fruit, some marmalade and butterscotch, fresh surprisingly and very complex; fullish, v long and persistent but much younger and apparently less concentrated than appearance would imply with palate some way behind nose, attractive balance, relatively early days and with much upside, 30+ years. VF (18.5)........I expected more and greater weight of fruit based on a couple of bottles I had in the noughties when it was massive and slightly OTT; currently I'd put this behind the 89 and 88.
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Beautiful golden hue - intoxicating nose of orchard fruit, oranges, nuts, some citrus fruit and peel. Intense palate with great verve and lift; long and lush; young and maybe too young. Still holding back but awesome.
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Frey's Cat Ranch (Somewhere in the Northern Burbs, MN): Deep golden color - youthful color. Drank a glass over 30 minutes. Brown sugar, orange, spices, orange spice cake, ginger, carrot cake, savory, apricot, honeyed.
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PnP - Classic Yquem with impeccable balance between acidity and sweetness. Never cloying. Nose shows some petrol with honeysuckle, orange peel, citrus and peach. Palate shows honeycomb, stone fruit, lemon curd with some spice. The finish is long and invites you to take another sip. Classic and great! Solid 96. Drink or hold.
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Just a perfect bottle of this and it's a vintage I love showing ripe golden citrus fruits and distinctive chalky minerals. The finish is just so fine and complex with notes of clove-like spices and apricot nectar. In a perfect place of maturity now but it will of course still motor on. Not as oily and decadent and the '83 or '89 but perhaps more precise and detailed.
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Layered, smooth, mature with an incredible white-chalk mineral flavor unique to this vintage of Yquem. Otherwise, very fine and so complex on the finish with an array of spice notes. Just beautiful. Comanderie Edwardian dinner 2/29/24.
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Medium golden-orange in color. Soaring and intoxicating aromas of Indian/Persian dry fruit box with honeysuckle, apricots, orange blossom, saffron and walnut oil. Rich and viscous on the palate with swaths of sweet crushed apricots, tangerines, citrus peel, good acidity that keeps the wine balanced and a very perfumed peacock tail finish. This is a very good bottle.
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Good vintages of Yquem (Chicago, IL): The first half-bottle was corked, so we opened a second. But this was also slightly musty though it was certainly cleaner and didn't have that unpleasant cardboard note on the finish. Nonetheless, this didn't have the mineral brightness nor elegance that I remember from this vintage (in the context of the trilogy, of course). The botrytis did seem dialled down, and there was a slightly oiliness to the texture here. Whether this was corked or not, this wasn't a good (or likely representative) showing of a great Yquem vintage.
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90 Yquem is so much better from large format. From 3L, this dazzles - poached pear, orange, cream, bergamot, a little mint and crème brûlée crust. Mouth-filling, zippy for all of its sweetness, long as the day.
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Quite deep in colour. Inviting nose. Ripe fruits, some barley sugar. Botrytis not so evident. Not especially complex nose, but followed by a wonderfully full and complete palate. Even in magnum this seems quite ready.
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Un Repas en Cuisine - GD host (City Club FW - Chef's Table): Tasted single blind - Second time tasting this wine, and I actually called it...Deep, and dark gold in the glass, cooked apricot and stone fruit on the nose, definite botrytis and stone fruit marmalade on the palate. Delicious with the peach tart.
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This bottle was riveting. Bordering on perfection, the incredible blend of concentration, intensity, sweetness, vibrance, purity, length, and most importantly, its racy lift makes this one of life's great, sweet treats. Drink from 2023-2075.
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I had a half bottle on my 60th. Given I shared a Dom Perignon 2003, a Maison Roche de Bellene Puligny Montrachet Les Folatieres 2016 and a Muga Prado Enea 2010 with 3 others and various courses of food, my palate may have been a touch jaded by the time we came to dessert. My friend had made an apricot tart.
This was simply outstanding - perhaps the finest wine, of any wine, I've ever had.
Months later the taste still lingers in my memory - the mark, surely, of a great wine.
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Cheval Blanc & Yquem dinner @ Anhelo Restaurant (with Pierre Lurton) (Phoenix, AZ): Butterscotch and fresh caramel chews playfully dance with yellow and orange citrus, grilled lemon, saffron, golden raisin, walnut oil, date, and apricot, notes. Intoxicating, like a terroir nymph of complexity and layered flavor. The nose is killer, like a mixed stone fruit cup concoction mingled with peanut brittle and warm saffron. Less herbal than more recent vintages, the 1990 superbly balances the more nutty components brought about by its age with the rousing citrus and stone fruit elements. But like all things Yquem, the balance between acidity and sweetness here is second to none.
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Cheval Blanc and Yquem Tasting Dinner (Anhelo (Phoenix)): PnP at room temperature - It has been a year and a half since I last tasted this wine, and it is still aging effortlessly. What better way to end a classic tasting than with a classic wine served in a classic way.....yes, this classic 1990 Yquem served with a cold pistachio crusted foie gras on a rich papaya and pomegranate sauce! Great wine to end a great tasting!
1990 Yquem shows classic honeyed stone fruit with Yquems impeccable balance between sweetness and acidity. I don't know how they consistently manage to achieve this balance, but I have yet to taste an Yquem where it did not exist. I could go on lavishing praise and descriptors, but I think it suffice to say this is typical Yquem in a very good vintage! If you like your Sauternes with some age on them (I like them at any age!), this is in a great spot! No hurry to drink, but no reason to wait either....if the occasion presents itself, pop this puppy open! Solid 96 points for my palate!
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Hoping you've got something celebratory like this 90 D'Yquem! Served at a wine lunch with a Bleu cheese cheesecake (which was a perfect mate for this wine... although I missed it), this is the wine for a luscious dessert such as that. To the leftovers, Batman! Lucky enough to be able to get my hands on the remainder! On the front, medium+ density with honeyed yellow fruits, botrytis influence, candied nuts, viscous and extremely rounded mouthfeel. Finished with more of a neutral oak and perfectly balanced fruit with honeysuckle and a touch of apricot and dusty wildflowers. A perfect dessert sipper! Keep or hold for a lifetime!
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- Yellow brown color with medium forming legs. It's in total harmony and has flavours of butterscotch, honey and vanilla with a medium body. Bright texture with a medium finish - This wine has gotten much better with age. Golden brown hue with a beautiful caramel color.
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There was lovely elegance here and subtle complexity but this bottle seemed to lack some of the power and depth I remember in this wine. Lovely nonetheless but a little something missing it seemed to me.
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Absolute perfection, fully mature but no risk of declining any time soon! Deep yellow-gold. Last tasted 2016, even better now. Very aromatic, deep and rich lemon-peach aromas mixed with a light oak touch. Lots of flavor, rich and viscous, acidity still prominent but plenty of sweet fruit, and very lingering sweet aftertaste. Ric
A half bottle shared at Brasserie Blanc. Big complex nose with some sherry at first then hazelnut, lots of caramel and some orange, amongst others. Colour mid range. Lots of fruit still. This will last decades.
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This has reached a nice level of maturity with the color of molasses and the texture of woven silk. The chalk-tinged fruit is ripe and a touch exotic and the finish is just so classy and fine with complex notes of minerals and tropical fruit spice. It just lingers on the palate at the end of a meal and puts a smile on my face. 95+
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Tasted blind, this wine had a light orange center and yellow/clear rims. The high- intensity nose put forth sauteed oranges, lemons, vanilla, and minerals.
In the mouth, this wine was rich and ripe with great acidity buried under a ton of fruit.
This bottle seemed unusually advanced and at its peak. My guess is that it was not representative of the best bottles but still certainly excellent.
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Rich and powerful despite its age - the darker sweets like caramel, toffee, brown sugar and baking spices show prominently in this Yquem. The concentration of sweetness is masterfully balanced against the solid acidic backbone.
This is not an elegant vintage of Yquem, but a tasty one nonetheless. This feels like a great close to the night if you are still craving an extra dessert course at the end of a long, decadent tasting menu.
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Pure liquid gold - seville orange, marmalade, runny honey, dried apricot and mango, hints of almost burnt caramel. Powerful density on the palate, with layers of rich dried fruit and orange blossom, supported by excellent acidity and freshness. An appealing caramel note emerges from the smooth, lingering finish.
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I really don’t like sweet wines. This was great for what it is though, very complex and rich, with nice acidity to balance out the sweet ripe fruit. I can’t have more than half of a glass of d’yquem, but for Thanksgiving day it’s a fun treat!
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For someone that does not like sweet wine i have to say this was superb. Acidity is very present and the sweetness is not too high. Perfect balance. Very complex. Not showing age and likely to be still well on its plateau for another 30-40 years.
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Annual Pilgrimage to Piedmont - 2022 Edition; 10/14/2022-10/16/2022 (Piedmont, Italy): From the immaculate wine cellar of La Ciau del Tornavento. There very few wines we could close this legendary lunch and indeed this delivered as expected. Liquid gold as always but this also higher than ever before. Dried figs, apricot, soft honey but frankly this was Yquem , well matured and effectively still very young ( the fresh youthfulness is gone if course) and with a lot of years ahead.97,98,99,100 . Take a pick
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Amber color. Honey, vanilla, toffee on the nose, infused with botrytis. I could have hoped for a touch more acidity to really put this bottle among the best of Yquem, but it has just enough to make this a delightful pairing with Roquefort.
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I have not had this vintage in a long time, i was really pleased to see how it’s turning out with sufficient acidity to balance the awesome concentration. I always compared this to 89 and 88 in the past, and my current view is it’s better than 89, but perhaps not the 88. Golden juice
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Nez envoûtant de marmelade, de sucre d’orge et de pêche rôtie, d’épices. La bouche est onctueuse, avec encore une bonne richesse, elle s’étire en une très longue finale, d’une profondeur émouvante, avec des notes de crème brûlée. L’équilibre est souverain. 96-97 pts
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PNP. Wow!!! Was so disappointed in the last bottle, which seemed flawed. This bottle was outstanding! Beautiful tropical notes of apricots, bananas, but of course with the trademark Yquem acid for the near perfect balance. Long, fluid finish. This is Yquem at its finest, with many years of evolution ahead.
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Yes, is truly fine wine (as you would expect). Nicka below has got it right. This is not as nuanced as we might expect, but it has great depth and fullness of form. And something else: a quality that is holding everything together. Words fail me to describe the latter. I need a broader vocabulary.
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Ferrari F40 in the rain (A farmhouse in leafy Kent): From 375 - and more enjoyable than the full bottle I had last October (which lacked this bottle's acidity). Soft and sensual nose. Not especially complex on the palate, with plenty of barley sugar and apricot fruit, but particularly long and intense, yet weightless with it.
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Ferrari F40 in the rain! (Kent countryside, UK): A real treat to try from a half bottle at the end of an extravagant lunch. Nose seemed inexpansive but could detect marmalade, cantaloupe lemon and vanilla. On the palate this has good density and drive with power and tangy acidity and lovely fruit core. Served in "Grandma glassware" crystal goblets :)
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No notes taken. I’ve had this recently and scored it 97 pts as it achieved what only Yquem achieves in most vintages: combining intensity, complexity and weightlessness. But in that tasting the wine needed time and air to get there. At first it seemed a bit cloying and for sure it was not weightless. This bottle here was served at the end of a long evening and there was not sufficient time to bring the wine to that magic point. Hence, while the complexity shone through, the structure didn’t get there and hence this wine didn’t reach the heights of the last bottle. 94/95 pts.
Decanting: 1 or better 2 hours in a decanter should help here.
I'm hoping bottle was flawed. There were some good things - toasted marshmallow was the first flavor I tasted, but the fruit seemed significantly off. Others weren't as hard on this wine, so it could've been my palate, but I was highly disappointed.
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Petrus vs. Le Pin vs. Lafleur 2004-2011, blind (Fribourg): With the cheese and charcuterie platter. Rich and ripe, smoky and a touch oxidative, heady ad heavy with lots of apricot and dried fruit. Good but I like the vintages with more acidity and elegance.
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48x 1990 (37x Bdx, 6x Napa, 5x others): We tasted five 1990 Sauternes. I expected quite complex wines with in many cases not an ideal acidity level due to the hot vintage. Indeed they showed quite expressive and complex but the majority of the wines showed also quite fresh. Only the Rabaud Promis (90 pts) and the Doisy Daene from magnum but not from the 750 bottle (91 pts vs 93 pts) showed a touch too oily. Winner, and as so often, the only Sauternes combining intensity, complexity and weightlessness was the Yquem (97 pts). Tied for the second rank were a strong Rieussec (94 pts) and the most mature wine of all the De Fargues (94 pts). All in all, quite a positive experience. 1990 is a lot of fun but will likely be not the most long-lasting vintage.
TN: Wow. While the nose could be more expressive, the wine explodes upon touching you tongue with layers and layers of fresh, pure fruit, malty notes, spices, superb boytritis saffron notes. Compared to the others, this is so much ligher, absolutely weightless in Sauternes terms. Fresh and vivid with lots of tension and cut from the attack into the long-lingering finish. This is not as complex as the best vintages but is so much fun to drink today. 97 pts.
Decanting: Not decanted. This needed about 25 minutes in the glass, hence my guess is that this needs an hour or two in the decanter to fully shine.
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Deep orange. Nose mature honey, apricot, oak. On the palate this was beautifully matured with mellow honey, caramel and pineapple notes, perfectly balanced by the acidity. Complexity and multi layered with notes of apricot, coconut, and peach detected.
Long, long finish with honey, going through the different layers and ending with walnut and toasted oak. A real joy.
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Château d'Yquem dinner with Sandrine Garbay (Restaurant Zoldering, Amsterdam, NL): Hot year but without excesses and with good noble rot. Rich and complete, honeyed and harmonious, has everything in perfect balance and in the right place, “rien ne dépasse”, fresh an with subtle bitters, gently honeyed, rests in itself, excellent length.
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February foie (Chicago, IL): From half-bottle. Sadly corked, but not enough to obscure how brilliant this wine was. It's the least botrytised of the trilogy, but that racy acidity gives this wine some really impressive lift, on top of the typical weight that Yquem has. A shame.
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Opened a 375ml bottle to sttart the New Year, same tasting note as a week ago. Nose of honey, caramel, marmalade, tangerine, mango, and melon, same on the palate, big body, very tasty, elegant, mouth filling fruit, showing well at 31 years of age, with hints that it will last another 20 years, terrific tasting and finish to a wonderful dinner, and a long, long, flavorful finish, and honey aftertaste, photo uploaded.
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Opened 375ml bottle to pair with the creme brulee, nose of honey, caramel, marmalade, tangerine, mango, and melon, same on the palate, big body, very tasty, elegant, mouth filling fruit, showing well at 31 years of age, with hints that it will last another 20 years, terrific tasting and finish to a wonderful dinner, and a long, long, flavorful finish, and honey aftertaste, photo uploaded.
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Second Sunday Group: 1990 Burgundies (Neil's): Standard bottle, a generous contribution from A&L. Light golden amber color. Aromas of marmalade and apricot, with perhaps a subtle spice element lurking underneath. The palate follows the bouquet with plenty of stone fruit and a bit of spice. 92+ pts.
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Quite dark, rich sweet taste in a quiet way, 26 years show; last tasted 11 years ago, clearly different - the acidity and young expression has disappeared completely, I prefer the younger version
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Aristocrat's Wine Dinner (Joe & Khem's Place, Mpls): Very dark gold color. PNP, drank a glass over 45 minutes. Somewhat shy to start out, apricot and baked apple tart, caramelized brown sugar, orange marmalade, honey, peach and subtle spice. The palate also is slow to emerge, but really builds as this comes to room temp. Tart Tatin, orange cream, honey, peach, caramel, medium full and not overly sweet, the spice notes really come out too. This has that sublime balance and length you'd expect. Fantastic, thanks Jason.
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Aristocrat's Wine Dinner at Joe's: PnP - served cold (from the fridge), and needed to warm up a little - Nose showed a hint of petroleum that quickly blew off, then didn't show much until it warmed slightly, then everything you would expect started coming through, including honeysuckle, stone fruits, caramel and honey. The palate showed classic Yquem balance between sweetness and acidity, with flavors becoming more pronounced with time in the glass and the golden liquid edging closer to room temperature, namely peach, apricot and honeycomb, with hints of caramel and vanilla. IN addition, the finish lengthened with time in the glass also, going from a 20 second finish to about a 40 second finish (and may have gone longer if the wine was nursed better!) Unfortunately, I drank it all within about 15-30 minutes! Good stuff! 96+ (and that may be conservative).
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Dark amber, although didn't feel hugely mature. Aromas and flavours were dominated by botrytis to an extent I don't think I've experienced previously, and the overall effect was very much 'sweet meets spicy' rather than there being much fruit or creme pat to find. Not hugely sweet although probably more ponderous than I'd have liked. As such, an excellent dessert wine, but lacked the je ne sais quoi (more acidity, if I had to guess) required for greatness.
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Dinner with Friends at Verve Chicago (Verve Chicgo): Probably should've decanted this. Darker color than last bottle with honey, honeysuckle, creamy, candied peaches. The acidity was frankly not there on this bottle, which made the palate a degree below the last bottle, but finish was long and sweet.
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Liverpool title celebrations (London): Deep amber/golden colour with the contents of the bottle almost matching the script on the bottle. VA immediately apparent on the nose along with marmalade and ripe peaches. Viscous in the mouth and lovely length.
Missing the acidity I was expecting, but everything else was wonderful.
Spicy nose. Dark golden color. Palate has honey, orange marmalade. Was quite delicious, though if I had a nit it would be it lacked a little bit of acidity/energy.
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lovely golden color, fully mature on the nose, succulent marmalade treacle, on the palate corpulent and very rich, mandarin oranges, pure honey, the short time I had with this wine after a long evening of powerful reds did not give the wine its due- but even so this is definitely a vintage more on the power side and not- or perhaps not yet- showing a lot of the spicy nuance and detail of vintages like 1997, also note that it took a full 5 hours to really come into its own- we should have decanted it, and that suggests that perhaps this needs more time to fully show the usual nuance, still it was a rich and golden beauty, fine long finish with proper acids to balance out the sheer richness that persisted through to the end.
****+, now to 2050+
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1990 Champagne / Bordeaux / N Rhone (London): Very popular after having gone through so many reds, this a perfect treat to finish off a lovely meal. Had been decanted for 6 hours and was so open for business. Not too sweet, a salty caramel tang and lovely acidity - deep creme brulee. Beautiful!
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I think my expectations for this wine were beyond what it could deliver, having sat in my cellar for over a decade waiting for a special occasion. But once I got over that this wasn't a 100 point experience, I realised there is an incredibly rich, mature sauternes here.
La Tâche Dinner (RPM Steak - Chicago IL): Very dark color, darker than I recall from most previous bottles. Ripe fruit, showing both mature and dried apricot, along with burnt caramel sauce. Good concentration, slightly lacking acidity and lift for d'Yquem.
1990 d’Yquem continues gaining complexity. Now you find an enthralling perfume packed with roasted apricots, overripe pineapple, butterscotch, creme brûlée, toasted marshmallow, spice, flowers and honey. On the palate the unctuous wine is poised perfectly between its waves of sweet honeyed fruit and racy acidity. As good as it is now, it’s only going to get better over the following 3-5 decades or longer!
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Superb - Drank over 3 hours; incredibly intense with sweet citrus, earthy cloves, pineapple, glycerol, and flintiness. Unreal structure and forever finish while being light on its feet.
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From 6L, the 1990 Yquem is riveting. Incredibly intense nose, simultaneously fresh and sweet, brimming with orange, bergamot, almond, cream, mineral, a touch of smoke. And on the palate - expansive, unending. This will go the way of the 28 and 45.
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I love the combination of ripe exotic fruit with a great mineral streak in this very fine vintage of Yquem. This bottle showed fairly mature and very complex with plenty of power and concentration. The finish is loaded with notes of caramel, clove and smoked chalk. Fantastic with the Fois gras.
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This bottle drank beautifully and showed a lot of maturity with great flavors of ripe and sweet yellow fruits and clove-like spices. The texture is viscous but balanced nicely by good acidity and the finish is so refined and complex with a lot of white minerals and exotic fruits. Clearly from a ripe vintage but the mineral intensity keeps it fresh and clean. I doubt it's fully mature but it's not as far away as I once thought. I was mostly spitting tonight but couldn't manage to allow this wine to leave my mouth.
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Online Blind Tasting #5: Note is based on a tasting sip in the morning on day one, a sip on the evening and 50cl filled in a bottle and sealed with argon gas on the evening of day three. Glass: Zalto Universal From 0,375l bottle. Clear, medium amber color. Nose is quite restrained and muted with some cellar mold. Sweet, awesome high acidity. 13% abv. A bit muted, some oxidized notes, a bit of cellar mold. Certainly not a perfect bottle. You can feel the potential, but this bottle was the weakest in this tasting. What a pitty.
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Beautiful nose of apricot, caramel, and orange zest. Great acidity with complex flavors of ripe apricot, candied orange, and citrus. Very long on the finish. Awesome wine, what a treat!
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Didn't take detailed notes. Main impressions were honey on the palate, with a hint of citrus. Medium-weight, not syrupy. Very nice but nothing transcendent. Would have liked to see a longer more memorable finish.
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Drinking supremely well. A complex nose of apricot, tinned peach, vanilla, honey and lavender. It is rich, powerful and explosive in the mouth, with layers of flavour but not in the slightest bit excessive of weight. There's lusciousness coupled with freshness and length of flavour is superb.
Rich, heavenly nectar. Notes of spiced caramel apple, butter, nutmeg, apricot, bananas foster, honey and orange zest. Extremely complex with incredible length and finesse. The acidity is perfectly balanced with the sugar. Still tons of life remaining — drink or hold.
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Deep yellow & gold color, doesn't look like a 30 year old wine. Orange peel, honey, toffee. Very good but a little underwhelming considering the producer, the vintage and the price. Everything was well integrated, more elegance than power at this point. I don't see this wine getting better, drink now.
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#1 of 12 There is no better way to finish a lovely wine dinner than a glass of Yquem. This was no exception. The 1990 in half bottles is in a great place for current drinking. I think that Dream’s 8/22/20 TN says it well, both on a stand alone basis and as the last of the 88/89/90 trio...
This was the finisher for a fantastic wine dinner featuring ..1990 Leroy’s .. Vosne Romanee Beaux Monts, Nuits Saint George Les Boudots, Pommard Les Vignots and Savigny Les Beaune Les Narbatons
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Blind tasted. Wasn't difficult to guess an old Sauternes with the reddish yellow color, saffron notes and toasty orange peel bitterness. If you paid big bucks for yours I can understand why you would want to wax lyrical on this but to a simple blind taster it is as tasty as any other quality old Sauternes and not very lengthy on the palate. I was not the only one present who remarked that it is in its twilight... Thanks for this generous offering GG!!
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From the list at Anarki, this was in fine form - and more than a bit better than the 89 tasted just two days before. This is much richer, deeper, more complete, honey galore her, citrus, virant stuff, goes on and on - I'll restain from counting the aftertaste in seconds, but this is Grand Vin indeed. #Anarki
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Excellent bottle, bright, fresh, clean, and sharp upfront with dense and deeply rich apricot and honey flavours throughout. Still in secondary fruit country as opposed to tertiary notes. Imagine good bottles of this will go on forever.
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Bordeaux 1990 horizontal tasting (Fribourg): 1990 Bordeaux horizontal hosted by a private collector. 30 years down the road, the vintage comes across as bold and muscular, youthful and in general not yet open for business or at times closed. Highlighs included Figeac, Haut-Brion, Mouton, Calon Ségur – and to my surprise – Marquis de Terme. See tasting story for more take-aways and the complete line-up.
Tasting note Only a very brief comment. Full-bodied, concentrated and built for endless aging. Sweet melon, honey, bee wax, candid fruit the main aromas. Less spicy and no saffron as in more recent vintages. Clearly a very good Sweet wine, but not my favorite vintage from this estate.
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The best showing yet of this gorgeous Yquem which tops off the incredible triumvirate of great vintages with the ’88 the sweetest and most forward, the ’89 the long-distance thoroughbred and this ’90 showing great ripeness and perfect botrytis intensity with perhaps the most expressive mineral content. Even after a lot of wine, it was impossible not to finish this glass and even lick the table chasing after the few drops I spilled. 95+
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Tasted blind, this wine had a yellow/gold center and clear rims. The medium+ intensity nose generated notes of creme brulee, fresh apricot, pear, white stone, and some wax.
In the mouth, this wine was so refined and integrated, the texture was stunning. It had great acidity and incredible length.
This was not a bruiser or overbearing in any way. It was class in a glass and will drink gorgeously for decades.
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On the nose, butterscotch, passion fruit, white pepper, white chocolate, nougat, almond kernel, manuka honey, shortbread, a little ginger, light muscovado sugar. On the palate, savory component in the beginning with a fantastic concentrated mandarin flavor. Exceptionally balanced. Super long finish with a delicious lychee character & salted caramel. As wonderfully complex as this is, I wonder If I would prefer Yquem from cooler vintages where sharpness replaces opulence. Fantastic nonetheless.
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Doften är fantastiskt!!! Alpängsblommor, smör, superbalanserad och väldigt timid saffran, balanserade söta vita frukter, honungsmelon, mogen aprikos, friska dofter som även ger aningar om både sälta och fin syra.
Smaken håller absolut samma klass! De första små glasen efter kork berättar direkt att den här borde fått vila ett decennium eller två till - minst - men, efter en vecka - WOW!
Kraftfull, koncentrerad, mångfacetterad, djup - och bred smakbas samtidigt. Någon som reducerat det här i all oändlighet och sedan hittat exakt rätt proportioner. Frisk härlig smakbas med perfekt balanserande syra mot sötman,. Aprikos, (mindre påtagligt än andra årgångar av) saffran, hösthonung, karamell, alpäng, orangea blommor, sälta, mineraler, feta lätt, lätt, lätt bittra nötter som bidrar perfekt till balansen. Smör. Härligt smör!
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90 d’Yquem ska jag försöka spara en flaska av till varje 00-decennium tills man trillar av pinn... Lika bra att man inte vet när det blir, men det ska bli väldigt kul att följa. Jag är inte främmande för tanken att jag kommer att sätta 100 på en flaska längre fram - om jag får följa dem enligt den planen... För säkerhets skull har jag laddat, och har kvar flaskor, för att bli 160 år gammal... Så det lär väl bli någon över till barnen - rent statistiskt i varje fall - även om man är optimistiskt lagd...
Single Blind 1990 Bordeaux (The Bristol - Chicago, IL): Beautiful nose of honeyed apples and melons with intense spice that goes on and on. A core of pure, sweet and honeyed fruit that has pinpoint balance and precision. What a combination of richness and elegance. Long, layered finish.
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1990 Bordeaux Dinner (The Bristol - Chicago IL): Best bottle of this wine I have had in at least 5 years. Intrinsic sweetness and botrytis complexity play off each other wonderfully with fresh and dried apricot. Very good+ weight and depth.
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Bright gold in glass, with viscosity. Nose lifted with late apricot, marmalade, dry honeysuckle, soft white flowers, white pepper. Palate is crisp and balanced, sweet yes, but no hint of cloy, clean lifted acidity. More late apricots, marmalade, stone fruit, royal jelly and honey, just a hint of fig development. Developing quite nicely, and paired beautifully with our creme caramel!
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Elegant, complex and very fine with medium concentration and medium sweetness. Flavors of tropical fruits, apricots and white flowers and rather mineral-driven on the finish. Lovely but out-dueled by the '90 de Fargues tonight.
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Acker 200; 2/7/2020-2/8/2020 (The Pool & Cipriani): Just a small sip as I was sharing a glass with a true lover of d'Yquem. This is a great wine as always although I sometimes find this vintage a bit more intense and a bit less elegant than some of the others. It's more powerful, more sweet, more orange peel and apricot and honeysuckle and just slightly less acid. Still beautiful for a sauternes and compared to the rest of the world it's very balanced, but for a d'Yquem to me it's a vintage that gets a bit more credit than I think it deserves.
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It doesn’t get better than this! A never ending finish is still on my palate after an hour of finishing the last glass of this wine. Honey, white tropical fruits and an unbelievable preciseness in the different flavours makes this a once in a lifetime wine. The residual natural sugars are balanced against a level of fantastic mild but pronounced acidity. Enjoyable beyond anything I ever tasted
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The 1990 Chateau d’Yquem is bold and voluptuous, one of the richest and brightest d’Yquem I have tasted. This 1990 is fresher than the excellent 1988, offering plenty of fresh mango, peach, citrus peel, pineapple, honeycomb and white blossom. Luscious with very well integrated oak spices. Full bodied with Tokaji Essencia characteristics but fresher acidity and fragrant botrytis. Immortal wine. (94/100)
Very much on the leaner, minerally side of Yquem without the exotic qualities of say '83 and '89. It's still a baby though and it shows an excellent cut of acidity with perfectly ripe flavors of white peaches, clove and caramel. The finish is quite complex with a strong note of chalky minerals. I like it's potential. 94+
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Wow, perfect balance of acidity and sweetness. Candied Apples, vanilla, and lemon zest, with saffron on the back-end. We had this wine with homemade dark chocolate torte and brownies, and it more than held its own.
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Wonderful. A classic continues. From nose to sip to swirl to hold in mouth to finish this wine is pure pleasure. A fruit garden of apricots, oranges and pineapple, this is rounded, viscous honey that pulsates with pleasure. A perfect finish to our dinner at Marea in NYC.
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The rhubarb soufflé and Yquem 1990 was another match made in heaven. I have not had this wine - incidentally served out of bottle - for a nearly decade or so. Last time it was surprisingly and uncharacteristically austere for an Yquem. But now it has straightened itself, but at the same time has a pleasing and even thrilling grippiness on the back end that the 1988 and 1989 don’t have. Very happy to own this.
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90 years of Ducru Beaucaillou: A lovely conclusion to an evening of Ducru Beaucaillou. Fresh, bright, marmalade, almond, acacia nose. Delightful Yquem with many happy years in hand.
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Medium gold honey colored, full bodied, unctuous, concentrated and layered but superbly balanced and elegant, spice, honey and dried orange peel aromas. flavors of caramel, toffee, honey with smokey notes. extraordinary sweetness cut by harmonious acidity on the long finish that lingers for a minute or more.
Orange blossom, honey, intensely rich viscous mouthfeel. Utterly crowdpleasing. This is in fine shape, reminiscent of last time I drank this some years ago, clearly evolving slowly and many years ahead of this. Tonight it hit the bullseye. Served from 750ml.
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From a half bottle, purchased on release, the wine is loaded with buttery, pineapple, apricots, orange and honey, with floral accents and a hint of butterscotch. Plus, rich, round, sweet and lively, the wine is just starting to show its secondary development. Talk about pure pleasure in a glass.
Best sauternes I have ever had and possibly the best wine I’ve ever had. Just marvelous in every way. Subtle apricot and tangerine with caramel overtones. Life is good when you get to drink this.
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Dark amber color. Apricot, honey, peaches, white flowers, caramel, toffee notes. Full bodied and exceptionally long finish (50+ secs), which goes on and on.
Very rich, complex and elegant. Extremely well balanced sweetness and acidity. Perfect harmony in a glass!
Drank on New Year's Eve 2018 to welcome 2019! What a start!
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SLDS December 2018: Pineapple, musk, pear and lemon with some quince as well. Delicious sweetness on the palate, rich and mouth filling. Lively and lovely, with acidity cutting through with purpose. Superb balance and drinking.
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This bottle was more tired than it should have been. Others from this case are pristine and light gold while this was already a dark amber in the decanter. Nose had moved into toffee and raisin territory and was short on the freshness and energy one should still expect in 1990. A lot of orange citrus here, Grand Marnier was a consistent note amount the first-timers. Still delicious and always a crowd pleaser, but less than perfect.
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Relatively youthful aromas with powerful fruit feeling of apricot, ripe honey melon, dark caramel and light floral cut.
Gorgeous concentrated and delicate matter with delicious fruit of apricot, ripe peach, honey and great caramel-feeling. Light bitter finish pulls a little down, but amazing Y'quem this!
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Adrian visits Châteauneuf-du-Salil; 10/19/2018-10/20/2018 (Indianapolis): Phenomenal wine. Incredibly rich and dense with orange marmalade, apricot, honey, vanilla, and a tarter note of orange bitters on the back end, all coming together in the ripe, heavyweight package that I expect out of Yquem. It's a big wine with palate-staining intensity, but the balance here is excellent with surprisingly bright acidity, and the finish goes on for minutes.
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Visiting Châteauneuf-de-Salil (sans Pape); 10/19/2018-10/20/2018 (Indianapolis, IN): From half-bottle. Incredibly opulent on the nose, with intense botrytis, marmalade, honey, and spice. The palate is certainly in line with that nose as well -- incredibly opulent, complex, and rich, with tons of sweetness that is cut by both a surprising amount of acidity and that classic bitter orange flavour. Killer stuff, as always.
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If you like stickies, it won’t get much better then this. Brilliant apricot hue, marmalade and honeysuckle with a long even finish. No rough edges, not overly sweet or biting. Just a smooth elixir. Drink or hold
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The color is getting darker on this and the wine is young but delicious with classic flavors of smoked apricots and Yquem minerals. Succulent and long on the finish with medium sweetness and lots of grippy complexity. This is a lean, very mineral-driven Yquem that's less exotic than '83 and '89 but quite pure and refined. 94+
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IPNC Van Duzer Group Rapid Reunion (Chez Siggy & Jenny's Place, Mpls, MN): Very dark gold color. A beautiful maturing bottle of Yquem. Fleshy peaches, orange chiffon, apple mousse, tangerine, honeysuckle, delicately spiced, perfectly balanced sweetness and acidity, the essence of elegance, this defies weight and pirouettes across the palate then lingers longingly.
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Celebrating my 50th birthday (again): In the glass, saturated amber-orange; really quite lovely. On the nose, apricots, peaches, botrytis in force. On the palate, loads of botrytis, with more honeyed apricots and hints of tropical fruit, a syrupy texture, and a long mouth-filling finish with good persistence. For any other Sauternes, this would be a great showing, but for Yquem, a bit underwhelming and one-dimensional - the palate-shifting flavors and lightness that make Yquem what it is just weren't on display with this bottle.
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Tastes like Sauternes. Not a lot else to add really, apart from spending market value on this wine would be insanity. Don't see what extra bang you are getting here for your extra bucks.
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From 750: Botrytis and honey on the nose continue on to the palate, to be joined with apricots and tropical fruits. Dark color consistent with 25 + years in the bottle. Heavily extracted wine. A little bit goes a long way. Could use more acidity for my taste. Long finish
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Dark honey color. Honeyed apricots on the nose. Apricots dominate with peaches in the finish. Syrupy texture. Strong mineral elements. Drinks hotter than I expected. Paired wonderfully with fois gras topped apricot bread pudding.
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Consumed this over the course of 2 nights. Beautiful amber color in th glass, and pineapple upside down cake, apricots, honey, mangoes, and light citrus notes on the first night. Night 2 there was definitely more of a port feel to the wine, as the wine picked up some additional depth and white raisin notes.
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Had the 1989 and 1990 together. The 1989 is less forward than 1990 and less full bodied, which I actually like. The nose explodes with botrytis and glue, and on the palate it is obviously very sweet, but less so than 1990. However, there is also less acidity, so the balance is OK. The 1990 is a powerhouse in all respects and combines the sheer power with high acidity. Matter of taste I guess how heavy you want your Yquems to be.
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Hommage a DryCab - Washington Wines release; 5/3/2018-5/5/2018 (Various spots in Walla Walla): I've never had a D'Yquem I didn't like. Like many of these wines there's a haunting character to it. The finish lasts forever and is so easy to recall than writing the note a day later I still feel like it's so clear what this tasted like. A wine that starts off as a bit more of a mouthful than some, but ends so light on its feet you wonder how that could happen. And it's constantly changing and shifting. Really delicious.
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4th Annual Wild Game Dinner (Chateau de le Shane aka Shane's house in New Jersey): Paired with a foie gras and fruit dish at Shane's 4th Annual Wild Game Dinner and as you might expect it was excellent both on its own and with the dish. The wine is a copper orange color with golden hues. The nose is expansive. It carries a honied texture to new heights and tastes of butterscotch, grilled apricot and orange rind. It is amazingly rich yet bright with acidity with plenty of life left. The finish so impossibly long with layer after layer of fruit and honey flavors. Most of the group's first or second favorite wine of the night, my #2.
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This 1990 oldie possesses rich bouquet of buckwheat honey and apricot jam. Round and well-polished, medium-to-full weight, sugar is subtle, restrained, well-integrated in its beautiful palate. Perfect with dessert.
Man, I love whatever Château d’Yquem does - yet, their Sauternes is so unique, so rich and genuine, that the remaining half a glass of Y white Bordeaux 2005 was impossible to drink after one sip of Sauternes.
Musar & Yquem at Maritozzo, 26 March 2018
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Souper de rêve en blanc (Au siège de PKP :)): Un nez suave de marmelade et de crème brûlée. La bouche est aérienne, avec une belle liqueur, sucrée et profonde, d’une longueur impressionnante. Un vin profond, grand. 96 pts
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Mag. Lovely, fresh, touch of exotic spice on nose, but palate is clean, apricot and honey. Wonderful and miles to go. Not as rich and sumptuous as you might expect from vintage but that's a plus in my book.
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New Year with Old Sydney Gang; 12/29/2017-1/1/2018 (Red Star and Changi): Amber. Fresh dark florals, marmalade. Juicy, clean, raisins, figs, rich soft white floral, tea leaf tannin, lush. Creme caramel. Effortless acid balance, juicy, layered, licorice. Matsutake, rich mushroom broth. Royal Jelly. Rich, endless, umami, light, effortless, ephemeral, and supremely yummy. Great way to start the year and with great friends.
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What a way to end the year! This bottle showed that special Yquem magic of almost weightless, cotton-candy-like texture married to a powerful intensity and purity of flavor. Only knit is that it's just a shade too sweet for my taste, but it's otherwise a pretty perfect beverage. Just glides and dissolves across the palate so elegantly, it had us shaking our heads. My wife probably put it best, "I didn't know grapes could do that."
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Three bottles opened, one was corked, the other two not representative, I think. Tea-leaves, TBA like. The producer was there, did not see any flaws, but this was far from the wine, we had earlier at HSA.
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Yquem vertical winemaker's dinner with Jean Philippe Lemoine (Restaurant Frank - CPH): Tasted Yquem 2015, 2010, 2005,1990. I must admit my all time favourite is 2001 (my score 98 - among the best wines I have ever tasted), which was not represented. Compared to that vintage we were not close with any of the evening's vintages. I have tasted 1990 some times and in general I find it too oxidative. I am fully aware that many like that style. For me 2001 has the freshness, which I love so much combined with complexity after all developed over 20 years. This btl was even more oxidized than usual (if it wasn't because it came directly from the cellars of Chateau D'Yquem i would have guessed "poor storage"). The colour was deep amber. Overwhelmed by so many tertiary aromas of caramel, walnut and cinnamon. I have no 1990's in my cellar. If a had I would drink it as soon as possible.
the nose was somewhat disappointing, showing an aroma almost straw-like, not what i remembered, and this was identical for both the 1990 and 2002 bottles. it was decadently rich and delicious on the palate, so i don't think it was corked, but i was puzzled by the bouquet.
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Wow, everything a Sauterne should be... honey, apricots, silky smooth. Color is pretty dark, but a wonderful wine, what a treat. Scores around the table: 97, 97, 98, 99
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Served in Reidel Sommelier glasses, the aromatics exploded with an array of secondary notes. I mention the glasses, because I have never experienced all the buttered popcorn, creme caramel, Cointreau, brown sugar, crème brulee, melted butter and white chocolate aromas that were sitting on top of the honey coated, tropical fruits before. Dense, but not overbearing, rich, but not cloying, fresh, but never overly acidic, everything was in perfect balance and harmony. The scary thing is, the wine is just starting to enter its second phase of development. What happens in the next 30 years is going to be even better!
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Post Justin B's 40th birthday celebration dinner - Mostly SQNs. (The Grill Room at the Rosewood DC): Fully mature nose displaying slightly dry yellow fruit, dry apricot, dry mango, yellow peach, ginger, crème brulee, lipton iced tea and sweet spices, Beautifully integrated palate, decadent yellow fruit driven palate impression, bright acidity and a long sweet yellow fruit driven finish. It is drinking beautifully but will age gracefully for another couple of decades.
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I love Sauternes as a whole, but there's no other region where one vineyard so dominates the commune (for my taste). And of course that's d'Yquem. So much work goes into producing a wine that carries such effortless, elegant grace and complexity. The classic paradigm of the parchment, crystalline-pure nose with its floral notes, never over-ripe fruit, minerality, and orange peel is well-illustrated by the 1990. Just perfect on the palate; no wine (red or white) is as well balanced.
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The '90 Yquem remains an enigma to me. Clearly a very powerful and mineral-driven wine, it remains fairly subdued on the palate compared to surrounding vintages. It could be that it just needs tons more time. 92?
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Like all great wine, this just keeps improving with age. I should age as well. Rich, luscious, opulent and concentrated, there is intensity of flavor, purity of fruit and a complexity few other wines offer. The finish, with its perfect blend of honey coated fruits and bracing acidity must keep you busy for at least 50 seconds. At 27, this is just starting to open. You can drink this now, wait a decade or save it for your grandchildren. Me, I'm not waiting, this is a beauty.
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The Yquem dinner (Chicago, IL): From half-bottle. This was very, very different again from both the 1988 and 1989. Whereas the 1988 was sort of middle-of-the-road standard Yquem and the 1989 a brute of a Sauternes, this had a lightness to it that no other wine had. More white-fruited than any of the other wines, this also had a crisp vein of acidity that gave this a lot of lift. I found a distinct note of candied sour pineapple here that made this extra special.
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A similarly good bottle of this to last year's despite reported variation in this vintage. Mid to dark gold. A familiar nose of mandarin with some stonefruit - particularly some fresher peach and citrus here - against a background of notable botyritis and mid golden honey. Didn't have the initial excitement of last week's 89 or maybe the peak of the 88 but was a very good bottle of Yquem, maybe with the most potential of the three. ****1/2-*****
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A casual Friday sushi dinner (Gary & Cindy's): A tour de force. I generally struggle to identify specific flavors in wine but the candied cinnamon and apricot in this was vivid. Picking a nit, I would have liked a touch more acidity though it was by no means cloying or monolithic. I just thought it was slightly lacking in balance. Nonetheless, a wonderful experience. Thanks GA!
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Out of this world - and while I liked Verset, this was WOTN for me; a meal in itself, this shows layers and layers of exotic fruit, citrus, honey, brioche, orangepeel. Firmly knitted - writing this, I can still taste it. Bravo. #HSA
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Greatest red Burgundy - Wine tasting dinner (Rest FB (kg arr.)): 4 flights tasted: 1. Chambolle Musigny: Denis Mortet 1. cru Aux Beaux Bruns '10 (classical Chambolle, light, elegant, perfect aromas and balance 93-94/100) against Vogué Le Musigny vielles vignes '06 (much more intensity, liquorice and too many tannins - in other words much too young, 91/100) 2. Gevrey-Chambertin: Philippe Pacalet Ruchotte-Chambertin '11 (close to natural wine, a lot of fruit, liquorice, definitely not a typical Bourgogne, 93/100) against Armand Rousseau Le Chambertin '11 (develops positively in the glass, high acidity, fantastic flavours, still very young, never the less I rated i 95/100 based on performance right now, which means it is the winner of this tasting) 3. Vosne Romanee: DRC Richebourg '09 (way too young, very closed and too many tannins, however still a good glass of wine 93/100) against DRC La Täche '09 (deeper colour, even mores closed, more tannin and higher intensity both on the nose and palate - should have waited another 10 years or more, 93/100) 4. Sauternes: Yquem '01 (unbelievable good wine on the nose and palate, extremely good balance - so far the best Sauternes I have ever tasted, It It is not getting better than it is now, just changing towards too many tertiary notes like the 1990. I certainly disagree with Wine Advocate which states drinking window to begin 2030, 98-99/100) against Yquem '90 (Rated 99 by RP - because of the age it is much too oxidative for me (sherry like), almost amber colour, the '01 is so much better 88/100)
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Bordeaux dinner at Ripple with live rendition of the Star Spangled Banner (Ripple Restaurant in DC): Expressive nose displaying intense yellow fruit, apricot, peach jam, candied orange peel, sweet spices, crème brulee, ginger, tea and honey. Excellent concentration, intense yet air palate which is unique to D’Yquem, bright acidity and a long sweet finish with ginger and apricot as the end note. Wonderful showing.
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Big wine with lovely aromas of candied fruits, citrus fruits marmalade, jams and toffee. Very, very sweet and most likely needs another few decades to soften a bit. Medium to long finish.
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Deep honeysuckle, brown sugar. Complex nose. Rich, balancing acidity to go with the sweetness, some burnt notes on the palate. Exceptionally long finish. Fantastic.
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Leiden dinner December 2016: Nose full with stone fruit, orange peel, spice and honey. Concentrated taste of sweet fruit, botrytis, acidity. Lovely Sauternes, however think this wine will develop more complexity.
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For Yquem it's middle of the road in intensity, botrytis and fruit and a little high in alcohol. Fortunately it smoothed out with air yet the overall impression is one of youth. A quarter century is not enough for Yquem to show its best and a half century is not too long.
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At friends' house with bread pudding. Still pale yellow. Aromatic, developing some complexity. Crisp lemon-peach aromas. Lots of flavor, acidity still prominent but plenty of sweet fruit, and very lingering sweet aftertaste. While very enjoyable now, this will only get better with many more years, turning darker gold and gaining in complexity. Always a treat to drink an Yquem, though! Ric
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30€ 4cl Kypsän keltainen. Herkullinen tuoksu Voimakkaat aromit kypsää hedelmää, trooppista meininkiä. Liian nuori vielä. Tasapainon herkullinen hyvä viini. Sopivan hapokas. Osta nyt juo 10+ vuoden päästä
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Stored in cold cellar since release. Perfect condition.Lovely bouquet. Delicate, well balanced, good botrytis, medium bodied' Yet lacks intensity and depth and complexity to be truly great So a disappointment. Climens has the edge.
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Apricot, pineapple, honey, and burnt caramel on the nose. Very fresh on the palate with good viscosity and a smooth mouthfeel. A great vintage of d'Yquem.
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Dinner at Ruxbin (Chicago, IL): From half-bottle. I think one of the most common issues with Yquem (especially among sweet riesling drinkers like myself) is that it is much, much larger scaled than a TBA and doesn't have quite the same low-alcohol high-acid cut. I also happen to think that is the case because I imagine most Yquem is not decanted at least half a day in advance. Certainly, when I opened this half-bottle this morning, I thought it was showing like an overblown caricature of a sweet riesling, ungainly and bulky. But 12 hours later, this was a different beast altogether. The nose shows an immense amount of botrytis, along with tons of sweet apricots (almost apricot jam, really). There's also that classic touch of Yquem coconut. The alcoholic heat I detected this morning has fully receded, and instead there's a really lovely cut of acid running through an otherwise very thick and sweet wine. The spiciness here is absolutely incredible. This is a wine certainly deserving of its place on the Yquem pantheon of heroes.
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The wine looks yellow brown colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like apricot, apple and melon. The body is medium. The wine has juicy texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.
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working with wine 2016 seminar 2 - sweet wines (Hilton Hotel, Sydney): almost cigar and cigar ash, cigar box, cedar, honey, leather toast, musted sweet fruits and plentiful honey. With time fore fruit comes to the fore a swell as cream and sweet yoghurt to join those honeyed notes. On the palate is juicy and honey with slight ripe apple then apricot notes, sweet but not cloying, again the acid line carries the wine. board across the entire palate with some tannic burr. long. really rather splendid
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Yquem are always a treat to drink and this was no exception. Clear and bright gold in colour with a nose of honey and peaches, this very viscous wine had flavours of honey, apricots, and oranges. I also tasted a very slight sour bit of lemons in the long lasting finish of this wine. Obviously these can age for years and this vintage is still in it's infancy after 26 years.
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(Post tasting post dinner drinks at JM's) [Bottle 22/24 - lightest - OWC ex chateau, drank parallel with Bottle 1/24 - darkest; in the name of education!] Bright late apricots, honey florals, grassy perfume. Certainly 'younger' than the darker (more oxidised) bottle, showing lemon zest, hay, hessian, marzipan, and honeysuckle notes. Hints beeswax. Ultra tight acidity, clean and fresh, luscious and textural, revealing toasted brioche. Finishing with cool lingering darjeeling tea sweetness, light and clean, and again some creme brulee. Some limited development on the second day, but still young and brighter than the darker bottle. The ultimate parallel taste test, I reckon?
(Post tasting post dinner drinks at JM's) [Bottle 1/24 - darkest - OWC ex chateau, drank parallel with Bottle 22/24 - lightest; in the name of education!] Bright golden tawny in glass, showing complex aged marmalade, white florals, marzipan, kero funk, lanolin, sherry fino. Fresh brioche, sweet tea tannins, darjeeling, yet bright clean acidity and preserved mandarin peel. Long lingering afterglow, akin to lingering tea sweetness, showing herbal medicinal notes on the finish with a creme brulee flourish! Developed and opened even more on the 2nd day, gaining somewhat more complexity than the light bottle. The bottle variation (bottles 1/24 vs 22/24, sorted from dark to light) within a single ex-chateau case is surprising, and remarkable! Between the two extremes, I prefer this marginally more.
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Toasted brown sugar, orangle marmalade and an intrinsic sweetness that is hard to characterize. Darn tooting this is great, but not phenomenal as hoped for.
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De Fargues vertical + Nopa (Sense, Nopa): A bit closed. Parmesan rind. Slight bruised tomato. Lighter than the de Fargues. On the palate, modest alcohol. Medium plus acid. Nice dried citrus almond (bitter almond). Grapefruit.
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Chateau de Fargues Vertical; 6/1/2016-6/4/2016 (Sens, San Francisco): Deep golden color, significantly lighter than the 1990 Fargues which is a more coppery-orange; nose is fresh, youthful fruit, minerality, clean pure orange fruit approaching icewine concentration; palate is full bodied, intense concentration of dried apricot fruit, orange marmalade, but still superb freshness, high acidity; long finish. This is wonderful and could still use another decade... Just superb balance with unbelievable density. 96-98
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Leo's Blind Tasting Group - May '16 edition (Tessa, NYC): I liked this a lot, though it didn't have that extra gear of focus and lift that I expect out of Yquem. It's immensely ripe with that classic Yquem apricot marmalade character, and accents of honey, vanilla, and other sweet floral notes that build and become more intense with air. It does feel a bit soft on the palate - served blind, several of us were wondering if this was from 2003 - but it's still very tasty with enough acidity to keep it well balanced, and tremendous length.
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Scott's Wine dinner at Honeysuckle, a bit of everything! (Honeysuckle, Washington DC): More mature overall expression than usual but not advanced. Intense ripe yellow fruits, apricot, dry apricot, yellow peach, raisin, orange peel, tea, caramel, cognac, ginger, crème brulee and spicy spices. Excellent concentration, deeply toned sweet yellow fruit, beautifully layered fruits, dense, good acidity and deeply toned very long finish. This particular bottle has reached the peak. Very good but not the most energetic and weightless showing. Very similar to the Jan, 2015 bottle but a bit more expressive.
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Drank from .375 tonite to celebrate Austin committing to Hofstra. I've had this wine many times in the recent past, my notes are consistent, and it's always the same level of greatness. Lots of honey, apricot, caramel, etc. Just a lovely wine that never disappoints.
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Drank from 750 in Antigua over two days, and did not decant. I've had this several times over the past years and my notes are consistent. Tons of tangerines, honey, & orange blossoms. Wonderful fruit--apricots, peaches, marmalade--and excellent acidity level combining to form a superbly balanced, complex beauty. Powerful, yet refined and elegant. A consistently great wine that would show even better when decanted
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Dark color. Strong nose of honey, ripe stone fruit. Full body, with strong acidity and extremely long finish. This is a regal wine, and makes you pause when you taste it. What an experience.
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Château d'Yquem 1990: Deep golden-amber hues. Intense notes of marmalade on toast, candied mikan, maple leaves and an uplifting sense of zesty freshness. Gradual and restraint in nature on the entry, building up fresh, citrus notes on the mid palate that fades into sweet caramel-toastiness. The finish on this one is pretty ethereal, where the aromas seem to linger long after the wine is gone, not so much because of substance on the tongue, but due to reticent aromatic vapours being gradually picked up by the olfactory glands. Had an 81' d'Yquem recently which was disappointing, lacking the trademark balance of richness and freshness. The 90' has redeemed the name of this venerable Château.
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Dark Amber color. Great woody / varnishy nose of apricot and syrupy candied orange, peach, marmalade, and even cherry. Bouquet takes some time to lose its alcoholic edge but is wonderful afterwards. Syrupy and very powerful on the palate delivering a strong dose of apricot and peach with wood tones throughout. Candied but also dried and pruney fruits in addition to toasty honey and marmalades. Really great. Maybe try decanting if you think you'll make it through the entire bottle. Enjoyed over a few days out of a 750.
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Cepages Bordeaux Tasting (North End Grill; New York City): Drank at end of our Cepages bordeaux tasting from 1/2 bottle. I've had this wine numerous times over the past few years, and my notes remain consistent. Did not decant, which I have to remember next time is a definite no-no. Also, I was a bit inebriated by the time I opened this. Still not quite as dark in color as expected, extremely fragrant nose of tangerines, honey, & orange blossoms. Wonderful fruit--apricots, peaches, marmalade--and excellent acidity level combining to form a superbly balanced, complex beauty. Powerful, yet refined and elegant. A consistently great wine that would show even better when decanted
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Vinklubben 1983's yearly X-mas dinner (Hos Britt): DnP. Yellow-orange. Small discrete pourriture noble bouquet. Well balanced sweet palate. Wait at least five years. Seems currently to be closed down. Must be?! Hans
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Bancroft Fine Wine Tasting: Superb, and still a baby! This is really quite youthful, the aromas are still mainly primary. It still needs a good deal of time to get to its epic potential. It's adolescent, offering up whimsical charm, making you fall in love easily. In decades to come it will mature, gain character and engage you. Serious, Serious stuff.
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Clean, peaches, honey, marmalade, incense. Essence of Sauternes without the "jamminess": Profound and heady but simultaneously almost feather-light with amazing deftness of acids preventing any cloying whatsoever. Long. In a very good place at the moment balanced between the gush of youth but with some of the complexity of middle-age (just about). The wine will go on for decades though. Utterly delicious and amazingly well-made. Finally lacking that extra magic to propel it to superlative. However, angels in the lower circles of heaven may well be drinking this kind of stuff.
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Big Bordeaux X: Right Bank Stars including '85 & '98 Cheval, '90 d'Yquem + More (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Deep gold color. Aerated into glasses, drank 1 glass over 45 minutes. Delightfully delicious, this was so elegant and polished, clearly an exceptional wine. Impeccably balanced this rides a crest of ethereal bliss. The lovely tangerine, pineapple, honey, spice and floral notes glide effortlessly across the tongue leading to an olfactory celebration. I love the elegance and delicacy of the how the spices blend with the fruit and sweetness in such a seemingly innocent way, yet this gives such style and finesse. Very long as well. Paired wonderfully with seared foie gras and then with a wonderful flan dessert.
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2015 French Wine Dinner (Harrison, NY): Drank 1/2 bottle at our dinner party last nite--after finishing off a 1976 which was a bit disappointing to me. I've had this vintage a few times over the past 2 years & my notes are consistent (though I was a bit inebriated by the time I opened this last nite, and we did NOT decant--mistake!). Precisely matched salty cheese course (Stilton, roquefort & a blue). Still not quite as dark in color as expected, extremely fragrant nose of apricots, honey, & orange blossoms. Wonderful fruit--apricots, peaches, marmalade--and excellent acidity level combining to form a superbly balanced, complex beauty. Powerful, yet refined and elegant. Far superior to the '76 in every way.
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Wild honey, vibrant acid, apricot and jackfruit. Needs 15 years, but I look forward to more creme brulee and less honey on the palate. Paired with gorgonzola cheesecake. 94+
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From half bottle this was rocking. Complex aromatics of apricot jam, toast, mushroom, honey and lavender. Full sweet and luscious in the mouth. Rich but not heavy and leaves the mouth fresh and invigorated with every sip.
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(with Elaine in Whitsundays) Golden toffee honey, almost brass. Upon initial pouring, rich juicy marmalade, late apricots, grapefruit pith, prune, leafy, sappy young, with an almost racy acidity, savoury with hawflakes, dried figs, plum preserve, late fruit umami. Focused, balanced, effortless. With time, woodspice, frangipani, honeysuckle, sandalwood and musk, old tea chest, cedar, hint camphor wood. Chook poo, orange biscuit, apricot. Oily, almost satin-y, yet oh-so-clean! More rounded on the second day, showing raw honey, demerara sugar, royal jelly, funky anchovies, green apple skin, beeswax, gula melaka, sweet tea and mushroom broth in a light delicate dance. Delicious, easy (too easy), effortlessly complex, youthful yet mature - playful. This bottle was a shade darker than my next one, so definitely more developed than it should have been.
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Un nez très subtil, avec de jolis arômes d'abricot confit, de miel. Il laisse en bouche l'impression d'un petit nuage éthéré, avec sa texture aérienne, d'une finesse magnifique. Il possède cette touche d'une délicatesse onctueuse, c'est un petit bijou qu'on chérie sur le palais, le temps d'une danse langoureuse... Un vin complexe et très long, salin et sucré. Difficile de définir une telle majesté! 98 pts
Un grand moment avec de grands amis.
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Amber colored. Nose of cellar, earth and forrest floor. The sugar is nicely integrated at this point. Still good freshness and acidity and some strong, but good tannins with a long and suprisingly dry finish. This is quite refined. Time has added to the complexity of this wine. The fruit is more dried than ripe. Heavy element of tree sap and some apple/calvados. Hard to tell where this is going, but I would probably drink within the next few years if I had more bottles.
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Cheval Blanc and D'Yquem dinner with Pierre Lurton and Bernard Burtschy (Taberna del Alabardero, Washington D.C.): Beautiful example displaying intense yellow fruits, apricot, ginger, cremes brules, candied orange peel, sweeten tea and sweet spices. Exceptional concentration yet airy, decadent sweet yellow fruit driven palate impression, perfect amount of acidity and lovely long clean and seamless finish. It has reached the first stage of D’Yquem maturity and it will require another twenty to thirty years to reach the 67 like stage to gain more red fruit, precision and tertiary notes. A great wine that showed exceptional well.
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WOTN at a great wine evening. the 1989 Huet Constance had more power, but the complexity was off the charts here - not just apricot and honey, also coconut, vanilla, pear and a hint of mint on the finish - amazing.
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1st Vivino Int'l chapter in Singapore (Sat. afternoon), Part-1 (Bok's place): Last wine of the afternoon. From the color as well as theme of the day, it was almost a no-brainer what this was. Honey, butterscotch, nectarines, orange-peel, caramel etc. Very dense on the palate; I wished it had a tad higher acidity & would liked it more lifted, but hey, no complains! Thank you Jack, and a fitting wine to end an afternoon of great wines and company! At this juncture, we had little idea what was about to unfold... perhaps an even more remarkable follow-on 2nd-chapter over (an impromptu) dinner!
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All Stars: Nose of apricots, candy floss, pineapple, coconuts, ripe pear - very pure and clean. Medium light body, very long finish. It just had more class than Dom.de Clos Naudin Foreau '90 we were having by its side. It also seemed that Yquem was denser due to oak and probably will have more life ahead. It wasn't overpowering or cloying, richness was very well balanced by accidity.
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Not an all-time great Yquem... feels a bit weaker than 01, 88, 83, 76, 75, 67. Has that Yquem after taste and is a hugely pleasant drink but lack a bit of power and complexity. Probably in line with 89 and 97.
It's a great wine, but not a great Yquem. As for VFM, not sure it stacks up.
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A great wine, but I admit I was slightly disappointed. Opened 5 half-bottles and one 750 ml, and not surprisingly the 750 was the best. Thick, syrupy stone fruit with moderate acidity (the 750 had the best acidity) and some hints of flowers and baking spice. It is possible that the wine is in a lull right now and perhaps should be kept for later.
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Drank this bottle with my staff from VINEUM @ restaurant Amarone in Rotterdam during our staff outing. I got this bottle as a gift from a frequent visitor which whom I had a very special bond. A very kind gift indeed, great wine with the mandarin based dessert this evening!
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incredible nose of sweet fruits. An everlasting finish and a lot of honey. Less sugar than expected, just the right amount. Can be drink over the next decades
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The Thirteenth Annual Stonefields Dinner (Guelph, Ontario, Canada): Wow...this was so lifted...so fresh. Aromas of lemon, mint, honey, brûlée, and sweet white flowers. The palate is so integrated and fresh...not cloying at all. The acid balance is perfect. Fresh cut mint, caramel, brûlée, lemon, minerals and flowers are everywhere! Finish is fresh, long and elegant.
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2014 French Wine Dinner Party (Harrison, NY): Drank at our dinner party &, for many, the clear WOTN among many stellar selections. Decanted for 2 hours before drinking, and had with the precisely matched salty cheese course (Stilton, roquefort & 2 blues). I've had this vintage recently and my notes are very consistent, though this tasting was superior to the last (which was from 1/2 bottle). Still not quite as dark in color as expected, extremely fragrant nose of apricots, honey, & orange blossoms. Wonderful fruit--apricots, peaches, marmelade--and excellent acidity level combining to form a superbly balanced, complex beauty. Powerful, yet refined and elegant. The balance of sweetness with just the absolutely perfect level of acidity is just mind blowing, making for a wonderful wine. I find it so fascinating about this wine: it always appears sweet when it first hits your tongue, but yet it goes down as dry as you could ever hope for. Pure nectar that I cannot imagine getting much better than this. Yet it's still got plenty of good times ahead. In a great place right now with no end anywhere near in sight. It also was matched perfectly with the cheeses selected. Just a fabulous, great wine!
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Golden colour. Honeyed pineapple, apricot and other tropical fruits. Long and rich on the palate, with brilliant acid / fruit balance. Gorgeous now, will keep for a long while.
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Boozy Lunch at S and B's Apartment (Auckland, New Zealand): Very developed color. Dark caramel aromas intertwine beautifully with the orange peel and vanillin oak notes. In the mouth, dark, rich and balanced with the age and acid contribting t oa clean and fesh finish, despite the opulence and sugar. For me, certainly outstanding but not an extraordinary experience.
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This was an outstanding bottle of 1990 Chateau d’Yquem. It had complex aromatics of honey, lavender, spiced pear and apricot. In the mouth it was rich and intense yet had good detail and great freshness. It really built through the palate and finished with great authority and vitality.
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Had this in anticipation of personnel success or failure - glad to have pulled it off!
The wine was bought from auction about 5 years ago, at the time by most expensive purchase, and represented a search into good wine. Shared with good friends, all appreciative of wine.
Most impressive was the balance and weightlessness of the wine, this paired very well with a hazelnut cake from Whole Foods. . There was a depth to the wine,a richness that really insisted on your attention. One of the best food pairings of the the year.
Fantastic, and one I will experience again in another 20 years. Best Sauternes Ive had to this point. --- Kracher --- well, that is a different story. Classic
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Had the fantastic opportunity to taste the 1988, 1989, 1990 tonight, all three very good vintages of d'Yquem that are valued similarly in the marketplace. This '90 was my favorite of the trio, with the greatest concentration and length. Honey, candied orange peel and dried apricot with floral hints. Thank you, Jamie!
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3 half bottles from the cellar. All oxidised to a greater or lesser extent. Rotting apples. Colour resembles tea. Have had similar results from the same case on previous occasions. Must be the result of bad storage before purchase 15 years ago, as my cellar conditions are near perfect.
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A gorgeous aroma of coconuts, pineapples and apricots which soared form the glass, danced on the tongue and finished with an alluring viscosity and finesse. While I am not the world's biggest fan of d'Yquem as I find the finish is often too medicinal, this was one the best d’Yquem’s I have ever had.
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2014 WWS season-ending wine dinner (Encore Bistro, Rye, NY): Drank blind from a .375 bottle with the WWS crowd at our season-ending wine dinner. 1 of my 2 contributions on the nite. Not quite as dark as expected, extremely fragrant nose of apricots, honey, & orange blossoms. Wonderful fruit--apricots, peaches, marmelade--and excellent acidity level combining to form a superbly balanced, complex beauty. Powerful, yet refined and elegant. A honey of a wine that's not sweet, that appears sweet when it first hits your tongue, but goes down as dry as you could ever hope for. Pure nectar that I cannot imagine getting much better than this. Yet it's still got plenty of good times ahead. In a great place right now with no end anywhere near in sight.
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Après 24 ans d'attente, très grand vin aux saveurs d'abricot, de pêche et de miel. On n'a pas envie de l'ingurgiter tellement c'est bon. Excellent en compagnie d'un bleu danois et d'une tarte aux pommes.
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94 points is a great score but I could not help but feel somewhat disappointed over this famous wine. It was very dark for it's age, much darker than many other Sauternes of similar age. Provenance was good so no problem there. It was medium rich and nutty. But I thought that the aftertaste was much shorter than expected. What happened to this great vintage!!!??? :-(
no change in overall impression, but the mid-palate weakness was less apparent in this bottle. Was it the bottle or a positive evolution? Not sure. (The Simone)
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Wine with the NEXT Chicago Steak Dinner (NEXT Restaurant - Chicago IL): From 375 ml bottle. Similar flavor profile to other bottles from the recent past, with plenty of apricot, peach and some nuttiness, with everything in good balance. Perhaps it was just palate fatigue, but this didn't seem to have the concentration as prior bottles.
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Markus' 50th birthday (Markus' house): Decanted for 1 day. Lots of nuts, dried apricots, lots of botrytis, walnuts, nice length and quite fat for a sauternes.
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Gylden pluss og mørkere enn en flaske to dager tidligere. Delikat, tropisk nese med innslag av knekk. Også her mer utviklet enn forrige flaske. Viskøs og rik i munn. Ørliten bitter finnish, ellers veldig ren. Uendelig lang. Drakk denne over 4 dager og den utviklet seg positivt. Ble renere og mindre brent.
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1990 Bordeaux Horizontal: Blind. The lightest in color, by far, in the flight. Curious soapy when first smelled, but this blew off. Varnish, not the richest, but very elegant, clean and well balanced, extreme finish. Wowsa. I suspected this to be the Yquem, and this was a much less developed bottle than previous ones.
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1990 Bordeaux Dinner (Noisette, Portland, OR): Orange flower aromas show, along with vanilla, and lemon drops all backed by icy river minerality. This is balance and length in a glass. A wave of tart orange peel slowly breaks open to give solid gold butterscotch and honey dripping off the tongue. A perfect amount of orange zest gives structure to the sweetness. There's a full experience of evolution across the palate with great precision and depth at all times!
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Cork crumbled on opening, yet this half had been immaculately stored. Colour was promising. Yet on the palate, flat, perhaps a bit oxidised, dreary and one dimensional. This is not how Yquem 90 should taste. HUGE disappointment. GRRRR Not flawed, just all wrong.
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Really wonderful, tantalizing wine that showed rich raisin, dried apricot and a touch of tropicals. The sweet fruit was complemented by mouth-watering acid, and a body that was so silky and weightless. Incredibly long finish too.
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DRC Tasting Group: Bordeaux Night (Wild Ginger, Seattle, WA): Honey, tropical, and floral nose. Soaring aromatics. Body is rich and filling, yet not at all cloying. Brown sugar, honey, and caramel stand out. Exceptionally well balanced with great acidity and a long finish. Quite delicious!
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Ended the night on a high note with this wine. Still on the lighter side in color but progressing towards darker gold. Nose was beautiful and the palate was fully satisfied. Wonderful wine. d"Yquem never fails to satisfy.
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Deep yellow and orange in colour. This is interesting because the sweetness is not obvious. On the palate there is a touch of oxidisation alongside apricot and nuttiness. The wine doesn't have the viscosity of other Yquem that I have drunk, but that isn't a negative. Overall, this is fantastic. A lovely example of a mature, complex sweet wine. I suspect this has a long life ahead, but without the overly sweetness.
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A birthday celebration (EL Ideas - Chicago IL): Worked wonderfully mid-dinner with the foie gras course, again at the end with dessert. Very impressive power, sweetness and elegance with an equally impressive length.
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Floral, honey, creme brulee, apricot, nectarine and orange make a beautiful, complex perfume. Viscous and intense. Very concentrated. Lots of ripe tropical pineapple, peach, pear, apricot and cherry fruit that seems drenched in honey and topped with vanilla. Mouth coating. It does not have acidity found in the 01. But the wine is not cloying. The finish is long, pure and the way to end a splendid night of wines and friendship, both old and new.
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Dégustation d'un Pétrus: Un nez de marmelade, caramel. La bouche parait presque légère en attaque, elle est à la fois riche et très fine, visqueuse, ample et d'une très grande longueur, en queue de paon. Superbe. 96-97 pts
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The supper club eats and drinks well in Connecticut. (Bill's.): Always a wonderful and rare treat to try and it showed beautifully with a rich, yet relatively elegant mouthfeel and crammed full of crème brûlée, pineapple, botrytis, citrus and stone fruit flavors and aromas. Still on the upswing and needing further time in the cellar as the oak needs further integration and there hasn't been any secondary development. Terrific wine with decades of life ahead of it. A.
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Taste: Full bodied with medium+ acidity. The feel is like satin with deep and succulent tones of apricots, nectarines, honey, and loads of peaches.
Overall: This was just barely revving it's engines when I finished my pour. This was from a full bottle and it has all sorts of time to keep improving from an already great base.
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I was surprised how light this felt on the palate, but still with substantial mouthfeel. Hard to describe, but it had great acidity and layers and layers of flavor. A 1970 d'Yquem we had was a much more viscous and heavier wine (although that was terrific as well). All the classic d'Yquem aromas on this with a good dose of botrytis. Delicious.
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Drank with a large group and didn't take detailed notes, but this was wonderful. Everyone loved it, finding the nose and balance on the palate amazing. Truly great wine. 98 points.
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I had this at a well known Chicago steak house that happened to be serving the 1990 Yquem by the glass. The wine was classic d'Yquem, and was richly golden, consistent with age. On the nose, the wines aromas of honey and pear easily came through and the palate reinforced these flavors. After having a few other Sauternes recently, including Yquem (specifically 1998), that I was less pleased with, this wine was great to experience. I highly recommend this Yquem and you can drink this now or hold it in your cellar for many years to come.
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Château d'Yquem with AuZone (AuZone, Stockholm): Colour: golden yellow Nose: spice notes, herbs, saffron, some solvent, resin and dried fruit, botrytis. More muted than the other Yquem vintages, and less complex. Palate: concentrated, very spicy, caramel, dried fruit, high acidity, long aftertaste with caramel. The palate matches the other vintages more than the nose does. Overall impression: based on the palate it is an Yquem should, but the nose doesn't quite come up in the same class. 94 p.
It should be mentioned that this wine had a cork that was moist all the way through, and showed small signs of leakage. The fill level was excellent, however, and gave no reason for concern.
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Top 09 and 10 red Burgundy tasting (Capital Grill at Tysons corner, VA): Back to back beautiful bottles, fresh yellow peaches and apricots, ginger, clove and sweet and spicy spices. It is very precise despite the hedonistic fruit expression due to the airy palate. This, just like any great D’Yquems, displays incredible texture, not unlike cotton candy that disappears in your mouth. Incredible intensity yet weightless.
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1990 Bordeaux dinner with Latour, Beausejour Duffau, Montrose and etc (Capital Grille Tysons, VA): From the same batch as the last bottle which I really didn’t care for. This showed brilliantly. For me, D’Yquem is all about the texture, ie so incredibly concentrated yet so airy, decadent yet delicate. This just evaporated in the mouth, Sauternes cotton candy. Apricot and peach, clove, ginger, a hint of banana and right caramel. Display of perfect balance and harmony. A very youthful example with long life ahead.
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non blind to me at end of evening with foie. from half bottle. classic sauterne to my palate with orange and honey. not in your face like some mr k and kracher. more refined and elegant - which, of course, it should be. i dont drink a lot of sauterne, but this tasted young with just a touch of tightness and an edge that needs to flesh out. wonderful now but i suspect that this will markedly improve with more time. although it was nice tonight with foie and honeyed brioche.
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The 1990, at least judging from this half bottle, is finally gaining some maturity although still young in Yquem terms. The classic honey, orange peel and tangerine are better integrated with the alcohol and sugar than before and this vintage is clearly headed for greatness. A good match for Arlette's classic Tarte Tatin.
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A couple of nights before X-mass and we had to finish the evening on something special, so out came a 375. It's been almost 2 years since a rather shy bottle and looking back at my former notes, this time around the wine was a little more open for business. I really like this vintage for it's rich roundness while it manages to stay light on it's feet. The nose was beautiful and the texture great, but the wine is still almost primary (crazy at this age). I wish it showed more complexity which it gave hints of towards the end. it's going to be really hard to give this another 20 years. Patience is highly recommended....
We opened this to celebrate our engagement. Drank with seared foie gras. Richly honeyed, slight white floral and white pepper spices, deft, but not as light and dreamy as I'd hoped. I still like the '89 better, but it's a great wine and the finish is loooong.
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Mid gold, honeyed nose. Incredibly elegant on palate, not too rich or too sweet with very, very long honeyed finish. Amazing, better than the excellent Rieussec 90 enjoyed at the same dinner.
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100 RP BYO Tasting (Restaurant AOC): Great nose packed with apricots, raisin and caramel. Apricot kernels and a little coffee flavors but overall very complex flavors that are even difficult to pin-point. Also packed with raisins and caramel. Beautiful wine.
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Opened a split of this to celebrate my engagement (actually, really to celebrate the fact that she said yes, which wasn't guaranteed!). The wine stood up to its reputation. Golden / amber, with a richness to the colour that you can only find in wines like this. A very honeyed and complex nose of apricots, pineapples, leather and quince. On the palate the wine is quintessentially balanced, yet so very deep and rich. A very best favourite.
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- Yellow gold color with medium forming legs. It's balanced and has flavours of lemon, grapefruit, peach and apricot with a light/medium body. Polished texture with a medium finish - Beautiful bottle of sweet desert wine. Honey in color and really well balanced
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Østkantsmaking: (Blind) Dyp, gyllen guloransje. Intens nese av kokos, aprikos og hint av VA. Rik, så rik frukt med nydelig sødme. Frisk syre. Stram og fokusert. Sitter svært lenge i. 95-96 P
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Seven Decades of Right Bank Wines (Trondheim, Norway (my house)): Surprisingly fresh and young, very clean, spicy and fruity, wonderful acidity, moderate plus sweetness (perhaps balanced by the acid). Develops throughout what was left of the night. Still too young. 96+p
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Had during Burgundy Thursday dinner. My first d'Yquem, was very different than I had imagine. Tasted extremely young, with sugars, tropicals and citrus acidity and a bit of heat. A little surreal and I really think I would need a few more glasses that have been aged longer to fully appreciate. Long finish as expected. Very hard to figure out when we had '93 Tokaji Essencia with 4% ABV to compare it with. 2 different styles, but both great, yet so dissimilar.
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Farewell Dinner (Charlie Trotter's, Chicago IL): From 1.5L. As I remember it from previous tastings. Incredibly youthful in this size format, though I'm not sure even in 375 format it would be starting to show signs maturity/middle age yet. Ripe peaches and apricot with vanilla custard. Delicious!
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The quintessential dessert wine. Unelievable sweetness and complexity, yet with a good, strong acidic backbone. Pineapples, coconut, apricot, quince. A complete and unbelievably gorgeous wine!
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Reserving judgment on this. Not corked or spoiled or anything like that, but not what it should have been. Still have half the bottle and will see how it evolves over a few days.
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Kracher vs. Yquem (Scala Restaurant, Renaissance Hotel, Wan Chai, Hong Kong): Tasted blind. Beautiful medium bronzed gold colour. Nose is gosh......very elegant...tanned leather....white flowers and buttercups. The first sensation on the palate is lots of Bot.......a lovely burnt almond element....medium weight......goood acidic harmony. The first wine of the tasting to display resonance.....wow, lots of it. When revealed....this is a super wine but no way is it a 99-pointer, although way better than other bottles I have drank and scored around 90 points ( according to others at the dinner, around two-thirds of all bottles from Yquem in 1990 are sub-par...so I'm assuming this was one of the good bottles). My #5 wine of the night but way behind the 2001 or the 1986.....and even the 2002 was a better wine to drink for the here and now on the night.
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Opened 375ml bottle, nose of creme brulee, apricot, butterscotch, honey, and marmalade, same on the palate, big body, very tasty, sip and savor, no pairing needed here, elegant, mouth filling, and a long, flavorful finish.
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Still very primary, but after 24 hours of decanting, it began to open up. At first very much glue, medicine and plain botrytis, but after a while some vanilla, anis, clove and cinnamon came though. Quite dense on the palate, with enough residual sugar to be noticed in the "stickiness" of this wine. Slightly burning sensation in the finish, but the weight makes up for it. Medium long finish. Certainly NOT a 99 p as advocated by RP! IF it was 99p what should we give the 1921 and 1967, which are from a another planet if tasted now?!? The 1990 might get there, it certainly has the stuffing, but I'm not sure it has the acidity to peak late in life.
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Colore ambrato, ancora chiaro. Al naso una favola, lo zafferano è ben presente anche se stemperato da toni fruttati molto piacevoli (albicocca secca ma anche frutta fresca). La bocca è l'aspetto migliore, dolce si ma non invadente e con uno splendido finale d'amaro ammandorlato che la pulisce benissimo.
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Opened 375ml bottle, nose of honey, marmalade, minerals, and mango, same on the palate, big body, very tasty, mouth filling fruit, elegant, starting to mature, elegant, mouth filling, intense richness says it will easily last another 20 years, with a long, long, flavorful finish.
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Another Dinner with Greg & Sayo (Their House, Hong Kong): Very bright shiny medium-dark gold color. Nose is immediate Sauternes...predominant fresh apricots sweetness and stone followed by lovely caramel smoke (whatever that means). Palate is extremely smoky caramel with a huge head-filling resonance but on the sugary side and lacks sublety or any multi -dimensionality...this is rather too monolithic and over-sweet for me at this stage of its life. It is way inferior to the Ch. Rieussec 2001 if you are going to drink either in the next few years.....although to be fair, we didn't decant it. All that said, it went very well with the oh so more-ish Rhubarb Tart from Chez Patrick Deli.
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Amazing. from 375. Deep Gold. Caramel, sugared walnuts. This has made such a transformation over the past 15 years, just starting to enter drinking phase, but likely will hold on ... forever? *****
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San Antonio Wine Geeks do Bordeaux for Veterans Day (Home of Mike and Sandra O.): From 375ml. A real treat. Alluring seductive note with almonds, caramel, and quite floral. Magic palate, with seamless mouth coating feel, though light and nimble, surprising acidity. Hangs on the palate for a long long time adding some spice box. Fantastic experience with a complexity and depth unequaled by the reds. 94-96
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Opened 375ml bottle, nose of honey, marmalade, minerals, tangerine, and melon, same on the palate, big body, very tasty, starting to mature, elegant, mouth filling, needs 5 years to peak and easily last another 20 years, long, flavorful finish.
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Golden honey in color, potent scents of toast, honey, fresh baked croissants, grilled nuts, pineapple, apricot and white peaches waft from the glass. Rich, unctuous, sweet, dense, ripe pineapple, mango, apricot, spice, vanilla and over ripe peaches drenched in honey coat your palate. This is a delicious, ripe, sweet Chateau d'Yquem that will age and improve for decades.
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Unfortunately, the d'Yquem was not up to par. I've had several bottles out of this case, and this 375 was flawed in some way. Not corked or oxidized, however, there were some funky chemical like esters that were off putting. Lush palate and finish.
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Bottle not up to scratch. Apple and caramel flavours underneath an oxidative edge. Lacked richness. A real shame as it should have been a highlight on the night.
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Christophe comes to town; 6/12/2011-6/14/2011 (NYC): Here too, I was expecting something more opulent, more obvious. The delicacy and restraint struck me. I had to really listen to hear what it had to say, which was quite a lot. It filled out with air. Decanting might have been a good idea.
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I couldn't add much more with the descriptors that hasn't been already said below but this was a delicious wine, a good but not great vintage for d'Yquem - very solid, work-horse vintage!
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rich sweet apricot and orange peels tea on the nose. V obviously top quality botrytised fruits. Balanced with ripe sugar cane and deliciously rich apricots. Still painfully fresh and Needs loads of time to grow. Still very primary and thickly unctuous.
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Dinner and a clandestine ES drink (Matsu dinner followed by a trip down to ES): Somehow feel that it is still years before its prime. Has the golden hue, sweet orange peel, fresh acidity, and super long finish. Even after a day in the bottle, it preserves its golden touch on the palate. Not sure if it justifies the RP 99pts, but it is still an experience.
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Served from 375ml. Tasted non blind at a wine dinner. Opened and served immediately (with some lovely foie gras of course).
Light amber color in the glass, clear looking throughout. Lovely nose of caramel, almonds, lychee and honeysuckle. Flavors of lychee, honey and roast almonds. Bright acidity, full bodied. Drink or hold. I'd hold myself because I really like my Sauternes seriously aged.
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1990 Bordeaux at Fabio's: Young, young, young, but sooooo good and classy. Not over-the-top at all, shading more towards elegance than power, but with endless sneaky depth and length. See Ian's note. This was included as a WOTN candidate, but I didn't include it in my voting, as it's on its own for me. 95 today, 100 pt potential.
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Absolutely magical. The most amazing wine I've ever had. In some ways I wish I had taken notes for the purpose of a TN, but no, it was better to have been in the moment and just savour the wine.
Brilliant yellow golden color that seemed like more of a young sauternes. That nose alone was enough for me to stop thinking of anything else but the wine in the glass. Absolutely spectacular the balance, the tropical fruit, honey, mango, spice, acidity, freshness ... I think I'm just throwing out whatever adjectives that's coming to mind right now. Incredible finish. Okay that's all the superlatives I can think of for now ...
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Golden color. It really developed in the glass. Wonderful nose of apricot, honey, creme brulee with nice botrytis notes. Full and rich on the palate with great balance and a lingering finish with just the right amount of acid to keep it going on and on. This wine is showing better than previous bottles that I have had. WOTN for me.
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Golden beautiful youthful color. Soaring crystal pure multifaceted nose of apricots, creme brulee, toasted coconut, honey, mandarin oranges, all followed by a very deep and very rich but clean and light on its feet wine of great clarity and focus. Laser like sharpness and a beautiful mix of botrytis and freshness. Really fantastic stuff. thanks RN. Still primary and just hinting at some incredible development in time. 98 pts.
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Finally had a great experience with this wine. Had on several occasions over last 10 years and was slightly off... shut down? Or maybe just bad bottles but was perfectly stored. This time is was elegant and nearly perfect with the fois gras. On the feminine side of d'Yquem. Not as viscous as the 1996 which we also tasted at the same time. But thoroughly enjoyable. Peaches and oranges, a little earthiness coming through now but not alot and very well balanced acidity. Looking forward to seeing how this develops compared to the huskier d'Yquems.
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A wonderful wine! Simply yummy. A mature dessert wine with plenty of life ahead of it. Peach, pear, burnt orange, it was all there.................my WOTN , with the evening including an 89 Latour. Awesome finish and will further improve. A well stored bottle made all the difference.
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The wine is a thrill to put your nose in. That is if you’re turned on by ripe apricots, peaches, nectarines, pineapple, flower, honey, grilled nuts and coconut aromatics. Thick, rich, dense and concentrated, this powerful wine fills every nook and cranny in your mouth with fat sensations of ripe fruit, dripping with honey and roasted nut flavors. The intense long finish has enough acidity to keep everything in balance.
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This wine was a good Sauternes but nothing more, it lacked concentration for my taste and also was a bit one-dimensional. I had the last deciliter in the bottle in the fridge for a week and after that time it was a 96-98 point wine. So guys: Decant for a day in your fridge (be sure to use a decanter that you can close!)
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Wonderful wine. Not quite the caliber of the 2001, which was slightly disappointing, but nonetheless beautiful done, unctuous and rich. I think it's definitely in a good spot.
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From 375ml. Each time I've had this over the past 8 years, it has never seemed to age. Ripe apricot and peach with vanilla creme brulee notes. Rich on the palate and completely mouth coating. Great balance of richness, acidity, and minerality. Great wine.
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Bright golden hues. Seems a bit closed on the open. Muted nose of pear, apricot, and honey that became more apparent with air. Moderately sweet with a full body and super viscosity - nice rounded feel in the mouth. Very long finish. Think it may be premature to have opened this bottle. Can definitely use more years of cellaring to fully bloom.
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Deep golden color, with some amber hues. Mute nose at the beginning, but after some aeration into the glasses reveals scents of bee-wax, white flowers and rubber. Full-bodied with high level of acidity and nice syrupy texture. Flavors of honey, passion fruits, banana and melted butter. Endless aftertaste. A bit cloying.
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Julia's 50th (Old Rectory): A half bottle as an afterthought at the end of this very self-indulgent dinner, to follow earlier halves of Climens '59 and Yquem '01. Straight from the cellar. Deeper colour than the '01, and very appley on the nose and in the mouth. Tarte Tatin was Julia's verdict. Long, and very good indeed, but not remotely in the league of the '01. Perhaps a little unfair to judge it so late and at the end of a heavy evening.
Nice split that was opened tonight. Very light colour with a mild bouquet. Not overly strong or heavy at all but with a bouquet that had peaches and citrus in it yet with no petroleum that I have found in some other Yquem's. I enjoyed this but have had stronger bottles that have stood out. This was very good but not great.
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Underground Cooking (Bonsoiree in Chicago): Bought at auction. Good color and viscosity. Nice smell but a little burnt as if storage was a problem. I have had other bottles and they seem fine.
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There is nothing like Yquem. Long, balanced, complex, haunting. Tastes like immature Yquem. Not as explosive as it was 10 years ago, not as complex as it will be in another 10-20 years.
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Light yellow. Certainly more delicate than the others. Big nose of apricots, honey and crème brulee. Very complex palate with great acidity and length. 60 second finish. This is just a baby and should develop into a great d’Yquem.
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New year's eve & day; 12/31/2009-1/1/2010: From 375; tonight this wine was in a very unusual place when compared to the 1989. The color is still much lighter and this seems to be aging at a snail's pace. A more delicate and reserve entry -lighter in mouth feel with delicate vanilla and coconut hints this still has an intensity and some high notes that hold great promise. Delicate yet complex with a long finish and great balance. This started off a little tight but rather than opening up it surprised by actually shutting down hard. This was surprising as previous bottles have been superb. Admittedly I have not had this vintage in several years and will be in no rush to pop another based on this evening's showing. A great wine in a bit of a strange place.
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The Salon's first lab (Mirabelle Restaurant Austin, Texas): Controversial as some thought this wine was oxidized, some did not. For its fans, it had coconut on the nose, and notes of crème brulee, honey, sweet and savory, and some citrus. This was somewhat oxidized and other 1990's have shown much better; it had off-tones, less on the nose and more on the palate and finish. Still a treat to drink alongside vin santo, eiswein, and tokai.
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Enjoyed this bottle following steaks and lobster at local steak house. Exhibited wonderful notes of honey, apricots, hint of almond, vanilla. Perhaps a touch of caramel. The color was classic golden d'Yquem and, parenthetically, identical to a 1982 that I also have. The finish is luscious, lasting about 45-60 second and coating the mouth with a beautifully balanced texture, flavor and mouthfeel.
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Absolutely stupendous, 60 second finish. Beautiful mouthfeel. Only slighty overshadowed by a '77 Croft vintage port due to the dessert we were matching to.
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Remains youthful. The wine is a thrill to put your nose in. That is if you’re turned on by ripe apricots, peaches, nectarines, pineapple, flower, honey, grilled nuts and coconut aromatics. Thick, rich, dense and concentrated, this powerful wine fills every nook and cranny in your mouth with fat sensations of ripe fruit, dripping with honey and roasted nut flavors. The intense long finish has enough acidity to keep everything in balance.
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Drank before a Fargues '90. Are these wines in a sleepy stage? I was frankly disapointed by the excess of confit in this wine due to a current lack of acidity. Perhaps is the wine settling down at the moment. Deep golden colour, super high concentration, baked fruits, orange confite, honey, v good lenght. There is something about this vintage I'm not found of in Sauternes, I keep waiting for these wines to settle!
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Some Bordeaux with Friends (Wilmette, IL): From 750ml. Golden color. Beautiful nose of honeyed apricot, ripe peach, and intense vanilla creme brulee. Very rich, ripe stonefruit on the palate with incredible length. The flavors linger on the palate for over a minute. Haven't had this one in a few years and it is showing exactly how I remembered it last. This wine has a long life ahead of it.
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Yquem "great years" tasting (Seinpost (Scheveningen, The Netherlands)): A beautiful wine, but just (and only just) behind the greatest vintages in an impressive line-up of d'Yquem: 55, 67, 71, 75, 76, 86, 88, 89, 90, 97, 99, 01. My favorites are 01 - 67 - 88. 1990 (and 1989) are very close on their heels. In fact, before we had 2001 my top 3 was 67 - 88 - 90. But compared to 2001 "only" 99 points out of 100.
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From 750ml popped and poured. Intiallly served too cold, but warmed up quickly. In great place but still improving. Golden yellow to amber with rich honeyed creme brulee aromas with floral edge. Full bodied lusious ripe apricot, pear, and vanilla creame with honey. To die for flavors with plenty of supporting acid structure. Nice complexity with wine still showing potential for further imrpvement with much life ahead. Long finish with good vibrancy. A real treat. My good bye send off to Jimmy J. and glad it lived up to the big expectations.
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Wineflock - Varietal Exploration (Jim's): Light golden color. Nice bright clean caramel with hints of banana. Tons of life with perfect balance between sweet, complex, and acidity/lightness. A great showing for this wine. WOTN.
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Took some coaxing to bring the aromas out but found quince and pear with brown sugar after some time. Weighty and rich on the palate and just built power with time in the glass. It really started to sing and show its class after about an hour. Give it time, either in the bottle or in your glass.
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From a 750 and consumed over 3 nights and wonderful each time. This is much different than the '01 which I find to be overly sweet and cloying. The '90 has a medium body with apricot and tangerines, but not candied. The long finish adds some brown flavors with mocha and tootsie roll. Real easy drinker.
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from a 375. Classic d'Yquem nose. 3 days on I'm still tasting it, or can still remember how it tastes. Had it next to a Suduiraut 1990 375 which held it's own next to the d'Yquem, but d'Yquem is still d'Yquem. The Suduiraut was medium amber colored while this was not quite amber yet.
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A 375cc bottle. This has it all. A superb example of its heritage, perfectly composed and ready. On the nose it was explosive. A bouquet of intense fruit, layer after layer, full and sweet, pure and clean. On the palate this wine lives on and on constantly revealing more of its seductive qualities gradually evolving from its well defined minerality and delineation to a mellow after-glow. Full and sweet, beautifully balanced by its acid underlay. I cannot find fault with this wine. It will live and deliver for a lifetime and perhaps find a way to offer more. A beautiful tarte tatin just about held its own.
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Magnums for Dave (Jean-Georges - New York, NY): Deep, rich peach and apricot on nose, continuing on through to the palate. Great honey, caramel nectar-like flavors with some really impressive candied lemon peel. Huge and massive fruit, but balanced at the same time. Impressive acidity extends the finish of really great wine into a long, great wine.
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Wine of the night. Bottle variation was huge..but this wine is absolutely gorgeous.....-very- well balanced....incredibly concentrated....with beautiful sweet fruit...a must drink if you can get your hands on some....
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Drank at Rusty's B-day. What an amazing bottle of juice. Pears, apricots, vanilla, minerals, citrus, too much to list. Saved 1/2 bottle for 2 weeks and served with cheeses and chocolate cakes and port and overwhelmed everyone.
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Even in half bottle, this wine was young. Just beginning to reach its drinking window imo. This also needed about a half hour in the glass to start to show some of the more subtle complexities. Perfect, weightless. A stunner.
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Golden color with classic pineapple and creme brulee nose. Palate is fantastic with exceptional structure, acidity and mouthfeel. Apricot, peach syrup and tropical fruits dominate. A long long finish. Simply amazing grape juice.
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Beautiful gold-amber color. Nose was genuinely uplifting, offering scents of honeysuckle, peach, citrus, and apricots. A bit of tingling on the tongue, followed by cool layers of lime, orange, apricots, and finally honey in a vibrant, substantial, weightless presentation of delight. Young and ageless at the same time. Simply gorgeous.
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I love d'Yquem 1990! It has all that makes a great wine: great fruit, depth, power, but everything in perfect, really perfect balance. I had the privilege to drink this wine several times and every time it impresses just as much. Great class, top of the bill. It is great drinking now, but this wine will survive our grandchildren (that is to say: it has the potential, if we could only wait so long...).
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Massive levels of ripe, tropical, honeyed fruit with the perfect amount of acidity to give it lift. As good as it is, it's going to keep improving for decades
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Straw like in color. With time, I think that the color will become even more pronounced. The taste of toast, vanilla and caramel hit the palate. Very sweet taste. Can use more time in the bottle.
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Decanted 2 hrs. Dark amber color. Somewhat subdued on the nose at first (too young) but you can really smell the influence of 42 months in oak, as there is lots of toast, vanilla cream, honeyed apricots, spice and peach. On the palate, brilliant acidity and gorgeous balance. Tasted it with foie gras, multiple cheeses, and the star pairing was by far mango-ginger stilton with the Yquem. This brought out the tropical fruit, spicy botrytis, orange marmalade and candied fruit flavors. Was overpowered by blue cheeses, and went well with foie gras, but not as well as with the mango-ginger stilton. This was tasted 24 hrs. later as well, at which point it had really opened up and improved, as compared with day 1. More spicy botrytis, orange blossom and a spiced pastry component came out. Beautiful, classy, prefectly balanced, but I think the 2001 Suduiraut is just as good.
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I have been priviledged to drink this wine on many occasions, it is by far THE best wine that i have ever tasted, a real dessert island wine!!
Beautiful beautiful apricot, honey nose, with an amazing acidity. In the mouth the most incredible balance, intense sweet but by no means cloying with a mind blowing acidity and so very very long, this really is as good as it gets, perfection! Parker is on the button this is a 100 pointer
(Only had it in 37.5's)
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After regretfully losing my very lengthy tasting notes, this singular experience is from memory. The nose was heaven, you could enjoy it all night. On the palate it was apricots, honey, peach, spice and a hint of vanilla. The balance was utterly perfect. The finish went on forever. What was most amazing about this wine was the power and concentration yet light as a feather elegance it exhibited. It was until then hard for me to imagine that a wine could do that. The complexity, length, balance and overall enjoyment of this wine left me unable to focus on much else for the couple of hours we enjoyed it. It was perfect in all likelihood. You cannot ask for anything more. 99++
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Tasted February 15,2008 at Lake Louise Post Hotel Yquem tasting. The 1990 Yquem has 12.7% alcohol. It has a slight oily bouquet but is wonderfully balanced.
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Tasting Group Dinner - Piedmont (Our House): Another terrific showing for this wine. Deep, rich amber color. The palate is ripe and minerally, and alive with the concentrated essence of apricots intermixed with burnt sugar and rich caramel. This is continuing to age and develop well, despite its fleshy, lower-acid profle. Gorgeous stuff.
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Piedmont at Siggy's: Popped and poured to satisfy the menacing crowd (we were calling for the 2001). The color is an opaque golden yellow. This is thick and honeyed but has just enough acidity to keep this well balanced and light on its feet. Rated 96 for now, but I suspect it could approach perfection if given enough time in the cellar. An awesome way to finish the tasting until three more bottles were popped.
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(from 375ml) Very deep golden – more mature than I would have expected. Good sweet botrytis, but also oxidative notes on the nose. Palate is cleaner with crème brulee and coffee. Strange bottle. (89)
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Good friends departing (Seattle, WA): Well this is always an orgasmic wine to taste. Incredibly thick botrytis. Honey. Tang. Powerful, twangy and intense. This dances across your palate with vibrancy, length and vigor. Just gorgeous.
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Very intense and complex nose with honeyed wax, orange peel, candied oranges, apricots and a little spice, incredible pleasure to smell. Silky, creamy, mouth-coating texture, very concentrated. Good balancing accidity, flavours similar to aromas plus some almonds. Very long. Would be a perfect wine if it didn't seem just a little heavy - you cannot really drink that much of it (even if you can afford to). OTOH you can just sit with a glass smelling and sipping for a whole evening.
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Kitchen Tasting Group Tribute to Brad England (La Belle Vie): Thick gold/yellow color with a slight amber hue. Thick and honeyed but with very good balance. This is still extremely concentrated, and really needs a lot of additional bottle age to show at peak. Really a perfect way to wrap up a spectacular tasting!
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A medium-bodied Yquem with nice richness and the classic flavors of the vineyard but lacks the richness and intensity of a great vintage of this wine in my opinion. However, a bottle I had a few months ago was better and rated several points higher.
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Far superior to the flawed bottle from several months ago, but not the epiphany wine I tasted 12 years ago. Wonderful flavors and texture but lacking that distinctive chewiness.
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Deep gold colour with a coppery tint. Pronounced aromas of honey, beautiful appricots, peaches and daisies. Luscious yet high in acidity, full in body, pronounced honey and tart stone fruit on the palate. Never ending, out of this world.
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Complex notes of butterscotch, honey, coconut, apricot with a clean and finish which goes on and on. Over the course of a few hours, continued to evolve......Drank with Epoisses--phenomenol! More acid than '89 made it a good food wine----believe this could age for a LOOONNNG time. Crime to drink it this early, actually, but someone brought it over----so i'm not complaining.....
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Layer after layer of the richest, sexiest, lush, tropical fruit you ever tasted all dipped in honey. As concentrated and powerful as it is, you never tire from sipping it as there's enough acidity to offer it lift. It’s an amazing, decadent, tasting sensation!
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G7 (Pat): Apricots, honey, peaches, almonds, caramel and peppermint. Lovely botrytis character. Extremely complex, layered mid palate. Very well balanced with great acidity. Beautiful freshness to this wine. A knockout finish that seriously lasts for minutes. This is the pinnacle of Sauternes. I could just sit and smell this wine all evening.
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Seriously. What more could one ask from a wine? Sweet but not sugary/cloying, perfect texture, alcohol lends body weight but no harshness/hotness as do some younger or less integrated Sauternes. Color is now in the burnt orange/brown family -- interestingly, it contrasted markedly in color with a Lafaurie-Peyraguey 1990, which was much lighter and yellower. Plenty of life ahead of it, but also delicious to enjoy now. If you can't love this wine, you're drinking the wrong beverage and should switch to milk.
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Yquem Tasting (Robersons Wine, London): Rich golden, a peculiar nose, slightly burnt? A massive wine though, dense punchy fruit, so concentrated, but a bit too powerful now for me, needs more time to spread its wings, a long way from maturity.
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Pre-Harlan Warm-up at Brad England's House: Tasted right after the '67 d'Yquem. Thick gold/yellow color. A beautiful glass of wine. Thick, honeyed, yet balanced. This shows much more concentrated fruit than the '67 and tastes almost primary by comparisson. Based on these quick tastings I thought the '67 showed better tonight, but that the '90 should develop into something special with additional bottle age.
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Yummy. Smooth, intensely sweet juice, but not at all cloying or sticky-sugary. Starting to age from pale lemon color toward orange/honey color. Delicious now and should continue to improve over time.
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TWITS tasting at Mike's (Mike's place): Wow - Gorgeous nose! Bananas, Bananas, Bananas! And that's not just how I was going for the nose! Lovely, rich sauternes. Very very nice. Would have liked to spend more time with this wine, but needed to save something of myself for the drive home.
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Chef Benoit Witz Dinner (Minikahda Club, Minneapolis): Rich, deep amber color. Ethereal, multi-layered unfolding flavors of apricot, ripe peaches, honey, and white flowers, intertwined with a complex note of white pepper/spice. Amazing, harmonious purity, freshness, and acidity. Beautifully light on its feet. The finish goes on forever. Amazing stuff - wow!
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Medium golden in color. Nose of dried tropical fruits, apricot and some whiffs of petrol which diminished over time. Unctious body, with honey, more tropical fruit and an intriguing touch of white pepper which was noted by one of the tasters and recognized by all upon commenting. 50+ second finish. A truly memorable wine.
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Opened at PH's 50th birthday bash. Color of liquid gold. Served with foie gras out of 375ml. I was slightly disappointed in this wine when first opened. It just didn't have the nose I expected when it first came out of the bottle. However, once it started to warm up in the glass - WOW! Thick bouquet of honey, butterscotch (thanks to Cometspider for defining the caramel taste we all picked up!), and botrytis. Dense, viscous texture with incredibly intense flavors of candied apricots, honey, caramel (butterscotch), pepper and spices. A little 'petrol', too. Underlying everything was a beam of acidity that helped keep everything in balance. Very long finish 50 seconds-1 minute+. The best d'Yquem I've ever had. I can only imagine what this wine will evolve into in 20-30 years!
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Old Wine Dinner (Caliterra -Chicago IL): Great stone fruit aromas with plenty of botrytis, everything seeming honeyed yet fresh and exciting. Lots of concentration and power on palate, with unctuous character and long,slightly spicy finish. Better than another bottle from a few months ago.
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This poor bottle had the unfortunate distinction of being opened alongside a bottle of 1967 Yquem. The 1990 is to the '67 as Jan Ulrich is to Lance Armstrong. A fabulous bottle of Yquem, just not the best.
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Ray Goder Dinner at Caliterra (Caliterra): Clear golden color. Medium forward aroma of honey and botrytis. Bright huge concentrated sweet fruit with more botrytis notes on the finish. Very nice. 94+ pts.
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Christie's Dinner at Charlie Trotter's (Charlie Trotter's, Chicago): One of the lone disappointments of the evening. Maybe my palate was just worn out, but this wine came across as light and fairly straightforward. Some almond and magnolia notes, but not much else. Did not pair well with the dessert either.
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What can I say – rich, golden, luscious, explosive and lingering. I love this, though many prefer the ’01 Climens. While that wine is/will be great, this just sings. Very mature honey/raisin flavors. (20)
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(from magnum): i've never had this wine from mag, and it showed quite differently than from 750. less evolved by a wide margin, yet still the king of the hill. special tribute and thanks to dave nerland for so generously providing this treat to conclude our evening.
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Generously brought to a dinner we attended last night. Poured from 750, the wine was a golden nectar--for most, it was their first experience with d'Yquem. Karen and I have had several early 90's and late '80's vintages at a foie gras party in 2002; however this was more memorable.
Brilliantly smooth and lucious! Notes of coconut, apricot and orange peel were evident. Also of note was the clean finish. No cloying acidity or alcoholic bite, just smooth drinking pleasure. After dessert, we sat around and polished of the remainder of the bottle--a great night! Those fortunate to have some in the cellar are in for a treat--don't hurry though, this wine has decades of life ahead.
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Pre-Parker warmup dinner at Citronelle... (Georgetown, USA): Served from 750ml. I guessed that this was 1980's Sauternes. Close! There are just not many wines ever created that are this rich and lovely. Thanks Jeff for leading us to salvation!
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S.F. - Rubicon High End Rhone Wines (Rubicon, S.F.): Gold – Amen – an amazing course of Frio Gras and 2 legendary Sauternes . Possible the wine and food course of the night. The tropical fruit was singing with a lush mouth feel. I found honeysuckle, butter and some caramel. Amazing snappy acidity and a wonderful botrytis finish. Bravo.
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Deeply colored, offers flawless balance, intense sweetness and the perfect amount of acidity to keep it fresh. This is incredibly thick and concentrated with aromatics of honeyed pineapples, coconut custard and spicy apricots. Still very young and primary.
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Consumed with foie gras on brioche french toast and a maple syrup demi-glace. What a heavenly match! Classic d'Yquem nose of exotic tropical fruits with a nice sharp acid for balance and a long botrytis finish. Drinking great now, will last a long long time...
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1990 Yquem, Sauternes/Barsac, Bordeaux, France Always a classic. My favorite of the famous trilogy. But tonight's bottle was slightly off in my opinion. Yes, it was a very, very good to great Sauternes, but it was not the ethereal 1990 Yquem that I have tasted on other occasions. It seemed to lack the freshness of acid and density of botrytis infected fruit that the prime examples possess. That aside, it was a very good Sauternes. Dang, I feel spoiled!
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Sweet stuff (@ WB): In fact a disappointment for an Yquem. It definitely is complex and concentrated, but not as much as Yquem should be. Nevertheless an excellent wine.
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surprisingly, this is the wine i have the most experience with over literally any other. i believe this is the 7th time i have had it. there have been conflicting notes on this on the board. i am firmly in the camp that likes it. and yet, this bottle was not as thick and heavy as others i have drunk. the mouthfeel was only medium bodied. however, it remains a wonderful wine. i like it because it's not overly sweet the way a SQN or kracher dessert can be (even though i love them as well). with the chocolate, it was a treat. and i also enjoyed saving a bit of the chateau Y to drink alongside it. the similarities were remarkable, and an interesting juxtaposition (how much is that word worth in scrabble?).
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SAFW Hall of Fame. Wonderfully complex with honey and beeswax. Nice balance. Teriffic wine but came in last in the desert wines behind a perfect JJ Prum Wehelener Sonnenuhr Auselese Goldkap and the 1997 Cuvee Constance.
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Seattle Tasting Group does 1990 Bordeaux (Woodinville, WA, USA): Group average 89.875. Smoke, butter and plastic on the nose. This starts to get explosive with more time in the glass and a few more degrees, the finish gaining some intensity and magic. As a whole, the group was underwhelmed, and we probably drank this 20-30 years early.
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Dark yellow in the glass. Dense bouquet revealing hints of nuts and possibly rotten apples. Even more elegant that the 1988, but maybe not as dense in the mouth. However, this wine really shines when it comes to combining fresh ripe fruit with sweetness and fat. Completely balanced and incredibly intense in the mouth.
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Tasted at horizontal multi-varietal 1990 dinner at the University Club, accompanied by an apple tart with almond paste and vanilla bean ice cream. Medium gold robe with yellow rim. Clean nose, showing intense apricot, pear, peach and orange blossom aromas. The attack is good, with an excellent medium-bodied evolution. The sugar integrates well with the flavors, which are similar to the nose. The finish is smooth and literally lasts for several minutes. The dish matched fairly well, but this wine is so phenomenal that I almost didn't want to clutter my taste buds with anything else. It should continue to improve for decades.
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Not as intense as I expected, but perfect balance. No heat or bitterness at all. Seemed very youg, should probably wait 10 years before opening this again.
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Spicy and elegant. Orange peel, yellow tropical fruits. Not extremely, but very well concentrated. Aftertaste lingers on and on. A good amount of acidity there as well.
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Andy’s 375. Light gold. Gorgeous all the way. Sweet oranges and apricots. So delicious now, it’s hard to wait. I bought sixteen 375s from John Hart Fine Wine at @140 each.
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Tasted with dessert course at vertical Mouton dinner at the Belgian Lion. Medium yellow with clear, watery rim. Intense nose of honey, peach, butterscotch at botryized apricots. The palate is voluptuous, with similar flavors and a finish that literally lingers for eons.
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Andy’s 375. Light lemon color. Nicely composed and sweet. Everything in its place. Just hinting of pleasure to come. More powerful than the eighty-eight.
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Pre Auction Wine Tasting w/ lots of Sassicaia (NYC): Big nose of honey and tropical fruits. A chunky wine, with honeyed peaches and apricots. Weigthy, but very light on its feet due to lively acidity. Beautiful finish. Needs time, as it is still unevolved. Great!
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Legendary Jim Mather tasting 1998. That textbook lush, vanilla, caramel cream soda that seems to be consistent on the nose for the trio of d’Yquems from ‘88 to ’90. Exploding with sweet fruits on the palate, a real nice peach element. Balance!
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4/12/2024 - liber Likes this wine: 95 Points
1st of 24, pnp, perfect cork and level - darkening bright gold; nicely spiced, honeyed fruit, some marmalade and butterscotch, fresh surprisingly and very complex; fullish, v long and persistent but much younger and apparently less concentrated than appearance would imply with palate some way behind nose, attractive balance, relatively early days and with much upside, 30+ years. VF (18.5)........I expected more and greater weight of fruit based on a couple of bottles I had in the noughties when it was massive and slightly OTT; currently I'd put this behind the 89 and 88.
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4/2/2024 - mchern02 wrote: 95 Points
Open 3 hours
Beautiful golden hue - intoxicating nose of orchard fruit, oranges, nuts, some citrus fruit and peel. Intense palate with great verve and lift; long and lush; young and maybe too young. Still holding back but awesome.
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3/29/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 95 Points
Frey's Cat Ranch (Somewhere in the Northern Burbs, MN): Deep golden color - youthful color. Drank a glass over 30 minutes. Brown sugar, orange, spices, orange spice cake, ginger, carrot cake, savory, apricot, honeyed.
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3/29/2024 - MN Wine Junkie Likes this wine: 96 Points
PnP - Classic Yquem with impeccable balance between acidity and sweetness. Never cloying. Nose shows some petrol with honeysuckle, orange peel, citrus and peach. Palate shows honeycomb, stone fruit, lemon curd with some spice. The finish is long and invites you to take another sip. Classic and great! Solid 96. Drink or hold.
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3/28/2024 - steinersing wrote: 96 Points
Starting to transform a little now with slightly darker color. I like this phase in Yquem.
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3/12/2024 - dream Likes this wine: 95 Points
Just a perfect bottle of this and it's a vintage I love showing ripe golden citrus fruits and distinctive chalky minerals. The finish is just so fine and complex with notes of clove-like spices and apricot nectar. In a perfect place of maturity now but it will of course still motor on. Not as oily and decadent and the '83 or '89 but perhaps more precise and detailed.
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3/1/2024 - dream Likes this wine: 95 Points
Layered, smooth, mature with an incredible white-chalk mineral flavor unique to this vintage of Yquem. Otherwise, very fine and so complex on the finish with an array of spice notes. Just beautiful. Comanderie Edwardian dinner 2/29/24.
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12/27/2023 - devraj Likes this wine: 94 Points
Medium golden-orange in color. Soaring and intoxicating aromas of Indian/Persian dry fruit box with honeysuckle, apricots, orange blossom, saffron and walnut oil. Rich and viscous on the palate with swaths of sweet crushed apricots, tangerines, citrus peel, good acidity that keeps the wine balanced and a very perfumed peacock tail finish. This is a very good bottle.
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12/5/2023 - acyso wrote:
Good vintages of Yquem (Chicago, IL): The first half-bottle was corked, so we opened a second. But this was also slightly musty though it was certainly cleaner and didn't have that unpleasant cardboard note on the finish. Nonetheless, this didn't have the mineral brightness nor elegance that I remember from this vintage (in the context of the trilogy, of course). The botrytis did seem dialled down, and there was a slightly oiliness to the texture here. Whether this was corked or not, this wasn't a good (or likely representative) showing of a great Yquem vintage.
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12/5/2023 - acyso wrote: flawed
Good vintages of Yquem (Chicago, IL): From half-bottle. Most likely corked -- muted nose, stripped on the palate, and a cardboard finish.
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11/19/2023 - englishman's claret wrote: 98 Points
90 Yquem is so much better from large format. From 3L, this dazzles - poached pear, orange, cream, bergamot, a little mint and crème brûlée crust. Mouth-filling, zippy for all of its sweetness, long as the day.
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11/4/2023 - cch1966 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dark, almost brown in color. Notes of honey and flowers. Not as fresh and fruity as expected. Slightly disappointed.
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10/27/2023 - rwpalmer wrote: 93 Points
Quite deep in colour. Inviting nose. Ripe fruits, some barley sugar. Botrytis not so evident. Not especially complex nose, but followed by a wonderfully full and complete palate. Even in magnum this seems quite ready.
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10/26/2023 - Gregmonroe wrote:
Un Repas en Cuisine - GD host (City Club FW - Chef's Table): Tasted single blind - Second time tasting this wine, and I actually called it...Deep, and dark gold in the glass, cooked apricot and stone fruit on the nose, definite botrytis and stone fruit marmalade on the palate. Delicious with the peach tart.
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9/26/2023 - BradE wrote:
Outstanding. From 375ml.
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9/17/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Pausing for the Cause Fundraiser and Dinner (Obelix - Chicago IL): So rich, unctuous, this seems so opulent but easily retains great balance.
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9/13/2023 - Canon wrote: 99 Points
A masterpiece ! Still youthfull, very fresh and complex. Incredible length.
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9/1/2023 - Jeff Leve wrote: 99 Points
This bottle was riveting. Bordering on perfection, the incredible blend of concentration, intensity, sweetness, vibrance, purity, length, and most importantly, its racy lift makes this one of life's great, sweet treats. Drink from 2023-2075.
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8/23/2023 - JerM wrote: 95 Points
(midweek Canto Roast Duck w DY, Jeff, Kenneth & ZM) Marmalade, lifted spices, ylang, white pepper. Tight balance between gentle sweetness and acidity. Oily, unctuous and luscious.
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8/23/2023 - ProfAvi Likes this wine: 98 Points
I had a half bottle on my 60th.
Given I shared a Dom Perignon 2003, a Maison Roche de Bellene Puligny Montrachet Les Folatieres 2016 and a Muga Prado Enea 2010 with 3 others and various courses of food, my palate may have been a touch jaded by the time we came to dessert. My friend had made an apricot tart.
This was simply outstanding - perhaps the finest wine, of any wine, I've ever had.
Months later the taste still lingers in my memory - the mark, surely, of a great wine.
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7/2/2023 - JOwzer wrote:
From 750ml. Corked. Pain.
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6/24/2023 - csimm wrote: 96 Points
Cheval Blanc & Yquem dinner @ Anhelo Restaurant (with Pierre Lurton) (Phoenix, AZ): Butterscotch and fresh caramel chews playfully dance with yellow and orange citrus, grilled lemon, saffron, golden raisin, walnut oil, date, and apricot, notes. Intoxicating, like a terroir nymph of complexity and layered flavor. The nose is killer, like a mixed stone fruit cup concoction mingled with peanut brittle and warm saffron. Less herbal than more recent vintages, the 1990 superbly balances the more nutty components brought about by its age with the rousing citrus and stone fruit elements. But like all things Yquem, the balance between acidity and sweetness here is second to none.
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6/22/2023 - LiteItOnFire Likes this wine:
Dinner with Château Cheval Blanc and Château d’Yquem President Pierre Lurton (Anhelo Restaurant Phoenix, Arizona): Create story
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6/22/2023 - I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine Likes this wine: 96 Points
Cheval Blanc and Yquem Tasting Dinner (Anhelo (Phoenix)): PnP at room temperature - It has been a year and a half since I last tasted this wine, and it is still aging effortlessly. What better way to end a classic tasting than with a classic wine served in a classic way.....yes, this classic 1990 Yquem served with a cold pistachio crusted foie gras on a rich papaya and pomegranate sauce! Great wine to end a great tasting!
1990 Yquem shows classic honeyed stone fruit with Yquems impeccable balance between sweetness and acidity. I don't know how they consistently manage to achieve this balance, but I have yet to taste an Yquem where it did not exist. I could go on lavishing praise and descriptors, but I think it suffice to say this is typical Yquem in a very good vintage! If you like your Sauternes with some age on them (I like them at any age!), this is in a great spot! No hurry to drink, but no reason to wait either....if the occasion presents itself, pop this puppy open! Solid 96 points for my palate!
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6/18/2023 - mflesh wrote: 94 Points
Hoping you've got something celebratory like this 90 D'Yquem! Served at a wine lunch with a Bleu cheese cheesecake (which was a perfect mate for this wine... although I missed it), this is the wine for a luscious dessert such as that. To the leftovers, Batman! Lucky enough to be able to get my hands on the remainder! On the front, medium+ density with honeyed yellow fruits, botrytis influence, candied nuts, viscous and extremely rounded mouthfeel. Finished with more of a neutral oak and perfectly balanced fruit with honeysuckle and a touch of apricot and dusty wildflowers. A perfect dessert sipper! Keep or hold for a lifetime!
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6/4/2023 - Marc S wrote: 95 Points
- Yellow brown color with medium forming legs. It's in total harmony and has flavours of butterscotch, honey and vanilla with a medium body. Bright texture with a medium finish - This wine has gotten much better with age. Golden brown hue with a beautiful caramel color.
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5/16/2023 - dream wrote:
There was lovely elegance here and subtle complexity but this bottle seemed to lack some of the power and depth I remember in this wine. Lovely nonetheless but a little something missing it seemed to me.
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4/25/2023 - Ex-Ray Likes this wine: 100 Points
Absolute perfection, fully mature but no risk of declining any time soon! Deep yellow-gold. Last tasted 2016, even better now. Very aromatic, deep and rich lemon-peach aromas mixed with a light oak touch. Lots of flavor, rich and viscous, acidity still prominent but plenty of sweet fruit, and very lingering sweet aftertaste.
Ric
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4/21/2023 - shifter Likes this wine: 95 Points
Atlanta Musigny & Chevy Dinner: Very good with layers of candied fruits and good acidity.
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3/17/2023 - wineforth Likes this wine: 96 Points
A half bottle shared at Brasserie Blanc. Big complex nose with some sherry at first then hazelnut, lots of caramel and some orange, amongst others. Colour mid range. Lots of fruit still. This will last decades.
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3/9/2023 - dream Likes this wine: 95 Points
This has reached a nice level of maturity with the color of molasses and the texture of woven silk. The chalk-tinged fruit is ripe and a touch exotic and the finish is just so classy and fine with complex notes of minerals and tropical fruit spice. It just lingers on the palate at the end of a meal and puts a smile on my face. 95+
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2/27/2023 - Frank Schneider wrote: 97 Points
Big sweety ! Magic
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2/20/2023 - fclarity wrote: 95 Points
Tasted blind, this wine had a light orange center and yellow/clear rims. The high- intensity nose put forth sauteed oranges, lemons, vanilla, and minerals.
In the mouth, this wine was rich and ripe with great acidity buried under a ton of fruit.
This bottle seemed unusually advanced and at its peak. My guess is that it was not representative of the best bottles but still certainly excellent.
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2/4/2023 - SH Wu wrote: 95 Points
Rich and powerful despite its age - the darker sweets like caramel, toffee, brown sugar and baking spices show prominently in this Yquem. The concentration of sweetness is masterfully balanced against the solid acidic backbone.
This is not an elegant vintage of Yquem, but a tasty one nonetheless. This feels like a great close to the night if you are still craving an extra dessert course at the end of a long, decadent tasting menu.
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12/29/2022 - Sun_Ship Likes this wine: 95 Points
Pure liquid gold - seville orange, marmalade, runny honey, dried apricot and mango, hints of almost burnt caramel. Powerful density on the palate, with layers of rich dried fruit and orange blossom, supported by excellent acidity and freshness. An appealing caramel note emerges from the smooth, lingering finish.
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12/25/2022 - rlove wrote: 96 Points
Rich apricot and burnt caramel. Sooo much apricot — incredible density to the fruit. The 1990 is sweet but balanced by good acidity. Excellent.
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12/3/2022 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Seventeenth Annual White Truffle Dinner (Hughes House - Chicago IL): From 375 ml bottle. Rich and sweet beignet with a bit of apricot jam. Lots here.
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11/24/2022 - mtowle182 wrote:
A treat!
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11/24/2022 - joshabramson Likes this wine: 95 Points
I really don’t like sweet wines. This was great for what it is though, very complex and rich, with nice acidity to balance out the sweet ripe fruit. I can’t have more than half of a glass of d’yquem, but for Thanksgiving day it’s a fun treat!
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11/12/2022 - Hanibal Likes this wine: 95 Points
For someone that does not like sweet wine i have to say this was superb. Acidity is very present and the sweetness is not too high. Perfect balance. Very complex. Not showing age and likely to be still well on its plateau for another 30-40 years.
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11/3/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:
Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): From magnum
Incredibly rich. Coats the mouth and tongue. I have not had this wine in a while. I still get that great hint of citrus to balance the richness of the dried apricot and caramel.
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11/3/2022 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Charleston VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Charleston, SC (various locations)): Another big vintage d'Yquem where it just coats the mouth and is all sweetness and somehow doesn't quite overdo it but you don't need a lot of this either.
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10/15/2022 - Papies wrote: 97 Points
Annual Pilgrimage to Piedmont - 2022 Edition; 10/14/2022-10/16/2022 (Piedmont, Italy): From the immaculate wine cellar of La Ciau del Tornavento.
There very few wines we could close this legendary lunch and indeed this delivered as expected. Liquid gold as always but this also higher than ever before. Dried figs, apricot, soft honey but frankly this was Yquem , well matured and effectively still very young ( the fresh youthfulness is gone if course) and with a lot of years ahead.97,98,99,100 . Take a pick
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9/17/2022 - Apotheca Likes this wine: 94 Points
Amber color. Honey, vanilla, toffee on the nose, infused with botrytis. I could have hoped for a touch more acidity to really put this bottle among the best of Yquem, but it has just enough to make this a delightful pairing with Roquefort.
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9/14/2022 - Eric wrote:
M&PD Tasting: 1990 (Seattle, WA, USA): Holy SH*T. Rich apricot. So precise. Yquem is really magical, and this was a totally on-point example.
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8/7/2022 - kr522 wrote: 97 Points
I have not had this vintage in a long time, i was really pleased to see how it’s turning out with sufficient acidity to balance the awesome concentration. I always compared this to 89 and 88 in the past, and my current view is it’s better than 89, but perhaps not the 88. Golden juice
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8/6/2022 - mrgarreth Likes this wine: 97 Points
This d'Yquem has so much acidity and freshness that it takes a moment to recognise you're drinking a sweet wine. The balance is perfection.
On the nose and palate you get roasted apples, dried apricot, burnt sugar, candied melon, dried rose petal, beeswax... The finish goes on forever.
Wow.
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7/28/2022 - d'Artagnan wrote: 97 Points
Retour historique de la pêche à Minogami.
Nez envoûtant de marmelade, de sucre d’orge et de pêche rôtie, d’épices. La bouche est onctueuse, avec encore une bonne richesse, elle s’étire en une très longue finale, d’une profondeur émouvante, avec des notes de crème brûlée. L’équilibre est souverain. 96-97 pts
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7/19/2022 - MuddyBear Likes this wine: 97 Points
PNP. Wow!!! Was so disappointed in the last bottle, which seemed flawed. This bottle was outstanding! Beautiful tropical notes of apricots, bananas, but of course with the trademark Yquem acid for the near perfect balance. Long, fluid finish. This is Yquem at its finest, with many years of evolution ahead.
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6/26/2022 - vide wrote: 95 Points
Yes, is truly fine wine (as you would expect). Nicka below has got it right. This is not as nuanced as we might expect, but it has great depth and fullness of form. And something else: a quality that is holding everything together. Words fail me to describe the latter. I need a broader vocabulary.
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5/20/2022 - NickA Likes this wine: 94 Points
Ferrari F40 in the rain (A farmhouse in leafy Kent): From 375 - and more enjoyable than the full bottle I had last October (which lacked this bottle's acidity). Soft and sensual nose. Not especially complex on the palate, with plenty of barley sugar and apricot fruit, but particularly long and intense, yet weightless with it.
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5/20/2022 - fussyeater wrote: 93 Points
Ferrari F40 in the rain! (Kent countryside, UK): A real treat to try from a half bottle at the end of an extravagant lunch. Nose seemed inexpansive but could detect marmalade, cantaloupe lemon and vanilla. On the palate this has good density and drive with power and tangy acidity and lovely fruit core. Served in "Grandma glassware" crystal goblets :)
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5/15/2022 - Cailles wrote: 94 Points
No notes taken. I’ve had this recently and scored it 97 pts as it achieved what only Yquem achieves in most vintages: combining intensity, complexity and weightlessness. But in that tasting the wine needed time and air to get there. At first it seemed a bit cloying and for sure it was not weightless. This bottle here was served at the end of a long evening and there was not sufficient time to bring the wine to that magic point. Hence, while the complexity shone through, the structure didn’t get there and hence this wine didn’t reach the heights of the last bottle. 94/95 pts.
Decanting: 1 or better 2 hours in a decanter should help here.
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5/14/2022 - MuddyBear wrote: flawed
I'm hoping bottle was flawed. There were some good things - toasted marshmallow was the first flavor I tasted, but the fruit seemed significantly off. Others weren't as hard on this wine, so it could've been my palate, but I was highly disappointed.
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5/11/2022 - Collector1855 wrote: 94 Points
Petrus vs. Le Pin vs. Lafleur 2004-2011, blind (Fribourg): With the cheese and charcuterie platter. Rich and ripe, smoky and a touch oxidative, heady ad heavy with lots of apricot and dried fruit. Good but I like the vintages with more acidity and elegance.
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5/7/2022 - burlingtonm Likes this wine: 94 Points
Beautiful as always with great fruit & richness balanced by the acidity though not quite as good as the 1989 tasted 10 months earlier.
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4/24/2022 - Cailles wrote: 97 Points
48x 1990 (37x Bdx, 6x Napa, 5x others): We tasted five 1990 Sauternes. I expected quite complex wines with in many cases not an ideal acidity level due to the hot vintage. Indeed they showed quite expressive and complex but the majority of the wines showed also quite fresh. Only the Rabaud Promis (90 pts) and the Doisy Daene from magnum but not from the 750 bottle (91 pts vs 93 pts) showed a touch too oily. Winner, and as so often, the only Sauternes combining intensity, complexity and weightlessness was the Yquem (97 pts). Tied for the second rank were a strong Rieussec (94 pts) and the most mature wine of all the De Fargues (94 pts). All in all, quite a positive experience. 1990 is a lot of fun but will likely be not the most long-lasting vintage.
TN: Wow. While the nose could be more expressive, the wine explodes upon touching you tongue with layers and layers of fresh, pure fruit, malty notes, spices, superb boytritis saffron notes. Compared to the others, this is so much ligher, absolutely weightless in Sauternes terms. Fresh and vivid with lots of tension and cut from the attack into the long-lingering finish. This is not as complex as the best vintages but is so much fun to drink today. 97 pts.
Decanting: Not decanted. This needed about 25 minutes in the glass, hence my guess is that this needs an hour or two in the decanter to fully shine.
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4/1/2022 - remyworldpeace Likes this wine: 96 Points
Deep orange. Nose mature honey, apricot, oak. On the palate this was beautifully matured with mellow honey, caramel and pineapple notes, perfectly balanced by the acidity. Complexity and multi layered with notes of apricot, coconut, and peach detected.
Long, long finish with honey, going through the different layers and ending with walnut and toasted oak. A real joy.
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3/12/2022 - chbeaumont wrote: 94 Points
Deep gold; intense, archetypal Sauternes bouquet; big, very rich, verging on lumpen, plenty of power. Will doubtlessly age well.
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3/10/2022 - hprphf wrote: 95 Points
Rounded and complex d'Yquem, quite deep with a pinching core. Some vintage just have that extra cherry on top. 95
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3/2/2022 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 97 Points
Château d'Yquem dinner with Sandrine Garbay (Restaurant Zoldering, Amsterdam, NL): Hot year but without excesses and with good noble rot. Rich and complete, honeyed and harmonious, has everything in perfect balance and in the right place, “rien ne dépasse”, fresh an with subtle bitters, gently honeyed, rests in itself, excellent length.
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2/19/2022 - acyso wrote: flawed
February foie (Chicago, IL): From half-bottle. Sadly corked, but not enough to obscure how brilliant this wine was. It's the least botrytised of the trilogy, but that racy acidity gives this wine some really impressive lift, on top of the typical weight that Yquem has. A shame.
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1/6/2022 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 96 Points
Opened a 375ml bottle to sttart the New Year, same tasting note as a week ago. Nose of honey, caramel, marmalade, tangerine, mango, and melon, same on the palate, big body, very tasty, elegant, mouth filling fruit, showing well at 31 years of age, with hints that it will last another 20 years, terrific tasting and finish to a wonderful dinner, and a long, long, flavorful finish, and honey aftertaste, photo uploaded.
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12/31/2021 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 98 Points
Opened 375ml bottle to pair with the creme brulee, nose of honey, caramel, marmalade, tangerine, mango, and melon, same on the palate, big body, very tasty, elegant, mouth filling fruit, showing well at 31 years of age, with hints that it will last another 20 years, terrific tasting and finish to a wonderful dinner, and a long, long, flavorful finish, and honey aftertaste, photo uploaded.
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11/14/2021 - AllRed wrote: 92 Points
Second Sunday Group: 1990 Burgundies (Neil's): Standard bottle, a generous contribution from A&L. Light golden amber color. Aromas of marmalade and apricot, with perhaps a subtle spice element lurking underneath. The palate follows the bouquet with plenty of stone fruit and a bit of spice. 92+ pts.
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11/10/2021 - FransS wrote: 97 Points
Five wine friends and two guests (Restaurant Olivijn (Michelin star) Haarlem, The Netherlands): Grapefruit, bit waxy, orange confit, vanilla, medium+ sweetness; I give the wine its points for its great elegance (like a super '99) and balance to give every element its place in the glass.
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11/6/2021 - Miceri Likes this wine: 90 Points
Quite dark, rich sweet taste in a quiet way, 26 years show; last tasted 11 years ago, clearly different - the acidity and young expression has disappeared completely, I prefer the younger version
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11/4/2021 - Genghis88 Likes this wine: 90 Points
@Ancora restaurant for #GebNation dinner
Thanks John
Orange in color.
Petrol. Sour burnt orange peel.
Really nice but not the best example.
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10/14/2021 - galewskj wrote: 95 Points
Aristocrat's wine dinner (My house): Wonderful balance and elegance. Nice spice on the nose, great pure fruit. So vibrant.
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10/14/2021 - rocknroller wrote: 95 Points
Aristocrat's Wine Dinner (Joe & Khem's Place, Mpls): Very dark gold color. PNP, drank a glass over 45 minutes. Somewhat shy to start out, apricot and baked apple tart, caramelized brown sugar, orange marmalade, honey, peach and subtle spice. The palate also is slow to emerge, but really builds as this comes to room temp. Tart Tatin, orange cream, honey, peach, caramel, medium full and not overly sweet, the spice notes really come out too. This has that sublime balance and length you'd expect. Fantastic, thanks Jason.
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10/14/2021 - I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine Likes this wine: 96 Points
Aristocrat's Wine Dinner at Joe's: PnP - served cold (from the fridge), and needed to warm up a little - Nose showed a hint of petroleum that quickly blew off, then didn't show much until it warmed slightly, then everything you would expect started coming through, including honeysuckle, stone fruits, caramel and honey. The palate showed classic Yquem balance between sweetness and acidity, with flavors becoming more pronounced with time in the glass and the golden liquid edging closer to room temperature, namely peach, apricot and honeycomb, with hints of caramel and vanilla. IN addition, the finish lengthened with time in the glass also, going from a 20 second finish to about a 40 second finish (and may have gone longer if the wine was nursed better!) Unfortunately, I drank it all within about 15-30 minutes! Good stuff! 96+ (and that may be conservative).
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10/9/2021 - NickA Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dark amber, although didn't feel hugely mature. Aromas and flavours were dominated by botrytis to an extent I don't think I've experienced previously, and the overall effect was very much 'sweet meets spicy' rather than there being much fruit or creme pat to find. Not hugely sweet although probably more ponderous than I'd have liked. As such, an excellent dessert wine, but lacked the je ne sais quoi (more acidity, if I had to guess) required for greatness.
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10/8/2021 - mchern02 wrote: 95 Points
Dinner with Friends at Verve Chicago (Verve Chicgo): Probably should've decanted this. Darker color than last bottle with honey, honeysuckle, creamy, candied peaches. The acidity was frankly not there on this bottle, which made the palate a degree below the last bottle, but finish was long and sweet.
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10/2/2021 - Cooky474 wrote: 93 Points
Liverpool title celebrations (London): Deep amber/golden colour with the contents of the bottle almost matching the script on the bottle. VA immediately apparent on the nose along with marmalade and ripe peaches. Viscous in the mouth and lovely length.
Missing the acidity I was expecting, but everything else was wonderful.
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9/19/2021 - B Paul wrote:
Spicy nose. Dark golden color. Palate has honey, orange marmalade. Was quite delicious, though if I had a nit it would be it lacked a little bit of acidity/energy.
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9/17/2021 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:
opened 5 hours before serving
lovely golden color, fully mature on the nose, succulent marmalade treacle, on the palate corpulent and very rich, mandarin oranges, pure honey, the short time I had with this wine after a long evening of powerful reds did not give the wine its due- but even so this is definitely a vintage more on the power side and not- or perhaps not yet- showing a lot of the spicy nuance and detail of vintages like 1997, also note that it took a full 5 hours to really come into its own- we should have decanted it, and that suggests that perhaps this needs more time to fully show the usual nuance, still it was a rich and golden beauty, fine long finish with proper acids to balance out the sheer richness that persisted through to the end.
****+, now to 2050+
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9/10/2021 - Myownscale wrote: 100 Points
Nose:
fruits, nuts, caramel, very complex
Palate:
delicious, extremely complex
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9/3/2021 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 96 Points
1990 Champagne / Bordeaux / N Rhone (London): Very popular after having gone through so many reds, this a perfect treat to finish off a lovely meal. Had been decanted for 6 hours and was so open for business. Not too sweet, a salty caramel tang and lovely acidity - deep creme brulee. Beautiful!
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8/14/2021 - kidsmurf2000 wrote: 95 Points
I think my expectations for this wine were beyond what it could deliver, having sat in my cellar for over a decade waiting for a special occasion. But once I got over that this wasn't a 100 point experience, I realised there is an incredibly rich, mature sauternes here.
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8/5/2021 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points
La Tâche Dinner (RPM Steak - Chicago IL): Very dark color, darker than I recall from most previous bottles. Ripe fruit, showing both mature and dried apricot, along with burnt caramel sauce. Good concentration, slightly lacking acidity and lift for d'Yquem.
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8/2/2021 - Jeff Leve wrote: 98 Points
1990 d’Yquem continues gaining complexity. Now you find an enthralling perfume packed with roasted apricots, overripe pineapple, butterscotch, creme brûlée, toasted marshmallow, spice, flowers and honey. On the palate the unctuous wine is poised perfectly between its waves of sweet honeyed fruit and racy acidity. As good as it is now, it’s only going to get better over the following 3-5 decades or longer!
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7/8/2021 - englishman's claret wrote:
A let-down, sadly; evolved and loose without the tension or complexity that define this wine at its best.
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6/2/2021 - Eric wrote:
M&PD Tasting: France (Mount Baker, Seattle, WA): Intense. Deep. Gorgeous.
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6/1/2021 - mchern02 wrote: 98 Points
Superb - Drank over 3 hours; incredibly intense with sweet citrus, earthy cloves, pineapple, glycerol, and flintiness. Unreal structure and forever finish while being light on its feet.
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5/31/2021 - englishman's claret wrote: 99 Points
From 6L, the 1990 Yquem is riveting. Incredibly intense nose, simultaneously fresh and sweet, brimming with orange, bergamot, almond, cream, mineral, a touch of smoke. And on the palate - expansive, unending. This will go the way of the 28 and 45.
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4/15/2021 - dream Likes this wine: 95 Points
I love the combination of ripe exotic fruit with a great mineral streak in this very fine vintage of Yquem. This bottle showed fairly mature and very complex with plenty of power and concentration. The finish is loaded with notes of caramel, clove and smoked chalk. Fantastic with the Fois gras.
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3/7/2021 - dream Likes this wine: 95 Points
This bottle drank beautifully and showed a lot of maturity with great flavors of ripe and sweet yellow fruits and clove-like spices. The texture is viscous but balanced nicely by good acidity and the finish is so refined and complex with a lot of white minerals and exotic fruits. Clearly from a ripe vintage but the mineral intensity keeps it fresh and clean. I doubt it's fully mature but it's not as far away as I once thought. I was mostly spitting tonight but couldn't manage to allow this wine to leave my mouth.
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3/3/2021 - bookert wrote: 94 Points
Super sweet nose. Palatte dominated by coconut and tropical fruits, yet with sufficient acidity to balance it out. Weightless.
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2/27/2021 - lifebreath wrote: 96 Points
Superb. Drank with Stilton.
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2/26/2021 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote: flawed
Online Blind Tasting #5: Note is based on a tasting sip in the morning on day one, a sip on the evening and 50cl filled in a bottle and sealed with argon gas on the evening of day three.
Glass: Zalto Universal
From 0,375l bottle. Clear, medium amber color. Nose is quite restrained and muted with some cellar mold. Sweet, awesome high acidity. 13% abv. A bit muted, some oxidized notes, a bit of cellar mold. Certainly not a perfect bottle. You can feel the potential, but this bottle was the weakest in this tasting. What a pitty.
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2/7/2021 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 96 Points
Beautiful nose of apricot, caramel, and orange zest. Great acidity with complex flavors of ripe apricot, candied orange, and citrus. Very long on the finish. Awesome wine, what a treat!
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2/7/2021 - jlgnml Likes this wine: 94 Points
A bit of cork present on the palate but disappeared after being in the glass and opening up. What a joy to end a fine evening.
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2/6/2021 - europat55 wrote: 93 Points
Nose: 93 Palate: 93 (bottle #1/2, tasted blind)
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2/6/2021 - europat55 wrote: 94 Points
Nose: 94 Palate: 94 (Bottle #2/2, tasted blind)
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12/25/2020 - Jmwestiv Likes this wine: 98 Points
This wine is in a terrific place right now. Lovely!
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12/25/2020 - FoinZap Likes this wine: 93 Points
Didn't take detailed notes. Main impressions were honey on the palate, with a hint of citrus. Medium-weight, not syrupy. Very nice but nothing transcendent. Would have liked to see a longer more memorable finish.
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12/20/2020 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Drinking supremely well. A complex nose of apricot, tinned peach, vanilla, honey and lavender. It is rich, powerful and explosive in the mouth, with layers of flavour but not in the slightest bit excessive of weight. There's lusciousness coupled with freshness and length of flavour is superb.
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11/28/2020 - Wine_Poobah Likes this wine: 98 Points
Rich, heavenly nectar. Notes of spiced caramel apple, butter, nutmeg, apricot, bananas foster, honey and orange zest. Extremely complex with incredible length and finesse. The acidity is perfectly balanced with the sugar. Still tons of life remaining — drink or hold.
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11/8/2020 - Stevey Likes this wine: 92 Points
Deep yellow & gold color, doesn't look like a 30 year old wine. Orange peel, honey, toffee. Very good but a little underwhelming considering the producer, the vintage and the price. Everything was well integrated, more elegance than power at this point. I don't see this wine getting better, drink now.
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10/30/2020 - rnellans wrote: 96 Points
Apricot, creme brûlée...rich, viscous. Layers...Long. Super wine.
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10/3/2020 - paul195 wrote: 95 Points
#1 of 12 There is no better way to finish a lovely wine dinner than a glass of Yquem. This was no exception. The 1990 in half bottles is in a great place for current drinking. I think that Dream’s 8/22/20 TN says it well, both on a stand alone basis and as the last of the 88/89/90 trio...
This was the finisher for a fantastic wine dinner featuring ..1990 Leroy’s .. Vosne Romanee Beaux Monts, Nuits Saint George Les Boudots, Pommard Les Vignots and Savigny Les Beaune Les Narbatons
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10/1/2020 - Capt Cutlass Likes this wine:
Blind tasted. Wasn't difficult to guess an old Sauternes with the reddish yellow color, saffron notes and toasty orange peel bitterness. If you paid big bucks for yours I can understand why you would want to wax lyrical on this but to a simple blind taster it is as tasty as any other quality old Sauternes and not very lengthy on the palate. I was not the only one present who remarked that it is in its twilight...
Thanks for this generous offering GG!!
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9/1/2020 - beatles wrote: 98 Points
From the list at Anarki, this was in fine form - and more than a bit better than the 89 tasted just two days before. This is much richer, deeper, more complete, honey galore her, citrus, virant stuff, goes on and on - I'll restain from counting the aftertaste in seconds, but this is Grand Vin indeed.
#Anarki
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8/30/2020 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 94 Points
Excellent bottle, bright, fresh, clean, and sharp upfront with dense and deeply rich apricot and honey flavours throughout. Still in secondary fruit country as opposed to tertiary notes. Imagine good bottles of this will go on forever.
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8/24/2020 - sirpat00 wrote: 94 Points
Bordeaux 1990 horizontal tasting (Fribourg): 1990 Bordeaux horizontal hosted by a private collector. 30 years down the road, the vintage comes across as bold and muscular, youthful and in general not yet open for business or at times closed. Highlighs included Figeac, Haut-Brion, Mouton, Calon Ségur – and to my surprise – Marquis de Terme. See tasting story for more take-aways and the complete line-up.
Tasting note
Only a very brief comment. Full-bodied, concentrated and built for endless aging. Sweet melon, honey, bee wax, candid fruit the main aromas. Less spicy and no saffron as in more recent vintages. Clearly a very good Sweet wine, but not my favorite vintage from this estate.
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8/22/2020 - dream Likes this wine: 95 Points
The best showing yet of this gorgeous Yquem which tops off the incredible triumvirate of great vintages with the ’88 the sweetest and most forward, the ’89 the long-distance thoroughbred and this ’90 showing great ripeness and perfect botrytis intensity with perhaps the most expressive mineral content. Even after a lot of wine, it was impossible not to finish this glass and even lick the table chasing after the few drops I spilled. 95+
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8/20/2020 - fclarity wrote: 97 Points
Tasted blind, this wine had a yellow/gold center and clear rims. The medium+ intensity nose generated notes of creme brulee, fresh apricot, pear, white stone, and some wax.
In the mouth, this wine was so refined and integrated, the texture was stunning. It had great acidity and incredible length.
This was not a bruiser or overbearing in any way. It was class in a glass and will drink gorgeously for decades.
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8/1/2020 - OmiyaDrinker wrote: 95 Points
On the nose, butterscotch, passion fruit, white pepper, white chocolate, nougat, almond kernel, manuka honey, shortbread, a little ginger, light muscovado sugar. On the palate, savory component in the beginning with a fantastic concentrated mandarin flavor. Exceptionally balanced. Super long finish with a delicious lychee character & salted caramel. As wonderfully complex as this is, I wonder If I would prefer Yquem from cooler vintages where sharpness replaces opulence. Fantastic nonetheless.
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7/5/2020 - Ltim BE Likes this wine: 95 Points
Very classy and impressive Yquem, great balance of sweetness and acidity. Great condition of this bottle. Still has a lot of upscale.
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6/27/2020 - Larslatour wrote:
Beautiful deep yellow/brown colour. Ok but I think it was a bit oxidised. Too much sherry, miss the freshness of the fruit.
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6/10/2020 - Judastasio wrote:
48th Anniversary with my Poopsie
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5/15/2020 - _water.into.wine_ Likes this wine: 95 Points
Golden-brown. Such length. Just a wonderful wine. Beautiful balance. Not overly sweet. Wonderful balance. Not as sweet as many sauternes. CK birthday
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3/31/2020 - Trydebull Likes this wine: 98 Points
Blandade noter från kork till en dryg vecka gammal i kylen.
Glasklart bärnstensfärgad
Doften är fantastiskt!!! Alpängsblommor, smör, superbalanserad och väldigt timid saffran, balanserade söta vita frukter, honungsmelon, mogen aprikos, friska dofter som även ger aningar om både sälta och fin syra.
Smaken håller absolut samma klass!
De första små glasen efter kork berättar direkt att den här borde fått vila ett decennium eller två till - minst - men, efter en vecka - WOW!
Kraftfull, koncentrerad, mångfacetterad, djup - och bred smakbas samtidigt. Någon som reducerat det här i all oändlighet och sedan hittat exakt rätt proportioner. Frisk härlig smakbas med perfekt balanserande syra mot sötman,. Aprikos, (mindre påtagligt än andra årgångar av) saffran, hösthonung, karamell, alpäng, orangea blommor, sälta, mineraler, feta lätt, lätt, lätt bittra nötter som bidrar perfekt till balansen. Smör. Härligt smör!
Magisk!
90 d’Yquem ska jag försöka spara en flaska av till varje 00-decennium tills man trillar av pinn... Lika bra att man inte vet när det blir, men det ska bli väldigt kul att följa. Jag är inte främmande för tanken att jag kommer att sätta 100 på en flaska längre fram - om jag får följa dem enligt den planen... För säkerhets skull har jag laddat, och har kvar flaskor, för att bli 160 år gammal... Så det lär väl bli någon över till barnen - rent statistiskt i varje fall - även om man är optimistiskt lagd...
98 poäng.
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3/11/2020 - Nanda wrote: 95 Points
Single Blind 1990 Bordeaux (The Bristol - Chicago, IL): Beautiful nose of honeyed apples and melons with intense spice that goes on and on. A core of pure, sweet and honeyed fruit that has pinpoint balance and precision. What a combination of richness and elegance. Long, layered finish.
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3/11/2020 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
1990 Bordeaux Dinner (The Bristol - Chicago IL): Best bottle of this wine I have had in at least 5 years. Intrinsic sweetness and botrytis complexity play off each other wonderfully with fresh and dried apricot. Very good+ weight and depth.
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2/15/2020 - JerM wrote: 94 Points
Bright gold in glass, with viscosity. Nose lifted with late apricot, marmalade, dry honeysuckle, soft white flowers, white pepper. Palate is crisp and balanced, sweet yes, but no hint of cloy, clean lifted acidity. More late apricots, marmalade, stone fruit, royal jelly and honey, just a hint of fig development. Developing quite nicely, and paired beautifully with our creme caramel!
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2/13/2020 - dream Likes this wine: 93 Points
Elegant, complex and very fine with medium concentration and medium sweetness. Flavors of tropical fruits, apricots and white flowers and rather mineral-driven on the finish. Lovely but out-dueled by the '90 de Fargues tonight.
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2/8/2020 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Acker 200; 2/7/2020-2/8/2020 (The Pool & Cipriani): Just a small sip as I was sharing a glass with a true lover of d'Yquem. This is a great wine as always although I sometimes find this vintage a bit more intense and a bit less elegant than some of the others. It's more powerful, more sweet, more orange peel and apricot and honeysuckle and just slightly less acid. Still beautiful for a sauternes and compared to the rest of the world it's very balanced, but for a d'Yquem to me it's a vintage that gets a bit more credit than I think it deserves.
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2/5/2020 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Magnificent. Reference standard Sauternes in peak form. Flawless with foie gras.
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1/1/2020 - yuti1225 wrote: 93 Points
2020 New Year Celebration (Fleur de Sel Restaurant, Taichung): Apricot, honey, white peach and flower. Intense yet balanced. Still need more time to develop.
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12/31/2019 - AlexHop Likes this wine: 95 Points
Beautiful honey and pineapple and good acid balance. Thick nas golden colored.
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10/6/2019 - Xu Lanhong Likes this wine: 100 Points
It doesn’t get better than this! A never ending finish is still on my palate after an hour of finishing the last glass of this wine. Honey, white tropical fruits and an unbelievable preciseness in the different flavours makes this a once in a lifetime wine. The residual natural sugars are balanced against a level of fantastic mild but pronounced acidity. Enjoyable beyond anything I ever tasted
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9/7/2019 - Jammy Wine wrote: 94 Points
The 1990 Chateau d’Yquem is bold and voluptuous, one of the richest and brightest d’Yquem I have tasted. This 1990 is fresher than the excellent 1988, offering plenty of fresh mango, peach, citrus peel, pineapple, honeycomb and white blossom. Luscious with very well integrated oak spices. Full bodied with Tokaji Essencia characteristics but fresher acidity and fragrant botrytis. Immortal wine. (94/100)
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6/20/2019 - dream Likes this wine: 94 Points
Very much on the leaner, minerally side of Yquem without the exotic qualities of say '83 and '89. It's still a baby though and it shows an excellent cut of acidity with perfectly ripe flavors of white peaches, clove and caramel. The finish is quite complex with a strong note of chalky minerals. I like it's potential. 94+
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6/9/2019 - Mtopi wrote: 97 Points
Wow, perfect balance of acidity and sweetness. Candied Apples, vanilla, and lemon zest, with saffron on the back-end. We had this wine with homemade dark chocolate torte and brownies, and it more than held its own.
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5/21/2019 - gsquireh Likes this wine: 97 Points
Wonderful. A classic continues. From nose to sip to swirl to hold in mouth to finish this wine is pure pleasure. A fruit garden of apricots, oranges and pineapple, this is rounded, viscous honey that pulsates with pleasure. A perfect finish to our dinner at Marea in NYC.
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5/7/2019 - Comte Flaneur wrote: 97 Points
The rhubarb soufflé and Yquem 1990 was another match made in heaven. I have not had this wine - incidentally served out of bottle - for a nearly decade or so. Last time it was surprisingly and uncharacteristically austere for an Yquem. But now it has straightened itself, but at the same time has a pleasing and even thrilling grippiness on the back end that the 1988 and 1989 don’t have. Very happy to own this.
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5/5/2019 - englishman's claret wrote: 95 Points
90 years of Ducru Beaucaillou: A lovely conclusion to an evening of Ducru Beaucaillou. Fresh, bright, marmalade, almond, acacia nose. Delightful Yquem with many happy years in hand.
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4/30/2019 - llindahl Likes this wine: 97 Points
A taste explosion with vanilla, apricots and jam. Beautiful wine
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4/20/2019 - rmcnees Likes this wine: 94 Points
Medium gold honey colored, full bodied, unctuous, concentrated and layered but superbly balanced and elegant, spice, honey and dried orange peel aromas. flavors of caramel, toffee, honey with smokey notes. extraordinary sweetness cut by harmonious acidity on the long finish that lingers for a minute or more.
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4/15/2019 - hargy Likes this wine: 93 Points
first bottle and maybe a little disappointed - mature and very delicious but lacking a little acidity to balance and, more surprisingly, complexity
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4/12/2019 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Orange blossom, honey, intensely rich viscous mouthfeel. Utterly crowdpleasing. This is in fine shape, reminiscent of last time I drank this some years ago, clearly evolving slowly and many years ahead of this. Tonight it hit the bullseye. Served from 750ml.
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2/3/2019 - Jeff Leve wrote: 98 Points
From a half bottle, purchased on release, the wine is loaded with buttery, pineapple, apricots, orange and honey, with floral accents and a hint of butterscotch. Plus, rich, round, sweet and lively, the wine is just starting to show its secondary development. Talk about pure pleasure in a glass.
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1/20/2019 - AJCowen wrote: 100 Points
Best sauternes I have ever had and possibly the best wine I’ve ever had. Just marvelous in every way. Subtle apricot and tangerine with caramel overtones. Life is good when you get to drink this.
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1/12/2019 - jdhannah Likes this wine:
From 750, perfect cork, great bottle with pear frangipanne.
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12/31/2018 - OenoDrZH Likes this wine: 98 Points
Dark amber color. Apricot, honey, peaches, white flowers, caramel, toffee notes. Full bodied and exceptionally long finish (50+ secs), which goes on and on.
Very rich, complex and elegant. Extremely well balanced sweetness and acidity. Perfect harmony in a glass!
Drank on New Year's Eve 2018 to welcome 2019! What a start!
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12/19/2018 - CamWheeler wrote: 94 Points
SLDS December 2018: Pineapple, musk, pear and lemon with some quince as well. Delicious sweetness on the palate, rich and mouth filling. Lively and lovely, with acidity cutting through with purpose. Superb balance and drinking.
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12/13/2018 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 93 Points
This bottle was more tired than it should have been. Others from this case are pristine and light gold while this was already a dark amber in the decanter. Nose had moved into toffee and raisin territory and was short on the freshness and energy one should still expect in 1990. A lot of orange citrus here, Grand Marnier was a consistent note amount the first-timers. Still delicious and always a crowd pleaser, but less than perfect.
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12/1/2018 - Andre Brattland wrote: 97 Points
80% Semillon and 20% Sauvignon Blanc.
Relatively youthful aromas with powerful fruit feeling of apricot, ripe honey melon, dark caramel and light floral cut.
Gorgeous concentrated and delicate matter with delicious fruit of apricot, ripe peach, honey and great caramel-feeling. Light bitter finish pulls a little down, but amazing Y'quem this!
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11/23/2018 - Gr8penut Likes this wine: 92 Points
Great!!!!
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11/14/2018 - hprphf wrote: 94 Points
Meo-Camuzet Dinner (Daniel): From Magnum. Good age but still fresh. Nice undertone of spice and stone with youthful fruit. 94
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10/20/2018 - salil wrote: 95 Points
Adrian visits Châteauneuf-du-Salil; 10/19/2018-10/20/2018 (Indianapolis): Phenomenal wine. Incredibly rich and dense with orange marmalade, apricot, honey, vanilla, and a tarter note of orange bitters on the back end, all coming together in the ripe, heavyweight package that I expect out of Yquem. It's a big wine with palate-staining intensity, but the balance here is excellent with surprisingly bright acidity, and the finish goes on for minutes.
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10/20/2018 - acyso wrote: 95 Points
Visiting Châteauneuf-de-Salil (sans Pape); 10/19/2018-10/20/2018 (Indianapolis, IN): From half-bottle. Incredibly opulent on the nose, with intense botrytis, marmalade, honey, and spice. The palate is certainly in line with that nose as well -- incredibly opulent, complex, and rich, with tons of sweetness that is cut by both a surprising amount of acidity and that classic bitter orange flavour. Killer stuff, as always.
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9/28/2018 - BradA Likes this wine: 95 Points
If you like stickies, it won’t get much better then this. Brilliant apricot hue, marmalade and honeysuckle with a long even finish. No rough edges, not overly sweet or biting. Just a smooth elixir. Drink or hold
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9/28/2018 - dream wrote: 94 Points
The color is getting darker on this and the wine is young but delicious with classic flavors of smoked apricots and Yquem minerals. Succulent and long on the finish with medium sweetness and lots of grippy complexity. This is a lean, very mineral-driven Yquem that's less exotic than '83 and '89 but quite pure and refined. 94+
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9/12/2018 - Bob H wrote:
Caramel/mahogany colored in the glass; nose is absolutely intoxicating.
Wow - kind of explodes on the palate! Long, long, long on the finish. Amazing.
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9/10/2018 - Burgnick Likes this wine:
Not a sweet wine guy but this bottle was superb. Honeysuckle, chinese huadiao, orange jam and peach.
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8/12/2018 - rocknroller wrote: 96 Points
IPNC Van Duzer Group Rapid Reunion (Chez Siggy & Jenny's Place, Mpls, MN): Very dark gold color. A beautiful maturing bottle of Yquem. Fleshy peaches, orange chiffon, apple mousse, tangerine, honeysuckle, delicately spiced, perfectly balanced sweetness and acidity, the essence of elegance, this defies weight and pirouettes across the palate then lingers longingly.
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8/11/2018 - jshufelt wrote: 94 Points
Celebrating my 50th birthday (again): In the glass, saturated amber-orange; really quite lovely. On the nose, apricots, peaches, botrytis in force. On the palate, loads of botrytis, with more honeyed apricots and hints of tropical fruit, a syrupy texture, and a long mouth-filling finish with good persistence. For any other Sauternes, this would be a great showing, but for Yquem, a bit underwhelming and one-dimensional - the palate-shifting flavors and lightness that make Yquem what it is just weren't on display with this bottle.
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8/7/2018 - pjaines wrote:
Tastes like Sauternes. Not a lot else to add really, apart from spending market value on this wine would be insanity. Don't see what extra bang you are getting here for your extra bucks.
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8/1/2018 - melzar wrote: 95 Points
From 750: Botrytis and honey on the nose continue on to the palate, to be joined with apricots and tropical fruits. Dark color consistent with 25 + years in the bottle. Heavily extracted wine. A little bit goes a long way. Could use more acidity for my taste. Long finish
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7/15/2018 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 95 Points
Dark honey color. Honeyed apricots on the nose. Apricots dominate with peaches in the finish. Syrupy texture. Strong mineral elements. Drinks hotter than I expected. Paired wonderfully with fois gras topped apricot bread pudding.
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7/9/2018 - RayOB wrote: 95 Points
Drank at 67
Wonderful rich with notes of toffee and apricots
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7/4/2018 - D'Yquembe Mutumbo wrote: 95 Points
Consumed this over the course of 2 nights. Beautiful amber color in th glass, and pineapple upside down cake, apricots, honey, mangoes, and light citrus notes on the first night. Night 2 there was definitely more of a port feel to the wine, as the wine picked up some additional depth and white raisin notes.
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5/23/2018 - UTPK wrote:
Had the 1989 and 1990 together. The 1989 is less forward than 1990 and less full bodied, which I actually like. The nose explodes with botrytis and glue, and on the palate it is obviously very sweet, but less so than 1990. However, there is also less acidity, so the balance is OK. The 1990 is a powerhouse in all respects and combines the sheer power with high acidity. Matter of taste I guess how heavy you want your Yquems to be.
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5/12/2018 - timcan wrote: 97 Points
3hr decant. Apricots, dried fruit. Near perfection.
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5/3/2018 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Hommage a DryCab - Washington Wines release; 5/3/2018-5/5/2018 (Various spots in Walla Walla): I've never had a D'Yquem I didn't like. Like many of these wines there's a haunting character to it. The finish lasts forever and is so easy to recall than writing the note a day later I still feel like it's so clear what this tasted like. A wine that starts off as a bit more of a mouthful than some, but ends so light on its feet you wonder how that could happen. And it's constantly changing and shifting. Really delicious.
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4/17/2018 - Collector1855 wrote: 95 Points
Bernstein, bakery, honey, smoke, good for sure but seemed a bit tired, slight oxidative touch. Medium complexity for an Yquem only.
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4/6/2018 - oldwines Likes this wine: 97 Points
4th Annual Wild Game Dinner (Chateau de le Shane aka Shane's house in New Jersey): Paired with a foie gras and fruit dish at Shane's 4th Annual Wild Game Dinner and as you might expect it was excellent both on its own and with the dish. The wine is a copper orange color with golden hues. The nose is expansive. It carries a honied texture to new heights and tastes of butterscotch, grilled apricot and orange rind. It is amazingly rich yet bright with acidity with plenty of life left. The finish so impossibly long with layer after layer of fruit and honey flavors. Most of the group's first or second favorite wine of the night, my #2.
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3/26/2018 - ve23 Likes this wine: 96 Points
Musar & Yquem on March 26, 2018 (Maritozzo, Moscow): 95+/100
Yquem is always Yquem.
This 1990 oldie possesses rich bouquet of buckwheat honey and apricot jam. Round and well-polished, medium-to-full weight, sugar is subtle, restrained, well-integrated in its beautiful palate. Perfect with dessert.
Man, I love whatever Château d’Yquem does - yet, their Sauternes is so unique, so rich and genuine, that the remaining half a glass of Y white Bordeaux 2005 was impossible to drink after one sip of Sauternes.
Musar & Yquem at Maritozzo, 26 March 2018
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2/21/2018 - JackCMac Likes this wine: 100 Points
Best Yquem since 1967 especially in a large-format nothing else to say
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2/1/2018 - d'Artagnan wrote: 96 Points
Souper de rêve en blanc (Au siège de PKP :)): Un nez suave de marmelade et de crème brûlée. La bouche est aérienne, avec une belle liqueur, sucrée et profonde, d’une longueur impressionnante. Un vin profond, grand. 96 pts
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1/13/2018 - LW31 Likes this wine:
Mag. Lovely, fresh, touch of exotic spice on nose, but palate is clean, apricot and honey. Wonderful and miles to go. Not as rich and sumptuous as you might expect from vintage but that's a plus in my book.
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1/1/2018 - JerM wrote: 96 Points
New Year with Old Sydney Gang; 12/29/2017-1/1/2018 (Red Star and Changi): Amber. Fresh dark florals, marmalade. Juicy, clean, raisins, figs, rich soft white floral, tea leaf tannin, lush. Creme caramel. Effortless acid balance, juicy, layered, licorice. Matsutake, rich mushroom broth. Royal Jelly. Rich, endless, umami, light, effortless, ephemeral, and supremely yummy. Great way to start the year and with great friends.
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12/31/2017 - Billigan Likes this wine: 98 Points
What a way to end the year! This bottle showed that special Yquem magic of almost weightless, cotton-candy-like texture married to a powerful intensity and purity of flavor. Only knit is that it's just a shade too sweet for my taste, but it's otherwise a pretty perfect beverage. Just glides and dissolves across the palate so elegantly, it had us shaking our heads. My wife probably put it best, "I didn't know grapes could do that."
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12/5/2017 - beatles wrote: flawed
Three bottles opened, one was corked, the other two not representative, I think. Tea-leaves, TBA like. The producer was there, did not see any flaws, but this was far from the wine, we had earlier at HSA.
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12/4/2017 - Kim Gerner wrote: 85 Points
Yquem vertical winemaker's dinner with Jean Philippe Lemoine (Restaurant Frank - CPH): Tasted Yquem 2015, 2010, 2005,1990. I must admit my all time favourite is 2001 (my score 98 - among the best wines I have ever tasted), which was not represented. Compared to that vintage we were not close with any of the evening's vintages.
I have tasted 1990 some times and in general I find it too oxidative. I am fully aware that many like that style. For me 2001 has the freshness, which I love so much combined with complexity after all developed over 20 years. This btl was even more oxidized than usual (if it wasn't because it came directly from the cellars of Chateau D'Yquem i would have guessed "poor storage"). The colour was deep amber. Overwhelmed by so many tertiary aromas of caramel, walnut and cinnamon. I have no 1990's in my cellar. If a had I would drink it as soon as possible.
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11/17/2017 - thwacker Likes this wine: 92 Points
the nose was somewhat disappointing, showing an aroma almost straw-like, not what i remembered, and this was identical for both the 1990 and 2002 bottles. it was decadently rich and delicious on the palate, so i don't think it was corked, but i was puzzled by the bouquet.
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10/20/2017 - seijaro Likes this wine: 98 Points
Wow, everything a Sauterne should be... honey, apricots, silky smooth. Color is pretty dark, but a wonderful wine, what a treat. Scores around the table: 97, 97, 98, 99
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10/5/2017 - Jeff Leve wrote: 99 Points
Served in Reidel Sommelier glasses, the aromatics exploded with an array of secondary notes. I mention the glasses, because I have never experienced all the buttered popcorn, creme caramel, Cointreau, brown sugar, crème brulee, melted butter and white chocolate aromas that were sitting on top of the honey coated, tropical fruits before. Dense, but not overbearing, rich, but not cloying, fresh, but never overly acidic, everything was in perfect balance and harmony. The scary thing is, the wine is just starting to enter its second phase of development. What happens in the next 30 years is going to be even better!
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9/29/2017 - asgerG wrote: 94 Points
Much like my previous sampling of this wine, albeit much more open bouquet of toffee, honey and other nice sweet stuff.
Drink now-2025
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9/3/2017 - dcwino wrote: 96 Points
Post Justin B's 40th birthday celebration dinner - Mostly SQNs. (The Grill Room at the Rosewood DC): Fully mature nose displaying slightly dry yellow fruit, dry apricot, dry mango, yellow peach, ginger, crème brulee, lipton iced tea and sweet spices, Beautifully integrated palate, decadent yellow fruit driven palate impression, bright acidity and a long sweet yellow fruit driven finish. It is drinking beautifully but will age gracefully for another couple of decades.
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8/31/2017 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points
Chicago Wine Flock...Don Serving So Many Great Blind Wines/Flights (Park Ridge, IL): Double blind alongside the stunning 1989. This has often been an enigmatic wine. some times great, sometimes not. Tonight's was good. Nicely aged, while also light and very elegant, but somehow missing gravitas.
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8/28/2017 - englishman's claret wrote: 97 Points
I love Sauternes as a whole, but there's no other region where one vineyard so dominates the commune (for my taste). And of course that's d'Yquem. So much work goes into producing a wine that carries such effortless, elegant grace and complexity. The classic paradigm of the parchment, crystalline-pure nose with its floral notes, never over-ripe fruit, minerality, and orange peel is well-illustrated by the 1990. Just perfect on the palate; no wine (red or white) is as well balanced.
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8/10/2017 - dream wrote: 92 Points
The '90 Yquem remains an enigma to me. Clearly a very powerful and mineral-driven wine, it remains fairly subdued on the palate compared to surrounding vintages. It could be that it just needs tons more time. 92?
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7/6/2017 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 Points
Krug and Dom Perignon Dinner, with Bonus Wines (The Loyalist - Chicago IL): Rich apricot, both dried and fresh. Very powerful and sweet, but less nuanced vs some great bottles from the past. This wine should last for decades.
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7/6/2017 - Jeff Leve wrote: 98 Points
Like all great wine, this just keeps improving with age. I should age as well. Rich, luscious, opulent and concentrated, there is intensity of flavor, purity of fruit and a complexity few other wines offer. The finish, with its perfect blend of honey coated fruits and bracing acidity must keep you busy for at least 50 seconds. At 27, this is just starting to open. You can drink this now, wait a decade or save it for your grandchildren. Me, I'm not waiting, this is a beauty.
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6/16/2017 - andrewstevenson.com wrote: 94 Points
Wine-pages Glasgow Festival of Wine Pre Offline (Cail Bruich, Glasgow): Quite an orange colour.
Lots of botrytis on the nose. Very orange marmalade.
Gorgeous palate: rich and very focused. Very precise. Very long.
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6/14/2017 - acyso wrote: 98 Points
The Yquem dinner (Chicago, IL): From half-bottle. This was very, very different again from both the 1988 and 1989. Whereas the 1988 was sort of middle-of-the-road standard Yquem and the 1989 a brute of a Sauternes, this had a lightness to it that no other wine had. More white-fruited than any of the other wines, this also had a crisp vein of acidity that gave this a lot of lift. I found a distinct note of candied sour pineapple here that made this extra special.
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6/3/2017 - uberoh wrote: 97 Points
a touch less sweet than expected - but I liked that better - complex and rich - good fro a long time to come...
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5/20/2017 - MAOC wrote:
A similarly good bottle of this to last year's despite reported variation in this vintage. Mid to dark gold. A familiar nose of mandarin with some stonefruit - particularly some fresher peach and citrus here - against a background of notable botyritis and mid golden honey. Didn't have the initial excitement of last week's 89 or maybe the peak of the 88 but was a very good bottle of Yquem, maybe with the most potential of the three. ****1/2-*****
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5/12/2017 - VDLT Wine Likes this wine:
A casual Friday sushi dinner (Gary & Cindy's): A tour de force. I generally struggle to identify specific flavors in wine but the candied cinnamon and apricot in this was vivid. Picking a nit, I would have liked a touch more acidity though it was by no means cloying or monolithic. I just thought it was slightly lacking in balance. Nonetheless, a wonderful experience. Thanks GA!
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5/6/2017 - SMagowan Likes this wine: 98 Points
What Beatrice was to Dante, this wine is to me. Sigh.
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3/11/2017 - beatles wrote: 98 Points
Out of this world - and while I liked Verset, this was WOTN for me; a meal in itself, this shows layers and layers of exotic fruit, citrus, honey, brioche, orangepeel. Firmly knitted - writing this, I can still taste it. Bravo. #HSA
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2/3/2017 - Kim Gerner wrote: 88 Points
Greatest red Burgundy - Wine tasting dinner (Rest FB (kg arr.)): 4 flights tasted:
1. Chambolle Musigny: Denis Mortet 1. cru Aux Beaux Bruns '10 (classical Chambolle, light, elegant, perfect aromas and balance 93-94/100) against Vogué Le Musigny vielles vignes '06 (much more intensity, liquorice and too many tannins - in other words much too young, 91/100)
2. Gevrey-Chambertin: Philippe Pacalet Ruchotte-Chambertin '11 (close to natural wine, a lot of fruit, liquorice, definitely not a typical Bourgogne, 93/100) against Armand Rousseau Le Chambertin '11 (develops positively in the glass, high acidity, fantastic flavours, still very young, never the less I rated i 95/100 based on performance right now, which means it is the winner of this tasting)
3. Vosne Romanee: DRC Richebourg '09 (way too young, very closed and too many tannins, however still a good glass of wine 93/100) against DRC La Täche '09 (deeper colour, even mores closed, more tannin and higher intensity both on the nose and palate - should have waited another 10 years or more, 93/100)
4. Sauternes: Yquem '01 (unbelievable good wine on the nose and palate, extremely good balance - so far the best Sauternes I have ever tasted, It It is not getting better than it is now, just changing towards too many tertiary notes like the 1990. I certainly disagree with Wine Advocate which states drinking window to begin 2030, 98-99/100) against Yquem '90 (Rated 99 by RP - because of the age it is much too oxidative for me (sherry like), almost amber colour, the '01 is so much better 88/100)
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2/2/2017 - dcwino wrote: 96 Points
Bordeaux dinner at Ripple with live rendition of the Star Spangled Banner (Ripple Restaurant in DC): Expressive nose displaying intense yellow fruit, apricot, peach jam, candied orange peel, sweet spices, crème brulee, ginger, tea and honey. Excellent concentration, intense yet air palate which is unique to D’Yquem, bright acidity and a long sweet finish with ginger and apricot as the end note. Wonderful showing.
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2/2/2017 - PanosKakaviatos Likes this wine: 96 Points
Fit for a wine loving Groundhog: Bordeaux back to 1970, by way of a 1982 trio (Ripple Restaurant in Washington D.C.): A fine bottle, here, with cinnamon, creme brulee, roasted fruit and burgeoning dry flower and yellow apricot, all nicely encased in a lively delivery with balancing acidity. Here is Yquem at its quintessential. Such opulence on the mid palate, layers of flavor and echoing in its long finish. A nice book-end to the Climens 1988!
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1/19/2017 - pdemaio wrote: 94 Points
PD94
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1/16/2017 - LW31 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Excellent magnum. Still fresh and lively. Great mélange of apricots, honey and dried fruits. Succulent but balanced. Has years to go in this format.
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1/5/2017 - Barry Rothof wrote: 94 Points
A Few of My Favorite Things !! (@ Oegstgeest - the Netherlands): Intense ripe yellow fruits, apricot, raisin, orange peel, crème brulee and sweet spices. Excellent concentration, deeply toned, delicious and long!
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1/3/2017 - andreawine Likes this wine: 91 Points
Showing more development than I would have expected, but still layered and luxurious. Apricot jam, marmalade, honey, ginger.
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1/3/2017 - dbkitc wrote: 98 Points
Pure fruit, honey. Deep, complex and balanced. Long and amazing. The best bottle of this I have tasted. (98)
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12/24/2016 - faivre_eric Likes this wine: 94 Points
Big wine with lovely aromas of candied fruits, citrus fruits marmalade, jams and toffee.
Very, very sweet and most likely needs another few decades to soften a bit.
Medium to long finish.
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12/22/2016 - AWBryce Likes this wine:
Deep honeysuckle, brown sugar. Complex nose. Rich, balancing acidity to go with the sweetness, some burnt notes on the palate. Exceptionally long finish. Fantastic.
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12/22/2016 - Burgaddict wrote:
Leiden dinner December 2016: Nose full with stone fruit, orange peel, spice and honey. Concentrated taste of sweet fruit, botrytis, acidity. Lovely Sauternes, however think this wine will develop more complexity.
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12/17/2016 - sdr Likes this wine: 93 Points
For Yquem it's middle of the road in intensity, botrytis and fruit and a little high in alcohol. Fortunately it smoothed out with air yet the overall impression is one of youth. A quarter century is not enough for Yquem to show its best and a half century is not too long.
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12/3/2016 - Ex-Ray wrote: 95 Points
At friends' house with bread pudding. Still pale yellow. Aromatic, developing some complexity. Crisp lemon-peach aromas. Lots of flavor, acidity still prominent but plenty of sweet fruit, and very lingering sweet aftertaste. While very enjoyable now, this will only get better with many more years, turning darker gold and gaining in complexity. Always a treat to drink an Yquem, though!
Ric
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12/2/2016 - europat55 wrote: 94 Points
This kept improving with time in the glass.
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11/29/2016 - teemuskogberg Likes this wine: 95 Points
30€ 4cl
Kypsän keltainen. Herkullinen tuoksu
Voimakkaat aromit kypsää hedelmää, trooppista meininkiä. Liian nuori vielä. Tasapainon herkullinen hyvä viini. Sopivan hapokas. Osta nyt juo 10+ vuoden päästä
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11/14/2016 - Thoughtful Likes this wine: 95 Points
Stored in cold cellar since release. Perfect condition.Lovely bouquet.
Delicate, well balanced, good botrytis, medium bodied'
Yet lacks intensity and depth and complexity to be truly great
So a disappointment. Climens has the edge.
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11/8/2016 - DrinkBordeaux wrote: 96 Points
Apricot, pineapple, honey, and burnt caramel on the nose. Very fresh on the palate with good viscosity and a smooth mouthfeel. A great vintage of d'Yquem.
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11/8/2016 - CJM wrote: 98 Points
Clear, deep honey straw . Honey, ccooed straelen, Baker apricot no acids no tannins pear medium balanced finish . Berns
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10/17/2016 - Bigtuna Likes this wine: 96 Points
Deep honey colored, very rich, ripe, mature. Honey, apricot, tangerine. Well balance acidity to fruit. Very good. 96
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10/15/2016 - giba ochman Likes this wine: 95 Points
Great Yq, with the classic apricot/orange taste, but with a spicy touch and a eternal finish that make Yq different. Drink now or hold....
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9/3/2016 - acyso wrote: 95 Points
Dinner at Ruxbin (Chicago, IL): From half-bottle. I think one of the most common issues with Yquem (especially among sweet riesling drinkers like myself) is that it is much, much larger scaled than a TBA and doesn't have quite the same low-alcohol high-acid cut. I also happen to think that is the case because I imagine most Yquem is not decanted at least half a day in advance. Certainly, when I opened this half-bottle this morning, I thought it was showing like an overblown caricature of a sweet riesling, ungainly and bulky. But 12 hours later, this was a different beast altogether. The nose shows an immense amount of botrytis, along with tons of sweet apricots (almost apricot jam, really). There's also that classic touch of Yquem coconut. The alcoholic heat I detected this morning has fully receded, and instead there's a really lovely cut of acid running through an otherwise very thick and sweet wine. The spiciness here is absolutely incredible. This is a wine certainly deserving of its place on the Yquem pantheon of heroes.
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8/28/2016 - Marc S Likes this wine: 94 Points
The wine looks yellow brown colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like apricot, apple and melon. The body is medium. The wine has juicy texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.
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7/19/2016 - chatters wrote:
working with wine 2016 seminar 2 - sweet wines (Hilton Hotel, Sydney): almost cigar and cigar ash, cigar box, cedar, honey, leather toast, musted sweet fruits and plentiful honey. With time fore fruit comes to the fore a swell as cream and sweet yoghurt to join those honeyed notes. On the palate is juicy and honey with slight ripe apple then apricot notes, sweet but not cloying, again the acid line carries the wine. board across the entire palate with some tannic burr. long. really rather splendid
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7/19/2016 - BradE wrote:
Delicious as always, and timeless.
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7/12/2016 - Rosengoo wrote: 96 Points
Yquem are always a treat to drink and this was no exception. Clear and bright gold in colour with a nose of honey and peaches, this very viscous wine had flavours of honey, apricots, and oranges. I also tasted a very slight sour bit of lemons in the long lasting finish of this wine. Obviously these can age for years and this vintage is still in it's infancy after 26 years.
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7/1/2016 - JerM wrote: 96 Points
(Post tasting post dinner drinks at JM's) [Bottle 22/24 - lightest - OWC ex chateau, drank parallel with Bottle 1/24 - darkest; in the name of education!] Bright late apricots, honey florals, grassy perfume. Certainly 'younger' than the darker (more oxidised) bottle, showing lemon zest, hay, hessian, marzipan, and honeysuckle notes. Hints beeswax. Ultra tight acidity, clean and fresh, luscious and textural, revealing toasted brioche. Finishing with cool lingering darjeeling tea sweetness, light and clean, and again some creme brulee. Some limited development on the second day, but still young and brighter than the darker bottle. The ultimate parallel taste test, I reckon?
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7/1/2016 - JerM wrote: 96 Points
(Post tasting post dinner drinks at JM's) [Bottle 1/24 - darkest - OWC ex chateau, drank parallel with Bottle 22/24 - lightest; in the name of education!] Bright golden tawny in glass, showing complex aged marmalade, white florals, marzipan, kero funk, lanolin, sherry fino. Fresh brioche, sweet tea tannins, darjeeling, yet bright clean acidity and preserved mandarin peel. Long lingering afterglow, akin to lingering tea sweetness, showing herbal medicinal notes on the finish with a creme brulee flourish! Developed and opened even more on the 2nd day, gaining somewhat more complexity than the light bottle. The bottle variation (bottles 1/24 vs 22/24, sorted from dark to light) within a single ex-chateau case is surprising, and remarkable! Between the two extremes, I prefer this marginally more.
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6/11/2016 - Radboy wrote: 97 Points
Toasted brown sugar, orangle marmalade and an intrinsic sweetness that is hard to characterize. Darn tooting this is great, but not phenomenal as hoped for.
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6/4/2016 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 87 Points
De Fargues vertical + Nopa (Sense, Nopa): A bit closed. Parmesan rind. Slight bruised tomato. Lighter than the de Fargues.
On the palate, modest alcohol. Medium plus acid. Nice dried citrus almond (bitter almond). Grapefruit.
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6/4/2016 - aagrawal wrote: 97 Points
Chateau de Fargues Vertical; 6/1/2016-6/4/2016 (Sens, San Francisco): Deep golden color, significantly lighter than the 1990 Fargues which is a more coppery-orange; nose is fresh, youthful fruit, minerality, clean pure orange fruit approaching icewine concentration; palate is full bodied, intense concentration of dried apricot fruit, orange marmalade, but still superb freshness, high acidity; long finish. This is wonderful and could still use another decade... Just superb balance with unbelievable density. 96-98
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5/16/2016 - salil wrote: 93 Points
Leo's Blind Tasting Group - May '16 edition (Tessa, NYC): I liked this a lot, though it didn't have that extra gear of focus and lift that I expect out of Yquem. It's immensely ripe with that classic Yquem apricot marmalade character, and accents of honey, vanilla, and other sweet floral notes that build and become more intense with air. It does feel a bit soft on the palate - served blind, several of us were wondering if this was from 2003 - but it's still very tasty with enough acidity to keep it well balanced, and tremendous length.
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4/28/2016 - dcwino wrote: 96 Points
Scott's Wine dinner at Honeysuckle, a bit of everything! (Honeysuckle, Washington DC): More mature overall expression than usual but not advanced. Intense ripe yellow fruits, apricot, dry apricot, yellow peach, raisin, orange peel, tea, caramel, cognac, ginger, crème brulee and spicy spices. Excellent concentration, deeply toned sweet yellow fruit, beautifully layered fruits, dense, good acidity and deeply toned very long finish. This particular bottle has reached the peak. Very good but not the most energetic and weightless showing. Very similar to the Jan, 2015 bottle but a bit more expressive.
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4/25/2016 - cephomer Likes this wine: 96 Points
Drank from .375 tonite to celebrate Austin committing to Hofstra. I've had this wine many times in the recent past, my notes are consistent, and it's always the same level of greatness. Lots of honey, apricot, caramel, etc. Just a lovely wine that never disappoints.
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4/6/2016 - SlimShaney Likes this wine: 95 Points
Apricot nectar with a trailling marmalade note.
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3/12/2016 - cephomer Likes this wine: 96 Points
Drank from 750 in Antigua over two days, and did not decant. I've had this several times over the past years and my notes are consistent. Tons of tangerines, honey, & orange blossoms. Wonderful fruit--apricots, peaches, marmalade--and excellent acidity level combining to form a superbly balanced, complex beauty. Powerful, yet refined and elegant. A consistently great wine that would show even better when decanted
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3/10/2016 - jfpwine Likes this wine: 97 Points
Dark color. Strong nose of honey, ripe stone fruit. Full body, with strong acidity and extremely long finish. This is a regal wine, and makes you pause when you taste it. What an experience.
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2/14/2016 - rnellans wrote: 95 Points
Dark orange Amber color. Lovely apricot crime brûlée nose. Rich, vicious, sweet palate. Good acidity for balance
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1/1/2016 - Vinedict wrote: 100 Points
Château d'Yquem 1990: Deep golden-amber hues. Intense notes of marmalade on toast, candied mikan, maple leaves and an uplifting sense of zesty freshness. Gradual and restraint in nature on the entry, building up fresh, citrus notes on the mid palate that fades into sweet caramel-toastiness. The finish on this one is pretty ethereal, where the aromas seem to linger long after the wine is gone, not so much because of substance on the tongue, but due to reticent aromatic vapours being gradually picked up by the olfactory glands. Had an 81' d'Yquem recently which was disappointing, lacking the trademark balance of richness and freshness. The 90' has redeemed the name of this venerable Château.
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12/31/2015 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 95 Points
Dark Amber color. Great woody / varnishy nose of apricot and syrupy candied orange, peach, marmalade, and even cherry. Bouquet takes some time to lose its alcoholic edge but is wonderful afterwards. Syrupy and very powerful on the palate delivering a strong dose of apricot and peach with wood tones throughout. Candied but also dried and pruney fruits in addition to toasty honey and marmalades. Really great. Maybe try decanting if you think you'll make it through the entire bottle. Enjoyed over a few days out of a 750.
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12/17/2015 - cephomer Likes this wine: 95 Points
Cepages Bordeaux Tasting (North End Grill; New York City): Drank at end of our Cepages bordeaux tasting from 1/2 bottle. I've had this wine numerous times over the past few years, and my notes remain consistent. Did not decant, which I have to remember next time is a definite no-no. Also, I was a bit inebriated by the time I opened this. Still not quite as dark in color as expected, extremely fragrant nose of tangerines, honey, & orange blossoms. Wonderful fruit--apricots, peaches, marmalade--and excellent acidity level combining to form a superbly balanced, complex beauty. Powerful, yet refined and elegant. A consistently great wine that would show even better when decanted
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12/10/2015 - asgerG wrote: 93 Points
Vinklubben 1983's yearly X-mas dinner (Hos Britt): DnP. Yellow-orange. Small discrete pourriture noble bouquet. Well balanced sweet palate. Wait at least five years. Seems currently to be closed down. Must be?! Hans
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12/7/2015 - ShiverSeeker Likes this wine: 98 Points
First sip was wonderful, shivers, cosmic, why is wine so good my better half says!
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12/4/2015 - Ben85 Likes this wine:
Bancroft Fine Wine Tasting: Superb, and still a baby! This is really quite youthful, the aromas are still mainly primary. It still needs a good deal of time to get to its epic potential. It's adolescent, offering up whimsical charm, making you fall in love easily. In decades to come it will mature, gain character and engage you. Serious, Serious stuff.
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11/27/2015 - Dehrmann Likes this wine: 98 Points
Amazing color, bouquet...like honey...drank at THG with Marcus, Pol, Sandra, Camille & kids
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10/26/2015 - Rob-Rah Likes this wine: 96 Points
From 37.5cl.
Clean, peaches, honey, marmalade, incense. Essence of Sauternes without the "jamminess": Profound and heady but simultaneously almost feather-light with amazing deftness of acids preventing any cloying whatsoever. Long. In a very good place at the moment balanced between the gush of youth but with some of the complexity of middle-age (just about). The wine will go on for decades though. Utterly delicious and amazingly well-made. Finally lacking that extra magic to propel it to superlative. However, angels in the lower circles of heaven may well be drinking this kind of stuff.
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10/25/2015 - galewskj wrote: 95 Points
Big Bordeaux X : Right Bank (Kevin and Vicki's house): A small pour at a tasting. Wonderful balance and elegance. Nice spice on the nose, great pure fruit. So vibrant.
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10/24/2015 - rocknroller wrote: 97 Points
Big Bordeaux X: Right Bank Stars including '85 & '98 Cheval, '90 d'Yquem + More (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Deep gold color. Aerated into glasses, drank 1 glass over 45 minutes. Delightfully delicious, this was so elegant and polished, clearly an exceptional wine. Impeccably balanced this rides a crest of ethereal bliss. The lovely tangerine, pineapple, honey, spice and floral notes glide effortlessly across the tongue leading to an olfactory celebration. I love the elegance and delicacy of the how the spices blend with the fruit and sweetness in such a seemingly innocent way, yet this gives such style and finesse. Very long as well. Paired wonderfully with seared foie gras and then with a wonderful flan dessert.
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10/24/2015 - cephomer Likes this wine: 95 Points
2015 French Wine Dinner (Harrison, NY): Drank 1/2 bottle at our dinner party last nite--after finishing off a 1976 which was a bit disappointing to me. I've had this vintage a few times over the past 2 years & my notes are consistent (though I was a bit inebriated by the time I opened this last nite, and we did NOT decant--mistake!). Precisely matched salty cheese course (Stilton, roquefort & a blue). Still not quite as dark in color as expected, extremely fragrant nose of apricots, honey, & orange blossoms. Wonderful fruit--apricots, peaches, marmalade--and excellent acidity level combining to form a superbly balanced, complex beauty. Powerful, yet refined and elegant. Far superior to the '76 in every way.
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10/8/2015 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wild honey, vibrant acid, apricot and jackfruit. Needs 15 years, but I look forward to more creme brulee and less honey on the palate. Paired with gorgonzola cheesecake. 94+
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9/27/2015 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
From half bottle this was rocking. Complex aromatics of apricot jam, toast, mushroom, honey and lavender. Full sweet and luscious in the mouth. Rich but not heavy and leaves the mouth fresh and invigorated with every sip.
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8/23/2015 - JerM wrote: 96 Points
(with Elaine in Whitsundays) Golden toffee honey, almost brass. Upon initial pouring, rich juicy marmalade, late apricots, grapefruit pith, prune, leafy, sappy young, with an almost racy acidity, savoury with hawflakes, dried figs, plum preserve, late fruit umami. Focused, balanced, effortless. With time, woodspice, frangipani, honeysuckle, sandalwood and musk, old tea chest, cedar, hint camphor wood. Chook poo, orange biscuit, apricot. Oily, almost satin-y, yet oh-so-clean! More rounded on the second day, showing raw honey, demerara sugar, royal jelly, funky anchovies, green apple skin, beeswax, gula melaka, sweet tea and mushroom broth in a light delicate dance. Delicious, easy (too easy), effortlessly complex, youthful yet mature - playful. This bottle was a shade darker than my next one, so definitely more developed than it should have been.
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7/29/2015 - d'Artagnan wrote: 98 Points
Un nez très subtil, avec de jolis arômes d'abricot confit, de miel.
Il laisse en bouche l'impression d'un petit nuage éthéré, avec sa texture aérienne, d'une finesse magnifique. Il possède cette touche d'une délicatesse onctueuse, c'est un petit bijou qu'on chérie sur le palais, le temps d'une danse langoureuse... Un vin complexe et très long, salin et sucré. Difficile de définir une telle majesté! 98 pts
Un grand moment avec de grands amis.
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7/22/2015 - BradE wrote:
A reasonably solid, but non-memorable bottle.
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6/26/2015 - MBKDK wrote:
Amber colored. Nose of cellar, earth and forrest floor. The sugar is nicely integrated at this point. Still good freshness and acidity and some strong, but good tannins with a long and suprisingly dry finish. This is quite refined. Time has added to the complexity of this wine. The fruit is more dried than ripe. Heavy element of tree sap and some apple/calvados. Hard to tell where this is going, but I would probably drink within the next few years if I had more bottles.
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4/23/2015 - cos65 Likes this wine:
Bright yellow gold
Rich ripe apricot and spun sugar. So much there, but perfect balance makes it almost light on the palate.
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4/22/2015 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
Cheval Blanc and D'Yquem dinner with Pierre Lurton and Bernard Burtschy (Taberna del Alabardero, Washington D.C.): Beautiful example displaying intense yellow fruits, apricot, ginger, cremes brules, candied orange peel, sweeten tea and sweet spices. Exceptional concentration yet airy, decadent sweet yellow fruit driven palate impression, perfect amount of acidity and lovely long clean and seamless finish. It has reached the first stage of D’Yquem maturity and it will require another twenty to thirty years to reach the 67 like stage to gain more red fruit, precision and tertiary notes. A great wine that showed exceptional well.
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3/31/2015 - jlgnml Likes this wine: 94 Points
A real treat for the evening. Long finish, apricot color, tasty and a long life ahead.
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3/30/2015 - danielbleier Likes this wine: 99 Points
WOTN at a great wine evening. the 1989 Huet Constance had more power, but the complexity was off the charts here - not just apricot and honey, also coconut, vanilla, pear and a hint of mint on the finish - amazing.
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3/7/2015 - etyc Likes this wine:
1st Vivino Int'l chapter in Singapore (Sat. afternoon), Part-1 (Bok's place): Last wine of the afternoon. From the color as well as theme of the day, it was almost a no-brainer what this was. Honey, butterscotch, nectarines, orange-peel, caramel etc. Very dense on the palate; I wished it had a tad higher acidity & would liked it more lifted, but hey, no complains! Thank you Jack, and a fitting wine to end an afternoon of great wines and company! At this juncture, we had little idea what was about to unfold... perhaps an even more remarkable follow-on 2nd-chapter over (an impromptu) dinner!
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3/4/2015 - DSR wrote: flawed
Oxidized
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1/30/2015 - dcwino wrote: 94 Points
Dinner with Charles M - 96 DP Oeno, 96 Dom Rose, 90 Margaux, 90 Mouline, 93 Ponsot Chambertin & etc. (The Grill Room at Capella Hotel Georgetown): This seems a bit muted, ie not as expressive as the previous bottles. Medium amber color. Mostly dry yellow and red fruits, dry apricots, orange rind, red tea, ginger and medium caramel. Quite dense, dry yellow fruit driven palate impression, good acidity and medium finish. Perhaps caught this bottle at an awkward moment. Although enjoyable not the best example.
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1/23/2015 - AV2012 wrote: 95 Points
All Stars: Nose of apricots, candy floss, pineapple, coconuts, ripe pear - very pure and clean. Medium light body, very long finish. It just had more class than Dom.de Clos Naudin Foreau '90 we were having by its side. It also seemed that Yquem was denser due to oak and probably will have more life ahead. It wasn't overpowering or cloying, richness was very well balanced by accidity.
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12/24/2014 - don_quichotte Likes this wine: 93 Points
Not an all-time great Yquem... feels a bit weaker than 01, 88, 83, 76, 75, 67. Has that Yquem after taste and is a hugely pleasant drink but lack a bit of power and complexity. Probably in line with 89 and 97.
It's a great wine, but not a great Yquem. As for VFM, not sure it stacks up.
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12/11/2014 - Cosmo M. Likes this wine: 94 Points
A great wine, but I admit I was slightly disappointed. Opened 5 half-bottles and one 750 ml, and not surprisingly the 750 was the best. Thick, syrupy stone fruit with moderate acidity (the 750 had the best acidity) and some hints of flowers and baking spice. It is possible that the wine is in a lull right now and perhaps should be kept for later.
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12/10/2014 - dvansteenderen Likes this wine: 95 Points
Drank this bottle with my staff from VINEUM @ restaurant Amarone in Rotterdam during our staff outing. I got this bottle as a gift from a frequent visitor which whom I had a very special bond. A very kind gift indeed, great wine with the mandarin based dessert this evening!
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12/6/2014 - waddle Likes this wine: 97 Points
incredible nose of sweet fruits. An everlasting finish and a lot of honey. Less sugar than expected, just the right amount.
Can be drink over the next decades
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12/6/2014 - Dave Canada wrote: 96 Points
The Thirteenth Annual Stonefields Dinner (Guelph, Ontario, Canada): Wow...this was so lifted...so fresh.
Aromas of lemon, mint, honey, brûlée, and sweet white flowers.
The palate is so integrated and fresh...not cloying at all. The acid balance is perfect. Fresh cut mint, caramel, brûlée, lemon, minerals and flowers are everywhere!
Finish is fresh, long and elegant.
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11/9/2014 - johnh1001 wrote: 95 Points
From double magnum. Delicious. Honeysuckle, apricot and slight nutty note.
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11/8/2014 - cephomer Likes this wine: 98 Points
2014 French Wine Dinner Party (Harrison, NY): Drank at our dinner party &, for many, the clear WOTN among many stellar selections. Decanted for 2 hours before drinking, and had with the precisely matched salty cheese course (Stilton, roquefort & 2 blues). I've had this vintage recently and my notes are very consistent, though this tasting was superior to the last (which was from 1/2 bottle). Still not quite as dark in color as expected, extremely fragrant nose of apricots, honey, & orange blossoms. Wonderful fruit--apricots, peaches, marmelade--and excellent acidity level combining to form a superbly balanced, complex beauty. Powerful, yet refined and elegant. The balance of sweetness with just the absolutely perfect level of acidity is just mind blowing, making for a wonderful wine. I find it so fascinating about this wine: it always appears sweet when it first hits your tongue, but yet it goes down as dry as you could ever hope for. Pure nectar that I cannot imagine getting much better than this. Yet it's still got plenty of good times ahead. In a great place right now with no end anywhere near in sight. It also was matched perfectly with the cheeses selected. Just a fabulous, great wine!
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11/4/2014 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Dinner with the Best of Krug, with Olivier Krug (Northbrook, IL): Apricot, some candied citrus peel and lots of botrytis coming through. Moderate length. Lots of pleasure, perhaps not quite as complete as another bottle from a few months ago.
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10/31/2014 - la turque wrote: 97 Points
Golden colour. Honeyed pineapple, apricot and other tropical fruits. Long and rich on the palate, with brilliant acid / fruit balance. Gorgeous now, will keep for a long while.
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10/19/2014 - Ricky99 wrote: 95 Points
Fills the mouth instantly and then finishes like silk
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10/18/2014 - Marc wrote: 93 Points
Boozy Lunch at S and B's Apartment (Auckland, New Zealand): Very developed color. Dark caramel aromas intertwine beautifully with the orange peel and vanillin oak notes. In the mouth, dark, rich and balanced with the age and acid contribting t oa clean and fesh finish, despite the opulence and sugar. For me, certainly outstanding but not an extraordinary experience.
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10/15/2014 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
This was an outstanding bottle of 1990 Chateau d’Yquem. It had complex aromatics of honey, lavender, spiced pear and apricot. In the mouth it was rich and intense yet had good detail and great freshness. It really built through the palate and finished with great authority and vitality.
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10/10/2014 - paulst wrote: 94 Points
Flowered with smooth layered sweet honeyed fruit with vanilla layered in; near perfect harmony and finishes without an edge.
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10/5/2014 - cos65 Likes this wine:
Perfect drinking right now
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9/7/2014 - pilot360 wrote:
Had this in anticipation of personnel success or failure - glad to have pulled it off!
The wine was bought from auction about 5 years ago, at the time by most expensive purchase, and represented a search into good wine. Shared with good friends, all appreciative of wine.
Most impressive was the balance and weightlessness of the wine, this paired very well with a hazelnut cake from Whole Foods. . There was a depth to the wine,a richness that really insisted on your attention.
One of the best food pairings of the the year.
Fantastic, and one I will experience again in another 20 years.
Best Sauternes Ive had to this point. --- Kracher --- well, that is a different story.
Classic
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9/6/2014 - Burgundy Al wrote: 95 Points
Had the fantastic opportunity to taste the 1988, 1989, 1990 tonight, all three very good vintages of d'Yquem that are valued similarly in the marketplace. This '90 was my favorite of the trio, with the greatest concentration and length. Honey, candied orange peel and dried apricot with floral hints. Thank you, Jamie!
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8/29/2014 - Remony wrote: flawed
3 half bottles from the cellar. All oxidised to a greater or lesser extent. Rotting apples. Colour resembles tea. Have had similar results from the same case on previous occasions. Must be the result of bad storage before purchase 15 years ago, as my cellar conditions are near perfect.
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7/27/2014 - cardsandwine Likes this wine:
A gorgeous aroma of coconuts, pineapples and apricots which soared form the glass, danced on the tongue and finished with an alluring viscosity and finesse. While I am not the world's biggest fan of d'Yquem as I find the finish is often too medicinal, this was one the best d’Yquem’s I have ever had.
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6/27/2014 - cephomer Likes this wine: 96 Points
2014 WWS season-ending wine dinner (Encore Bistro, Rye, NY): Drank blind from a .375 bottle with the WWS crowd at our season-ending wine dinner. 1 of my 2 contributions on the nite. Not quite as dark as expected, extremely fragrant nose of apricots, honey, & orange blossoms. Wonderful fruit--apricots, peaches, marmelade--and excellent acidity level combining to form a superbly balanced, complex beauty. Powerful, yet refined and elegant. A honey of a wine that's not sweet, that appears sweet when it first hits your tongue, but goes down as dry as you could ever hope for. Pure nectar that I cannot imagine getting much better than this. Yet it's still got plenty of good times ahead. In a great place right now with no end anywhere near in sight.
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6/14/2014 - mn47 wrote: 95 Points
Après 24 ans d'attente, très grand vin aux saveurs d'abricot, de pêche et de miel. On n'a pas envie de l'ingurgiter tellement c'est bon. Excellent en compagnie d'un bleu danois et d'une tarte aux pommes.
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6/11/2014 - lepetitchateau wrote: 95 Points
Still a marvelous wine that is currently at a mid-point in its maturity, cruising along nicely. (Oriental Garden)
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4/23/2014 - Lord Rodney wrote: 94 Points
94 points is a great score but I could not help but feel somewhat disappointed over this famous wine. It was very dark for it's age, much darker than many other Sauternes of similar age. Provenance was good so no problem there. It was medium rich and nutty. But I thought that the aftertaste was much shorter than expected. What happened to this great vintage!!!??? :-(
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4/10/2014 - lepetitchateau wrote:
no change in overall impression, but the mid-palate weakness was less apparent in this bottle. Was it the bottle or a positive evolution? Not sure. (The Simone)
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4/2/2014 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 Points
Wine with the NEXT Chicago Steak Dinner (NEXT Restaurant - Chicago IL): From 375 ml bottle. Similar flavor profile to other bottles from the recent past, with plenty of apricot, peach and some nuttiness, with everything in good balance. Perhaps it was just palate fatigue, but this didn't seem to have the concentration as prior bottles.
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3/21/2014 - G_H Likes this wine: 92 Points
Markus' 50th birthday (Markus' house): Decanted for 1 day. Lots of nuts, dried apricots, lots of botrytis, walnuts, nice length and quite fat for a sauternes.
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3/16/2014 - obmoen wrote: 95 Points
Gylden pluss og mørkere enn en flaske to dager tidligere. Delikat, tropisk nese med innslag av knekk. Også her mer utviklet enn forrige flaske. Viskøs og rik i munn. Ørliten bitter finnish, ellers veldig ren. Uendelig lang. Drakk denne over 4 dager og den utviklet seg positivt. Ble renere og mindre brent.
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3/6/2014 - LWI wrote: 96 Points
1990 Bordeaux Horizontal: Blind. The lightest in color, by far, in the flight. Curious soapy when first smelled, but this blew off. Varnish, not the richest, but very elegant, clean and well balanced, extreme finish. Wowsa. I suspected this to be the Yquem, and this was a much less developed bottle than previous ones.
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2/26/2014 - Burgundy63 wrote: 95 Points
Perfect balance between sweetness and acidity - The best Yquem I have drunk.
Restaurant purchase
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2/24/2014 - subtlet wrote: 95 Points
1990 Bordeaux Dinner (Noisette, Portland, OR): Orange flower aromas show, along with vanilla, and lemon drops all backed by icy river minerality. This is balance and length in a glass. A wave of tart orange peel slowly breaks open to give solid gold butterscotch and honey dripping off the tongue. A perfect amount of orange zest gives structure to the sweetness. There's a full experience of evolution across the palate with great precision and depth at all times!
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2/15/2014 - canan wrote: 96 Points
35th Birthday Celebration (Le Sommelier): A lot better than my previous taste of this bottle! Really good depth and complexity in flavors.
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2/13/2014 - sooper65 wrote: 75 Points
Cork crumbled on opening, yet this half had been immaculately stored. Colour was promising. Yet on the palate, flat, perhaps a bit oxidised, dreary and one dimensional. This is not how Yquem 90 should taste. HUGE disappointment. GRRRR
Not flawed, just all wrong.
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1/25/2014 - Grand Amateur Likes this wine: 95 Points
Needed air to develop itself. Balanced. Very long.
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1/12/2014 - wineaux2 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Really wonderful, tantalizing wine that showed rich raisin, dried apricot and a touch of tropicals. The sweet fruit was complemented by mouth-watering acid, and a body that was so silky and weightless. Incredibly long finish too.
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1/6/2014 - dpolivy Likes this wine: 96 Points
DRC Tasting Group: Bordeaux Night (Wild Ginger, Seattle, WA): Honey, tropical, and floral nose. Soaring aromatics. Body is rich and filling, yet not at all cloying. Brown sugar, honey, and caramel stand out. Exceptionally well balanced with great acidity and a long finish. Quite delicious!
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1/6/2014 - hiker_guy Likes this wine:
Ended the night on a high note with this wine. Still on the lighter side in color but progressing towards darker gold. Nose was beautiful and the palate was fully satisfied. Wonderful wine. d"Yquem never fails to satisfy.
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12/21/2013 - PC73 wrote: 95 Points
Deep yellow and orange in colour.
This is interesting because the sweetness is not obvious. On the palate there is a touch of oxidisation alongside apricot and nuttiness. The wine doesn't have the viscosity of other Yquem that I have drunk, but that isn't a negative.
Overall, this is fantastic. A lovely example of a mature, complex sweet wine. I suspect this has a long life ahead, but without the overly sweetness.
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12/20/2013 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
A birthday celebration (EL Ideas - Chicago IL): Worked wonderfully mid-dinner with the foie gras course, again at the end with dessert. Very impressive power, sweetness and elegance with an equally impressive length.
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11/12/2013 - BaroloRob wrote: 95 Points
Wow, this will be great one day but it is still so young now. Good balance and amber color. Caramel notes developing. Never had a bad Yquem.
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11/9/2013 - Topper wrote: 95 Points
Nothing more needs to be written about this wine that never disappoints.
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10/18/2013 - dglebo Likes this wine: 98 Points
Apricots apricots apricots on the nose. Ethereal; perfect balance, dessert melting over your tongue. An apricot fruit rainbow. Joyous.
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10/11/2013 - Jeff Leve wrote: 97 Points
Floral, honey, creme brulee, apricot, nectarine and orange make a beautiful, complex perfume. Viscous and intense. Very concentrated. Lots of ripe tropical pineapple, peach, pear, apricot and cherry fruit that seems drenched in honey and topped with vanilla. Mouth coating. It does not have acidity found in the 01. But the wine is not cloying. The finish is long, pure and the way to end a splendid night of wines and friendship, both old and new.
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7/26/2013 - ricknat1 wrote: 98 Points
1983 tasting. All wines opened immediately before serving. This should be one of the top Yquems ever. buy and drink more
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7/8/2013 - d'Artagnan Likes this wine: 96 Points
Dégustation d'un Pétrus: Un nez de marmelade, caramel.
La bouche parait presque légère en attaque, elle est à la fois riche et très fine, visqueuse, ample et d'une très grande longueur, en queue de paon. Superbe. 96-97 pts
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7/6/2013 - Burgundy63 wrote: 94 Points
Perfect balance with just the right amount of sweetness
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6/15/2013 - BradKNYC wrote:
The supper club eats and drinks well in Connecticut. (Bill's.): Always a wonderful and rare treat to try and it showed beautifully with a rich, yet relatively elegant mouthfeel and crammed full of crème brûlée, pineapple, botrytis, citrus and stone fruit flavors and aromas. Still on the upswing and needing further time in the cellar as the oak needs further integration and there hasn't been any secondary development. Terrific wine with decades of life ahead of it. A.
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5/18/2013 - KeithAkers wrote: 95 Points
Bearserkerfest Night 2-Chave Table (Sun Wah BBQ, Chicago IL): Nose: This was a bit tight at first, but then revealed succulent tones of apricots, nectarines, honey, peaches, white florals, and some bits of caramel as well.
Taste: Full bodied with medium+ acidity. The feel is like satin with deep and succulent tones of apricots, nectarines, honey, and loads of peaches.
Overall: This was just barely revving it's engines when I finished my pour. This was from a full bottle and it has all sorts of time to keep improving from an already great base.
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5/18/2013 - tooch wrote: 94 Points
Chicago Berserkerfest; 5/18/2013-5/19/2013 (Chicago, IL): Small taste. A real treat and further proof that d'Yquem's wines can achieve a level of richness and purity that few others can rival.
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4/27/2013 - esh44 wrote: 96 Points
I was surprised how light this felt on the palate, but still with substantial mouthfeel. Hard to describe, but it had great acidity and layers and layers of flavor. A 1970 d'Yquem we had was a much more viscous and heavier wine (although that was terrific as well). All the classic d'Yquem aromas on this with a good dose of botrytis. Delicious.
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4/7/2013 - whitmanlholt Likes this wine: 98 Points
Drank with a large group and didn't take detailed notes, but this was wonderful. Everyone loved it, finding the nose and balance on the palate amazing. Truly great wine. 98 points.
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3/22/2013 - ohiowineenthusiast Likes this wine: 98 Points
I had this at a well known Chicago steak house that happened to be serving the 1990 Yquem by the glass. The wine was classic d'Yquem, and was richly golden, consistent with age. On the nose, the wines aromas of honey and pear easily came through and the palate reinforced these flavors. After having a few other Sauternes recently, including Yquem (specifically 1998), that I was less pleased with, this wine was great to experience. I highly recommend this Yquem and you can drink this now or hold it in your cellar for many years to come.
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3/7/2013 - d'Auvenay Likes this wine: 95 Points
Vertical 67, 75, 86, 88, 90, 96 and 97. Preference as follow: 67, 75, 86, 90, 97, 88, 96.
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3/6/2013 - lepetitchateau wrote: 93 Points
From magnum - no revision to prior notes... a very good, very tasty wine but not the top of the heap.
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2/28/2013 - Vintomas wrote: 94 Points
Château d'Yquem with AuZone (AuZone, Stockholm): Colour: golden yellow
Nose: spice notes, herbs, saffron, some solvent, resin and dried fruit, botrytis. More muted than the other Yquem vintages, and less complex.
Palate: concentrated, very spicy, caramel, dried fruit, high acidity, long aftertaste with caramel. The palate matches the other vintages more than the nose does.
Overall impression: based on the palate it is an Yquem should, but the nose doesn't quite come up in the same class. 94 p.
It should be mentioned that this wine had a cork that was moist all the way through, and showed small signs of leakage. The fill level was excellent, however, and gave no reason for concern.
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2/23/2013 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
Top 09 and 10 red Burgundy tasting (Capital Grill at Tysons corner, VA): Back to back beautiful bottles, fresh yellow peaches and apricots, ginger, clove and sweet and spicy spices. It is very precise despite the hedonistic fruit expression due to the airy palate. This, just like any great D’Yquems, displays incredible texture, not unlike cotton candy that disappears in your mouth. Incredible intensity yet weightless.
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1/18/2013 - dcwino wrote: 98 Points
1990 Bordeaux dinner with Latour, Beausejour Duffau, Montrose and etc (Capital Grille Tysons, VA): From the same batch as the last bottle which I really didn’t care for. This showed brilliantly. For me, D’Yquem is all about the texture, ie so incredibly concentrated yet so airy, decadent yet delicate. This just evaporated in the mouth, Sauternes cotton candy. Apricot and peach, clove, ginger, a hint of banana and right caramel. Display of perfect balance and harmony. A very youthful example with long life ahead.
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1/10/2013 - jc-mmb Likes this wine: 94 Points
non blind to me at end of evening with foie. from half bottle. classic sauterne to my palate with orange and honey. not in your face like some mr k and kracher. more refined and elegant - which, of course, it should be. i dont drink a lot of sauterne, but this tasted young with just a touch of tightness and an edge that needs to flesh out. wonderful now but i suspect that this will markedly improve with more time. although it was nice tonight with foie and honeyed brioche.
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12/29/2012 - sdr Likes this wine: 94 Points
The 1990, at least judging from this half bottle, is finally gaining some maturity although still young in Yquem terms. The classic honey, orange peel and tangerine are better integrated with the alcohol and sugar than before and this vintage is clearly headed for greatness. A good match for Arlette's classic Tarte Tatin.
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12/23/2012 - bon vivant wrote:
A couple of nights before X-mass and we had to finish the evening on something special, so out came a 375. It's been almost 2 years since a rather shy bottle and looking back at my former notes, this time around the wine was a little more open for business. I really like this vintage for it's rich roundness while it manages to stay light on it's feet. The nose was beautiful and the texture great, but the wine is still almost primary (crazy at this age). I wish it showed more complexity which it gave hints of towards the end. it's going to be really hard to give this another 20 years. Patience is highly recommended....
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11/23/2012 - stealthman_1 Likes this wine: 95 Points
We opened this to celebrate our engagement. Drank with seared foie gras. Richly honeyed, slight white floral and white pepper spices, deft, but not as light and dreamy as I'd hoped. I still like the '89 better, but it's a great wine and the finish is loooong.
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11/22/2012 - Lord Rayas wrote:
Lincoln's BBQ dinner (Wine Vault): golden colour. rich honeyed tropical fruits.
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11/17/2012 - bacchus of knockholt Likes this wine: 96 Points
Mid gold, honeyed nose. Incredibly elegant on palate, not too rich or too sweet with very, very long honeyed finish. Amazing, better than the excellent Rieussec 90 enjoyed at the same dinner.
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11/16/2012 - jlgnml wrote: 95 Points
Another night at Goosefoot Restaurant (Goosefoot Restaurant Chicago, IL): Flat out great! Light color, honey, swirling favors on the palate. Wow.
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10/20/2012 - canan wrote: 96 Points
100 RP BYO Tasting (Restaurant AOC): Great nose packed with apricots, raisin and caramel.
Apricot kernels and a little coffee flavors but overall very complex flavors that are even difficult to pin-point. Also packed with raisins and caramel.
Beautiful wine.
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10/8/2012 - la turque wrote: 99 Points
Opened a split of this to celebrate my engagement (actually, really to celebrate the fact that she said yes, which wasn't guaranteed!). The wine stood up to its reputation. Golden / amber, with a richness to the colour that you can only find in wines like this. A very honeyed and complex nose of apricots, pineapples, leather and quince. On the palate the wine is quintessentially balanced, yet so very deep and rich. A very best favourite.
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9/30/2012 - Marc S wrote: 96 Points
- Yellow gold color with medium forming legs. It's balanced and has flavours of lemon, grapefruit, peach and apricot with a light/medium body. Polished texture with a medium finish - Beautiful bottle of sweet desert wine. Honey in color and really well balanced
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9/7/2012 - -E- wrote: 95 Points
Østkantsmaking: (Blind) Dyp, gyllen guloransje. Intens nese av kokos, aprikos og hint av VA. Rik, så rik frukt med nydelig sødme. Frisk syre. Stram og fokusert. Sitter svært lenge i.
95-96 P
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9/7/2012 - LWI wrote: 96 Points
Seven Decades of Right Bank Wines (Trondheim, Norway (my house)): Surprisingly fresh and young, very clean, spicy and fruity, wonderful acidity, moderate plus sweetness (perhaps balanced by the acid). Develops throughout what was left of the night. Still too young. 96+p
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8/20/2012 - Champagneinhand wrote:
Had during Burgundy Thursday dinner. My first d'Yquem, was very different than I had imagine. Tasted extremely young, with sugars, tropicals and citrus acidity and a bit of heat. A little surreal and I really think I would need a few more glasses that have been aged longer to fully appreciate. Long finish as expected. Very hard to figure out when we had '93 Tokaji Essencia with 4% ABV to compare it with. 2 different styles, but both great, yet so dissimilar.
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6/12/2012 - MatthewF wrote:
Farewell Dinner (Charlie Trotter's, Chicago IL): From 1.5L. As I remember it from previous tastings. Incredibly youthful in this size format, though I'm not sure even in 375 format it would be starting to show signs maturity/middle age yet. Ripe peaches and apricot with vanilla custard. Delicious!
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6/12/2012 - Burgundy Al wrote: 95 Points
Farewell to a Great Restaurant (Charlie Trotter's - Chicago IL): From magnum. My notes are hard to decipher from this point in the evening but it looks like I wrote: "Ripe peaches on the grill. Great in every way."
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5/18/2012 - la turque wrote: 98 Points
The quintessential dessert wine. Unelievable sweetness and complexity, yet with a good, strong acidic backbone. Pineapples, coconut, apricot, quince. A complete and unbelievably gorgeous wine!
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5/12/2012 - Edclr wrote:
Reserving judgment on this. Not corked or spoiled or anything like that, but not what it should have been. Still have half the bottle and will see how it evolves over a few days.
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5/4/2012 - NomadicEntrepreneur wrote: 97 Points
OMG. Incredible palette, what you expect out of Yquem.
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4/27/2012 - Goldstone wrote: 93 Points
Kracher vs. Yquem (Scala Restaurant, Renaissance Hotel, Wan Chai, Hong Kong): Tasted blind. Beautiful medium bronzed gold colour. Nose is gosh......very elegant...tanned leather....white flowers and buttercups. The first sensation on the palate is lots of Bot.......a lovely burnt almond element....medium weight......goood acidic harmony. The first wine of the tasting to display resonance.....wow, lots of it. When revealed....this is a super wine but no way is it a 99-pointer, although way better than other bottles I have drank and scored around 90 points ( according to others at the dinner, around two-thirds of all bottles from Yquem in 1990 are sub-par...so I'm assuming this was one of the good bottles). My #5 wine of the night but way behind the 2001 or the 1986.....and even the 2002 was a better wine to drink for the here and now on the night.
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4/27/2012 - sharonandroland wrote:
Yquem vs Kracher tasting - came 8th with one first, 2 second, no last, my rand 2nd
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1/1/2012 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 97 Points
Opened 375ml bottle, nose of creme brulee, apricot, butterscotch, honey, and marmalade, same on the palate, big body, very tasty, sip and savor, no pairing needed here, elegant, mouth filling, and a long, flavorful finish.
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1/1/2012 - UTPK wrote:
Still very primary, but after 24 hours of decanting, it began to open up. At first very much glue, medicine and plain botrytis, but after a while some vanilla, anis, clove and cinnamon came though. Quite dense on the palate, with enough residual sugar to be noticed in the "stickiness" of this wine. Slightly burning sensation in the finish, but the weight makes up for it. Medium long finish. Certainly NOT a 99 p as advocated by RP! IF it was 99p what should we give the 1921 and 1967, which are from a another planet if tasted now?!? The 1990 might get there, it certainly has the stuffing, but I'm not sure it has the acidity to peak late in life.
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12/30/2011 - Jossik wrote: 95 Points
Colore ambrato, ancora chiaro. Al naso una favola, lo zafferano è ben presente anche se stemperato da toni fruttati molto piacevoli (albicocca secca ma anche frutta fresca). La bocca è l'aspetto migliore, dolce si ma non invadente e con uno splendido finale d'amaro ammandorlato che la pulisce benissimo.
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12/25/2011 - austincarty wrote: 94 Points
Consumed chez JNJ. Deep gold. Exotic honey and intense fruit.
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12/24/2011 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 97 Points
Opened 375ml bottle, nose of honey, marmalade, minerals, and mango, same on the palate, big body, very tasty, mouth filling fruit, elegant, starting to mature, elegant, mouth filling, intense richness says it will easily last another 20 years, with a long, long, flavorful finish.
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12/17/2011 - Goldstone wrote: 90 Points
Another Dinner with Greg & Sayo (Their House, Hong Kong): Very bright shiny medium-dark gold color. Nose is immediate Sauternes...predominant fresh apricots sweetness and stone followed by lovely caramel smoke (whatever that means). Palate is extremely smoky caramel with a huge head-filling resonance but on the sugary side and lacks sublety or any multi -dimensionality...this is rather too monolithic and over-sweet for me at this stage of its life. It is way inferior to the Ch. Rieussec 2001 if you are going to drink either in the next few years.....although to be fair, we didn't decant it. All that said, it went very well with the oh so more-ish Rhubarb Tart from Chez Patrick Deli.
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11/20/2011 - Pacalet wrote: 95 Points
Fantastic with pear tart + home made vanilla ice cream. Still very fresh but developing good weight, lush yet with good acidity to support, a beauty.
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11/11/2011 - cos65 wrote:
Amazing. from 375. Deep Gold. Caramel, sugared walnuts. This has made such a transformation over the past 15 years, just starting to enter drinking phase, but likely will hold on ... forever? *****
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11/11/2011 - Nutty08 wrote: 95 Points
San Antonio Wine Geeks do Bordeaux for Veterans Day (Home of Mike and Sandra O.): From 375ml. A real treat. Alluring seductive note with almonds, caramel, and quite floral. Magic palate, with seamless mouth coating feel, though light and nimble, surprising acidity. Hangs on the palate for a long long time adding some spice box. Fantastic experience with a complexity and depth unequaled by the reds. 94-96
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11/10/2011 - steinersing wrote: 94 Points
Amuse Bouche HK with L and N: with cheese - great intensity and length - impressive
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10/27/2011 - lepetitchateau wrote: 93 Points
yum wine, but the touch of mid-palate weakness causes concern. An excellent wine but not the equal of the best vintages.
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10/14/2011 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 97 Points
Opened 375ml bottle, nose of honey, marmalade, minerals, tangerine, and melon, same on the palate, big body, very tasty, starting to mature, elegant, mouth filling, needs 5 years to peak and easily last another 20 years, long, flavorful finish.
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10/7/2011 - Lord Rayas wrote:
Alex Lui dinner with Michael, PP, Harold, James, Ken plus wives (Mistral): deep golden yellow. super ripe.
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9/13/2011 - Umay Ceviker wrote: 100 Points
Such a privilege to taste this one a second time. Still showing perfectly well.
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9/12/2011 - noumena wrote: 84 Points
Mixed reviews. I didn't care for it...JMS thought it was okay but needed to be drunk now not later.
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8/5/2011 - Jeff Leve wrote: 97 Points
Golden honey in color, potent scents of toast, honey, fresh baked croissants, grilled nuts, pineapple, apricot and white peaches waft from the glass. Rich, unctuous, sweet, dense, ripe pineapple, mango, apricot, spice, vanilla and over ripe peaches drenched in honey coat your palate. This is a delicious, ripe, sweet Chateau d'Yquem that will age and improve for decades.
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7/31/2011 - rnellans wrote: flawed
Unfortunately, the d'Yquem was not up to par. I've had several bottles out of this case, and this 375 was flawed in some way. Not corked or oxidized, however, there were some funky chemical like esters that were off putting. Lush palate and finish.
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7/30/2011 - CamWheeler wrote: flawed
Bottle not up to scratch. Apple and caramel flavours underneath an oxidative edge. Lacked richness. A real shame as it should have been a highlight on the night.
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6/24/2011 - dcwino wrote: 91 Points
A disappointment, not expressive, muted but no technical flaws. Oh well. Good texture though.
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6/14/2011 - 14frimaire wrote:
Christophe comes to town; 6/12/2011-6/14/2011 (NYC): Here too, I was expecting something more opulent, more obvious. The delicacy and restraint struck me. I had to really listen to hear what it had to say, which was quite a lot. It filled out with air. Decanting might have been a good idea.
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4/13/2011 - uberoh wrote: 97 Points
amazing wine - full, rich, balanced. Drinking wonderfully already even though it is in it's infancy. Had at a dinner with alxander Lur Suces present!!
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4/11/2011 - lepetitchateau wrote: 95 Points
I couldn't add much more with the descriptors that hasn't been already said below but this was a delicious wine, a good but not great vintage for d'Yquem - very solid, work-horse vintage!
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3/28/2011 - Alex H wrote: 88 Points
rich sweet apricot and orange peels tea on the nose. V obviously top quality botrytised fruits. Balanced with ripe sugar cane and deliciously rich apricots. Still painfully fresh and Needs loads of time to grow. Still very primary and thickly unctuous.
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3/26/2011 - Mingmong wrote: 92 Points
Dinner and a clandestine ES drink (Matsu dinner followed by a trip down to ES): Somehow feel that it is still years before its prime. Has the golden hue, sweet orange peel, fresh acidity, and super long finish. Even after a day in the bottle, it preserves its golden touch on the palate. Not sure if it justifies the RP 99pts, but it is still an experience.
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2/16/2011 - Tartiflette wrote: 96 Points
(La Buca degli Artisti, Copenhagen). Very golden color. Too golden for this year already. But the taste was classic and great
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1/29/2011 - raydawgone wrote: 97 Points
Nose of honeycomb. Rich, viscous lemon curd with hint of orange peal. Perfect acidity and extreme length on palate. Certified liquid gold.
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1/22/2011 - wineismylife Likes this wine: 95 Points
WIML95+
Served from 375ml. Tasted non blind at a wine dinner. Opened and served immediately (with some lovely foie gras of course).
Light amber color in the glass, clear looking throughout. Lovely nose of caramel, almonds, lychee and honeysuckle. Flavors of lychee, honey and roast almonds. Bright acidity, full bodied. Drink or hold. I'd hold myself because I really like my Sauternes seriously aged.
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1/7/2011 - Lipsman wrote: 98 Points
Viscous, ambrosia, aromas of honeysuckle and jasmine. Apricots, peaches, pineapple, unending taste, honey. Mellow acidity. Maturing, bright, clean, fresh, and loaded with fruit. -JBL
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12/31/2010 - poppons wrote: 98 Points
got alot of pineapple in this one. just marvelous. looking foreward to the next bottle. Immortal.
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12/31/2010 - BradE wrote:
From 375ml. Typical 1990 showing. This will be ageless.
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12/29/2010 - Cellar Fiend wrote: 100 Points
Perfect. I am not capable of creating descriptors that will do this wine justice.
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12/26/2010 - cubswinws wrote: 97 Points
So much flavor and amazing depth in a small package(375ml). Just a magical bottle of wine.
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12/24/2010 - blanquito wrote: 95 Points
1990 Bordeaux at Fabio's: Young, young, young, but sooooo good and classy. Not over-the-top at all, shading more towards elegance than power, but with endless sneaky depth and length. See Ian's note. This was included as a WOTN candidate, but I didn't include it in my voting, as it's on its own for me. 95 today, 100 pt potential.
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12/11/2010 - Hazeo wrote: 99 Points
Absolutely magical. The most amazing wine I've ever had. In some ways I wish I had taken notes for the purpose of a TN, but no, it was better to have been in the moment and just savour the wine.
Brilliant yellow golden color that seemed like more of a young sauternes. That nose alone was enough for me to stop thinking of anything else but the wine in the glass. Absolutely spectacular the balance, the tropical fruit, honey, mango, spice, acidity, freshness ... I think I'm just throwing out whatever adjectives that's coming to mind right now. Incredible finish. Okay that's all the superlatives I can think of for now ...
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11/28/2010 - rnellans wrote: 98 Points
Golden color. It really developed in the glass. Wonderful nose of apricot, honey, creme brulee with nice botrytis notes. Full and rich on the palate with great balance and a lingering finish with just the right amount of acid to keep it going on and on. This wine is showing better than previous bottles that I have had. WOTN for me.
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11/28/2010 - cct wrote: 98 Points
Golden beautiful youthful color. Soaring crystal pure multifaceted nose of apricots, creme brulee, toasted coconut, honey, mandarin oranges, all followed by a very deep and very rich but clean and light on its feet wine of great clarity and focus. Laser like sharpness and a beautiful mix of botrytis and freshness. Really fantastic stuff. thanks RN. Still primary and just hinting at some incredible development in time. 98 pts.
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11/20/2010 - Richbrueck wrote: 95 Points
Finally had a great experience with this wine. Had on several occasions over last 10 years and was slightly off... shut down? Or maybe just bad bottles but was perfectly stored. This time is was elegant and nearly perfect with the fois gras. On the feminine side of d'Yquem. Not as viscous as the 1996 which we also tasted at the same time. But thoroughly enjoyable. Peaches and oranges, a little earthiness coming through now but not alot and very well balanced acidity. Looking forward to seeing how this develops compared to the huskier d'Yquems.
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11/10/2010 - wallstreet wrote: 94 Points
A wonderful wine! Simply yummy. A mature dessert wine with plenty of life ahead of it. Peach, pear, burnt orange, it was all there.................my WOTN , with the evening including an 89 Latour. Awesome finish and will further improve. A well stored bottle made all the difference.
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11/2/2010 - opuskoz wrote: 98 Points
Near perfection. A desert unto itself.
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11/1/2010 - Jeff Leve wrote: 97 Points
The wine is a thrill to put your nose in. That is if you’re turned on by ripe apricots, peaches, nectarines, pineapple, flower, honey, grilled nuts and coconut aromatics. Thick, rich, dense and concentrated, this powerful wine fills every nook and cranny in your mouth with fat sensations of ripe fruit, dripping with honey and roasted nut flavors. The intense long finish has enough acidity to keep everything in balance.
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10/15/2010 - G_H wrote: 89 Points
This wine was a good Sauternes but nothing more, it lacked concentration for my taste and also was a bit one-dimensional. I had the last deciliter in the bottle in the fridge for a week and after that time it was a 96-98 point wine. So guys: Decant for a day in your fridge (be sure to use a decanter that you can close!)
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10/9/2010 - Miceri wrote: 97 Points
Very orange; abricot, tropical fruit; very rich, dense, thick, still lots of acidity, you can eat this one, still seems young; long long aftertaste
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9/10/2010 - kenthargis wrote: 94 Points
Wonderful wine. Not quite the caliber of the 2001, which was slightly disappointing, but nonetheless beautiful done, unctuous and rich. I think it's definitely in a good spot.
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8/19/2010 - jeff nowak wrote:
love this wine, but not this bottle. a real under achiever. it was a gift, so don't know it's provenence. drank tired, not closed.
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8/11/2010 - MatthewF wrote:
From 375ml. Each time I've had this over the past 8 years, it has never seemed to age. Ripe apricot and peach with vanilla creme brulee notes. Rich on the palate and completely mouth coating. Great balance of richness, acidity, and minerality. Great wine.
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8/1/2010 - peternelson wrote: 93 Points
Elements: Honey, nutty, peanut butter notes, petrol, lite, long finish; super nice, but got a little lost and I lost my focus.
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7/18/2010 - the godfather wrote: 98 Points
the best desert wine ive ever tasted
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7/8/2010 - James Arthur wrote:
With Isabelle at Chateau, during August ’09 whistler trip.
Very good depth, drinking well now.
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5/19/2010 - Dardanarius wrote: 95 Points
Bright golden hues. Seems a bit closed on the open. Muted nose of pear, apricot, and honey that became more apparent with air. Moderately sweet with a full body and super viscosity - nice rounded feel in the mouth. Very long finish. Think it may be premature to have opened this bottle. Can definitely use more years of cellaring to fully bloom.
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5/11/2010 - balassis wrote: 94 Points
Deep golden color, with some amber hues.
Mute nose at the beginning, but after some aeration into the glasses reveals scents of bee-wax, white flowers and rubber.
Full-bodied with high level of acidity and nice syrupy texture.
Flavors of honey, passion fruits, banana and melted butter.
Endless aftertaste.
A bit cloying.
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5/1/2010 - Remony wrote: 94 Points
Julia's 50th (Old Rectory): A half bottle as an afterthought at the end of this very self-indulgent dinner, to follow earlier halves of Climens '59 and Yquem '01. Straight from the cellar. Deeper colour than the '01, and very appley on the nose and in the mouth. Tarte Tatin was Julia's verdict. Long, and very good indeed, but not remotely in the league of the '01. Perhaps a little unfair to judge it so late and at the end of a heavy evening.
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4/28/2010 - Rosengoo wrote: 93 Points
Nice split that was opened tonight. Very light colour with a mild bouquet. Not overly strong or heavy at all but with a bouquet that had peaches and citrus in it yet with no petroleum that I have found in some other Yquem's.
I enjoyed this but have had stronger bottles that have stood out. This was very good but not great.
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4/10/2010 - jlgnml wrote: 92 Points
Underground Cooking (Bonsoiree in Chicago): Bought at auction. Good color and viscosity. Nice smell but a little burnt as if storage was a problem. I have had other bottles and they seem fine.
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3/27/2010 - Tree512 wrote: 96 Points
There is nothing like Yquem. Long, balanced, complex, haunting. Tastes like immature Yquem. Not as explosive as it was 10 years ago, not as complex as it will be in another 10-20 years.
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2/15/2010 - thwacker wrote:
99 -- stunning, complex, viscous, amber in color and with aromas of orange marmalade and candied apricot with honey and spices galore.
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1/25/2010 - rnellans wrote: 96 Points
Light yellow. Certainly more delicate than the others. Big nose of apricots, honey and crème brulee. Very complex palate with great acidity and length. 60 second finish. This is just a baby and should develop into a great d’Yquem.
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1/10/2010 - edge wrote: 94 Points
Fantastic flavours of Apricot. Well balanced beautiful wine.
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1/1/2010 - bon vivant wrote:
New year's eve & day; 12/31/2009-1/1/2010: From 375; tonight this wine was in a very unusual place when compared to the 1989. The color is still much lighter and this seems to be aging at a snail's pace. A more delicate and reserve entry -lighter in mouth feel with delicate vanilla and coconut hints this still has an intensity and some high notes that hold great promise. Delicate yet complex with a long finish and great balance. This started off a little tight but rather than opening up it surprised by actually shutting down hard. This was surprising as previous bottles have been superb. Admittedly I have not had this vintage in several years and will be in no rush to pop another based on this evening's showing. A great wine in a bit of a strange place.
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12/9/2009 - austinwinesalon wrote:
The Salon's first lab (Mirabelle Restaurant Austin, Texas): Controversial as some thought this wine was oxidized, some did not. For its fans, it had coconut on the nose, and notes of crème brulee, honey, sweet and savory, and some citrus. This was somewhat oxidized and other 1990's have shown much better; it had off-tones, less on the nose and more on the palate and finish. Still a treat to drink alongside vin santo, eiswein, and tokai.
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12/8/2009 - DonWinspear wrote: 97 Points
Enjoyed this bottle following steaks and lobster at local steak house. Exhibited wonderful notes of honey, apricots, hint of almond, vanilla. Perhaps a touch of caramel. The color was classic golden d'Yquem and, parenthetically, identical to a 1982 that I also have. The finish is luscious, lasting about 45-60 second and coating the mouth with a beautifully balanced texture, flavor and mouthfeel.
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11/28/2009 - Red Loki wrote: 99 Points
Absolutely stupendous, 60 second finish. Beautiful mouthfeel. Only slighty overshadowed by a '77 Croft vintage port due to the dessert we were matching to.
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11/21/2009 - Winetex Likes this wine: 98 Points
**My Wine of the Year for 2009**
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11/21/2009 - rnellans wrote: 93 Points
Golden color. Apricots and honey aromas. Lush. Full in the mouth. Nice acidity. Way too early to drink.
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11/18/2009 - Jeff Leve wrote: 97 Points
Remains youthful. The wine is a thrill to put your nose in. That is if you’re turned on by ripe apricots, peaches, nectarines, pineapple, flower, honey, grilled nuts and coconut aromatics. Thick, rich, dense and concentrated, this powerful wine fills every nook and cranny in your mouth with fat sensations of ripe fruit, dripping with honey and roasted nut flavors. The intense long finish has enough acidity to keep everything in balance.
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10/20/2009 - Ciron wrote: 89 Points
Drank before a Fargues '90. Are these wines in a sleepy stage? I was frankly disapointed by the excess of confit in this wine due to a current lack of acidity. Perhaps is the wine settling down at the moment. Deep golden colour, super high concentration, baked fruits, orange confite, honey, v good lenght. There is something about this vintage I'm not found of in Sauternes, I keep waiting for these wines to settle!
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10/13/2009 - MatthewF wrote:
Some Bordeaux with Friends (Wilmette, IL): From 750ml. Golden color. Beautiful nose of honeyed apricot, ripe peach, and intense vanilla creme brulee. Very rich, ripe stonefruit on the palate with incredible length. The flavors linger on the palate for over a minute. Haven't had this one in a few years and it is showing exactly how I remembered it last. This wine has a long life ahead of it.
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10/2/2009 - MauriceE wrote: 99 Points
Yquem "great years" tasting (Seinpost (Scheveningen, The Netherlands)): A beautiful wine, but just (and only just) behind the greatest vintages in an impressive line-up of d'Yquem: 55, 67, 71, 75, 76, 86, 88, 89, 90, 97, 99, 01. My favorites are 01 - 67 - 88. 1990 (and 1989) are very close on their heels. In fact, before we had 2001 my top 3 was 67 - 88 - 90. But compared to 2001 "only" 99 points out of 100.
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10/2/2009 - WildeMeeuw wrote: 97 Points
1990 Château d'Yquem (Frankrijk, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes) Kleur: Vol goudgeel. Aroma / bouquet: Prachtige neus met een indrukwekkende complexiteit. Caramel, een zekere 'gebrandheid', rijp en gedroogd tropisch fruit, rozijnen en een opvallende toon van sinaasappelschilletjes. Smaak / Afdronk: Wederom een 'prachtige balans', een mooie dik-sappige wijn met een onderscheidend lange afdronk. Algemeen / potentieel: Proeverij van de jaren 67, 71, 75, 76, 86, 88, 89, 90, 97, 99, 01 50 + Kleur: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 14 + Smaak / Afdronk: 19 + Algemeen / potentieel: 9 = 97/100
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9/15/2009 - KenK wrote: 96 Points
From 750ml popped and poured. Intiallly served too cold, but warmed up quickly. In great place but still improving. Golden yellow to amber with rich honeyed creme brulee aromas with floral edge. Full bodied lusious ripe apricot, pear, and vanilla creame with honey. To die for flavors with plenty of supporting acid structure. Nice complexity with wine still showing potential for further imrpvement with much life ahead. Long finish with good vibrancy. A real treat. My good bye send off to Jimmy J. and glad it lived up to the big expectations.
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9/14/2009 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
10 Wines, 10 Varietals, Double Blind ("Chateau La Grange" - La Grange IL): Impressive all around. Ripe peach on nose with great toasted and spicy charms. Peach and orange peel on palate. Long and powerful, powerful but not cloying, great energy on finish.
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9/14/2009 - winefool wrote: 95 Points
Wineflock - Varietal Exploration (Jim's): Light golden color. Nice bright clean caramel with hints of banana. Tons of life with perfect balance between sweet, complex, and acidity/lightness. A great showing for this wine. WOTN.
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9/5/2009 - CamWheeler wrote: 94 Points
Took some coaxing to bring the aromas out but found quince and pear with brown sugar after some time. Weighty and rich on the palate and just built power with time in the glass. It really started to sing and show its class after about an hour. Give it time, either in the bottle or in your glass.
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8/2/2009 - JJL wrote: 96 Points
From a 750 and consumed over 3 nights and wonderful each time. This is much different than the '01 which I find to be overly sweet and cloying. The '90 has a medium body with apricot and tangerines, but not candied. The long finish adds some brown flavors with mocha and tootsie roll. Real easy drinker.
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8/2/2009 - Train_de_Nuit wrote: 96 Points
from a 375. Classic d'Yquem nose. 3 days on I'm still tasting it, or can still remember how it tastes. Had it next to a Suduiraut 1990 375 which held it's own next to the d'Yquem, but d'Yquem is still d'Yquem. The Suduiraut was medium amber colored while this was not quite amber yet.
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8/1/2009 - davidn wrote: 97 Points
Second bottle in two days; absolutely delicious!
Had a 1988 at the same time and it was disappointing.
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5/18/2009 - Jinky wrote: 99 Points
A 375cc bottle. This has it all. A superb example of its heritage, perfectly composed and ready. On the nose it was explosive. A bouquet of intense fruit, layer after layer, full and sweet, pure and clean. On the palate this wine lives on and on constantly revealing more of its seductive qualities gradually evolving from its well defined minerality and delineation to a mellow after-glow. Full and sweet, beautifully balanced by its acid underlay. I cannot find fault with this wine. It will live and deliver for a lifetime and perhaps find a way to offer more. A beautiful tarte tatin just about held its own.
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5/14/2009 - Burgundy Al wrote: 96 Points
Magnums for Dave (Jean-Georges - New York, NY): Deep, rich peach and apricot on nose, continuing on through to the palate. Great honey, caramel nectar-like flavors with some really impressive candied lemon peel. Huge and massive fruit, but balanced at the same time. Impressive acidity extends the finish of really great wine into a long, great wine.
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4/23/2009 - wine_junkie wrote: 100 Points
Wine of the night. Bottle variation was huge..but this wine is absolutely gorgeous.....-very- well balanced....incredibly concentrated....with beautiful sweet fruit...a must drink if you can get your hands on some....
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4/1/2009 - drycab wrote: 97 Points
Drank at Rusty's B-day. What an amazing bottle of juice. Pears, apricots, vanilla, minerals, citrus, too much to list. Saved 1/2 bottle for 2 weeks and served with cheeses and chocolate cakes and port and overwhelmed everyone.
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3/22/2009 - rnellans wrote: 98 Points
Golden color. Great nose of apricots, creme brulee. Perfectly balanced with nice acidity/sweetness. Rich, long...This wine will last for decades...
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1/24/2009 - ginfizz wrote: 98 Points
Even in half bottle, this wine was young. Just beginning to reach its drinking window imo. This also needed about a half hour in the glass to start to show some of the more subtle complexities. Perfect, weightless. A stunner.
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12/31/2008 - BradE wrote:
Ten Years Ago: 2nd bottle tonight. Great wine, drinking perfectly, and will likely be ageless. Drink easily, or hold, good either way.
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12/31/2008 - BradE wrote:
Ten Years Ago: Great wine, drinking perfectly, and will likely be ageless. Drink easily, or hold, good either way.
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12/23/2008 - Red Loki wrote: 100 Points
Liquid gold. Finish lasts over a minute. Perfect acidity and sweetness.
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12/15/2008 - astrauss wrote: 99 Points
Golden color with classic pineapple and creme brulee nose. Palate is fantastic with exceptional structure, acidity and mouthfeel. Apricot, peach syrup and tropical fruits dominate. A long long finish. Simply amazing grape juice.
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8/31/2008 - DougLee wrote: 96 Points
Beautiful gold-amber color. Nose was genuinely uplifting, offering scents of honeysuckle, peach, citrus, and apricots. A bit of tingling on the tongue, followed by cool layers of lime, orange, apricots, and finally honey in a vibrant, substantial, weightless presentation of delight. Young and ageless at the same time. Simply gorgeous.
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6/14/2008 - MauriceE wrote: 100 Points
I love d'Yquem 1990! It has all that makes a great wine: great fruit, depth, power, but everything in perfect, really perfect balance. I had the privilege to drink this wine several times and every time it impresses just as much. Great class, top of the bill. It is great drinking now, but this wine will survive our grandchildren (that is to say: it has the potential, if we could only wait so long...).
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6/6/2008 - Jeff Leve wrote: 98 Points
Massive levels of ripe, tropical, honeyed fruit with the perfect amount of acidity to give it lift. As good as it is, it's going to keep improving for decades
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6/2/2008 - Marc S wrote: 94 Points
Straw like in color. With time, I think that the color will become even more pronounced. The taste of toast, vanilla and caramel hit the palate. Very sweet taste. Can use more time in the bottle.
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3/16/2008 - cmbond wrote:
Decanted 2 hrs. Dark amber color. Somewhat subdued on the nose at first (too young) but you can really smell the influence of 42 months in oak, as there is lots of toast, vanilla cream, honeyed apricots, spice and peach. On the palate, brilliant acidity and gorgeous balance. Tasted it with foie gras, multiple cheeses, and the star pairing was by far mango-ginger stilton with the Yquem. This brought out the tropical fruit, spicy botrytis, orange marmalade and candied fruit flavors. Was overpowered by blue cheeses, and went well with foie gras, but not as well as with the mango-ginger stilton. This was tasted 24 hrs. later as well, at which point it had really opened up and improved, as compared with day 1. More spicy botrytis, orange blossom and a spiced pastry component came out. Beautiful, classy, prefectly balanced, but I think the 2001 Suduiraut is just as good.
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3/2/2008 - paulc21 wrote:
I have been priviledged to drink this wine on many occasions, it is by far THE best wine that i have ever tasted, a real dessert island wine!!
Beautiful beautiful apricot, honey nose, with an amazing acidity.
In the mouth the most incredible balance, intense sweet but by no means cloying with a mind blowing acidity and so very very long, this really is as good as it gets, perfection!
Parker is on the button this is a 100 pointer
(Only had it in 37.5's)
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2/29/2008 - dream wrote: 94 Points
a classic Yquem that's still quite young. medium-bodied and not a blockbuster but beautifully balanced and complex. 94+
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2/23/2008 - carnyc wrote: 99 Points
Enjoyed for Dad's 65th Birthday
After regretfully losing my very lengthy tasting notes, this singular experience is from memory. The nose was heaven, you could enjoy it all night. On the palate it was apricots, honey, peach, spice and a hint of vanilla. The balance was utterly perfect. The finish went on forever. What was most amazing about this wine was the power and concentration yet light as a feather elegance it exhibited. It was until then hard for me to imagine that a wine could do that. The complexity, length, balance and overall enjoyment of this wine left me unable to focus on much else for the couple of hours we enjoyed it. It was perfect in all likelihood. You cannot ask for anything more. 99++
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2/15/2008 - Rosengoo wrote:
Tasted February 15,2008 at Lake Louise Post Hotel Yquem tasting. The 1990 Yquem has 12.7% alcohol. It has a slight oily bouquet but is wonderfully balanced.
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1/30/2008 - Siggy wrote: 96 Points
Tasting Group Dinner - Piedmont (Our House): Another terrific showing for this wine. Deep, rich amber color. The palate is ripe and minerally, and alive with the concentrated essence of apricots intermixed with burnt sugar and rich caramel. This is continuing to age and develop well, despite its fleshy, lower-acid profle. Gorgeous stuff.
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1/30/2008 - Dave Dalluge wrote: 96 Points
Piedmont at Siggy's: Popped and poured to satisfy the menacing crowd (we were calling for the 2001). The color is an opaque golden yellow. This is thick and honeyed but has just enough acidity to keep this well balanced and light on its feet. Rated 96 for now, but I suspect it could approach perfection if given enough time in the cellar. An awesome way to finish the tasting until three more bottles were popped.
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11/23/2007 - Ernie F wrote: 95 Points
Still one of the best desert wines out there.
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11/4/2007 - dbkitc wrote: 89 Points
(from 375ml) Very deep golden – more mature than I would have expected. Good sweet botrytis, but also oxidative notes on the nose. Palate is cleaner with crème brulee and coffee. Strange bottle. (89)
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9/29/2007 - Eric wrote:
Good friends departing (Seattle, WA): Well this is always an orgasmic wine to taste. Incredibly thick botrytis. Honey. Tang. Powerful, twangy and intense. This dances across your palate with vibrancy, length and vigor. Just gorgeous.
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9/14/2007 - RiojaGuru wrote:
eh.
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8/11/2007 - igaf wrote:
Very intense and complex nose with honeyed wax, orange peel, candied oranges, apricots and a little spice, incredible pleasure to smell. Silky, creamy, mouth-coating texture, very concentrated. Good balancing accidity, flavours similar to aromas plus some almonds. Very long. Would be a perfect wine if it didn't seem just a little heavy - you cannot really drink that much of it (even if you can afford to). OTOH you can just sit with a glass smelling and sipping for a whole evening.
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7/31/2007 - Siggy wrote: 95 Points
Tasting Group Dinner - DRC Thank-You For Brad England (La Belle Vie, Minneapolis): Medium amber color. Very fun. Intensely flavored honey and peach syrup. A fat, ripe, lower-acid style of Yquem that seems to be aging marvelously well.
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7/31/2007 - Dave Dalluge wrote:
Kitchen Tasting Group Tribute to Brad England (La Belle Vie): Thick gold/yellow color with a slight amber hue. Thick and honeyed but with very good balance. This is still extremely concentrated, and really needs a lot of additional bottle age to show at peak. Really a perfect way to wrap up a spectacular tasting!
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7/24/2007 - dream wrote: 92 Points
A medium-bodied Yquem with nice richness and the classic flavors of the vineyard but lacks the richness and intensity of a great vintage of this wine in my opinion. However, a bottle I had a few months ago was better and rated several points higher.
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7/7/2007 - Melli wrote: 99 Points
Who could argue with such a perfectly balanced expression of Sauternes. Simply delightful...I wish I had more!
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7/4/2007 - BradE wrote:
Wonderful as always.
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6/29/2007 - keithgg wrote: 96 Points
Far superior to the flawed bottle from several months ago, but not the epiphany wine I tasted 12 years ago. Wonderful flavors and texture but lacking that distinctive chewiness.
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5/18/2007 - Umay Ceviker wrote: 100 Points
Deep gold colour with a coppery tint. Pronounced aromas of honey, beautiful appricots, peaches and daisies. Luscious yet high in acidity, full in body, pronounced honey and tart stone fruit on the palate. Never ending, out of this world.
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4/22/2007 - wcurren wrote: 98 Points
Complex notes of butterscotch, honey, coconut, apricot with a clean and finish which goes on and on. Over the course of a few hours, continued to evolve......Drank with Epoisses--phenomenol! More acid than '89 made it a good food wine----believe this could age for a LOOONNNG time. Crime to drink it this early, actually, but someone brought it over----so i'm not complaining.....
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4/7/2007 - BradE wrote:
Great shape, and drinking very well.
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3/25/2007 - JScott wrote: flawed
Ragingly corked.
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3/2/2007 - Jeff Leve wrote: 98 Points
Layer after layer of the richest, sexiest, lush, tropical fruit you ever tasted all dipped in honey. As concentrated and powerful as it is, you never tire from sipping it as there's enough acidity to offer it lift. It’s an amazing, decadent, tasting sensation!
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2/26/2007 - kstoddard wrote: 99 Points
G7 (Pat): Apricots, honey, peaches, almonds, caramel and peppermint. Lovely botrytis character. Extremely complex, layered mid palate. Very well balanced with great acidity. Beautiful freshness to this wine. A knockout finish that seriously lasts for minutes. This is the pinnacle of Sauternes. I could just sit and smell this wine all evening.
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2/18/2007 - Eric wrote: 97 Points
1982 Bordeaux with Leve at Spago (Los Angeles, CA): Lots of exotic notes, maple syrup, intense botrytis. I was hitting my limit, but this was pretty stunning and plenty inspired for me.
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2/3/2007 - Wine Bill wrote: 91 Points
Y2 day in the Librije, Zwolle, Netherlands. (Yquem tasting) (De Librije, Zwolle, Netherlands.): Light gold/yellow. A little pepper in the bouquet. Sweet and sour. The acidity is there, but fairly light. Again this is for me a lighter version Yquem (tasted it at least 3 times.) But do not be mistaken; this is a beautiful elegant wine.
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1/7/2007 - Scheper wrote: 90 Points
Top Bordeaux and a lot of others... (Gilze (Netherlands)): Great nose!!.
a very fine wine nice lemon zest, apricot and almond. nice balance sweet/acid but
great stuf, lacks depth to be a 95 or more.
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1/6/2007 - jkoenen wrote: 92 Points
Bordeaux 1989 (and the rest...) @ Peter V. (Netherlands): Apricot, orange zest, honey, resin. Faint hint of oxidation. Wonderful wine. 18/20
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1/1/2007 - charleshetzel wrote: flawed
May have had some minor cork leakage
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12/31/2006 - YQUEM90 wrote: 100 Points
Seriously. What more could one ask from a wine? Sweet but not sugary/cloying, perfect texture, alcohol lends body weight but no harshness/hotness as do some younger or less integrated Sauternes. Color is now in the burnt orange/brown family -- interestingly, it contrasted markedly in color with a Lafaurie-Peyraguey 1990, which was much lighter and yellower. Plenty of life ahead of it, but also delicious to enjoy now. If you can't love this wine, you're drinking the wrong beverage and should switch to milk.
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11/24/2006 - Russell Faulkner wrote: 95 Points
Yquem Tasting (Robersons Wine, London): Rich golden, a peculiar nose, slightly burnt? A massive wine though, dense punchy fruit, so concentrated, but a bit too powerful now for me, needs more time to spread its wings, a long way from maturity.
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10/19/2006 - shiv wrote:
wish i had a ton more of these.
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10/19/2006 - shiv wrote: 98 Points
stunning. wish i had a ton of these.
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10/14/2006 - BradE wrote:
Great bottle, but tough competition against a perfect 67.
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10/13/2006 - Dave Dalluge wrote:
Pre-Harlan Warm-up at Brad England's House: Tasted right after the '67 d'Yquem. Thick gold/yellow color. A beautiful glass of wine. Thick, honeyed, yet balanced. This shows much more concentrated fruit than the '67 and tastes almost primary by comparisson. Based on these quick tastings I thought the '67 showed better tonight, but that the '90 should develop into something special with additional bottle age.
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10/13/2006 - Siggy wrote:
Harlan Warm-Up Dinner (Brad's House, Minneapolis): I didn't get to taste this one. Rave reviews from everyone at the table.
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9/22/2006 - mdefreitas wrote: 90 Points
Dinner Party at Home w/ Pinots & d'Yquem (Milford): Shows promise, but very closed. Not much on the nose (compared to the 88 and 89). Good structure, clean botrytis. Needs time.
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9/13/2006 - YQUEM90 wrote: 99 Points
Yummy. Smooth, intensely sweet juice, but not at all cloying or sticky-sugary. Starting to age from pale lemon color toward orange/honey color.
Delicious now and should continue to improve over time.
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8/22/2006 - trankin wrote: 94 Points
TWITS tasting at Mike's (Mike's place): Wow - Gorgeous nose! Bananas, Bananas, Bananas! And that's not just how I was going for the nose! Lovely, rich sauternes. Very very nice. Would have liked to spend more time with this wine, but needed to save something of myself for the drive home.
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8/22/2006 - Siggy wrote: 98 Points
Chef Benoit Witz Dinner (Minikahda Club, Minneapolis): Rich, deep amber color. Ethereal, multi-layered unfolding flavors of apricot, ripe peaches, honey, and white flowers, intertwined with a complex note of white pepper/spice. Amazing, harmonious purity, freshness, and acidity. Beautifully light on its feet. The finish goes on forever. Amazing stuff - wow!
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6/29/2006 - PurpleHaze wrote: 96 Points
Medium golden in color. Nose of dried tropical fruits, apricot and some whiffs of petrol which diminished over time. Unctious body, with honey, more tropical fruit and an intriguing touch of white pepper which was noted by one of the tasters and recognized by all upon commenting. 50+ second finish. A truly memorable wine.
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6/24/2006 - festiva wrote: 98 Points
Opened at PH's 50th birthday bash. Color of liquid gold. Served with foie gras out of 375ml. I was slightly disappointed in this wine when first opened. It just didn't have the nose I expected when it first came out of the bottle. However, once it started to warm up in the glass - WOW! Thick bouquet of honey, butterscotch (thanks to Cometspider for defining the caramel taste we all picked up!), and botrytis. Dense, viscous texture with incredibly intense flavors of candied apricots, honey, caramel (butterscotch), pepper and spices. A little 'petrol', too. Underlying everything was a beam of acidity that helped keep everything in balance. Very long finish 50 seconds-1 minute+. The best d'Yquem I've ever had. I can only imagine what this wine will evolve into in 20-30 years!
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6/17/2006 - Burgundy Al wrote: 95 Points
Old Wine Dinner (Caliterra -Chicago IL): Great stone fruit aromas with plenty of botrytis, everything seeming honeyed yet fresh and exciting. Lots of concentration and power on palate, with unctuous character and long,slightly spicy finish. Better than another bottle from a few months ago.
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6/3/2006 - Tubbs wrote: 94 Points
This poor bottle had the unfortunate distinction of being opened alongside a bottle of 1967 Yquem. The 1990 is to the '67 as Jan Ulrich is to Lance Armstrong. A fabulous bottle of Yquem, just not the best.
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6/1/2006 - winefool wrote: 94 Points
Ray Goder Dinner at Caliterra (Caliterra): Clear golden color. Medium forward aroma of honey and botrytis. Bright huge concentrated sweet fruit with more botrytis notes on the finish. Very nice. 94+ pts.
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2/23/2006 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Christie's Wine Dinner (Charlie Trotter's - Chicago IL): Apricot and peach aromas with similar flavors on palate. Great depth and concentration with a long finish. Not quite as intense as another bottle from last year.
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2/23/2006 - otisabdul wrote: 90 Points
Christie's Dinner at Charlie Trotter's (Charlie Trotter's, Chicago): One of the lone disappointments of the evening. Maybe my palate was just worn out, but this wine came across as light and fairly straightforward. Some almond and magnolia notes, but not much else. Did not pair well with the dessert either.
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2/10/2006 - dbkitc wrote:
What can I say – rich, golden, luscious, explosive and lingering. I love this, though many prefer the ’01 Climens. While that wine is/will be great, this just sings. Very mature honey/raisin flavors. (20)
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1/28/2006 - jeff nowak wrote: 95 Points
(from magnum): i've never had this wine from mag, and it showed quite differently than from 750. less evolved by a wide margin, yet still the king of the hill. special tribute and thanks to dave nerland for so generously providing this treat to conclude our evening.
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1/26/2006 - kstoddard wrote: 96 Points
Jeff Nowak's 1999 California Cult Cabernet Tasting (Coup de Tartes, Phoenix): From magnum
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10/24/2005 - Burgundy Al wrote: 95 Points
Rich and powerful with dried apricot, botrytis and sweet honeycomb all pronounced and harmonious. Lots of upside.
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10/21/2005 - BradA wrote: 93 Points
Generously brought to a dinner we attended last night. Poured from 750, the wine was a golden nectar--for most, it was their first experience with d'Yquem. Karen and I have had several early 90's and late '80's vintages at a foie gras party in 2002; however this was more memorable.
Brilliantly smooth and lucious! Notes of coconut, apricot and orange peel were evident. Also of note was the clean finish. No cloying acidity or alcoholic bite, just smooth drinking pleasure. After dessert, we sat around and polished of the remainder of the bottle--a great night! Those fortunate to have some in the cellar are in for a treat--don't hurry though, this wine has decades of life ahead.
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8/11/2005 - Eric wrote:
Pre-Parker warmup dinner at Citronelle... (Georgetown, USA): Served from 750ml. I guessed that this was 1980's Sauternes. Close! There are just not many wines ever created that are this rich and lovely. Thanks Jeff for leading us to salvation!
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6/22/2005 - jamiekutch wrote: 95 Points
S.F. - Rubicon High End Rhone Wines (Rubicon, S.F.): Gold – Amen – an amazing course of Frio Gras and 2 legendary Sauternes . Possible the wine and food course of the night. The tropical fruit was singing with a lush mouth feel. I found honeysuckle, butter and some caramel. Amazing snappy acidity and a wonderful botrytis finish. Bravo.
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6/15/2005 - Jeff Leve wrote: 98 Points
Deeply colored, offers flawless balance, intense sweetness and the perfect amount of acidity to keep it fresh. This is incredibly thick and concentrated with aromatics of honeyed pineapples, coconut custard and spicy apricots. Still very young and primary.
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12/24/2004 - Tubbs wrote: 94 Points
Consumed with foie gras on brioche french toast and a maple syrup demi-glace. What a heavenly match! Classic d'Yquem nose of exotic tropical fruits with a nice sharp acid for balance and a long botrytis finish. Drinking great now, will last a long long time...
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11/27/2004 - slmral wrote:
Dinner with Lou, Liz, Loren and Jane. Loren rated it a 99. Lush, appricots, buttery. Got to hold off on the others.
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11/16/2004 - Joe Belmaati wrote: 94 Points
1990 Yquem, Sauternes/Barsac, Bordeaux, France
Always a classic. My favorite of the famous trilogy. But tonight's bottle was slightly off in my opinion. Yes, it was a very, very good to great Sauternes, but it was not the ethereal 1990 Yquem that I have tasted on other occasions. It seemed to lack the freshness of acid and density of botrytis infected fruit that the prime examples possess. That aside, it was a very good Sauternes. Dang, I feel spoiled!
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10/31/2004 - kstoddard wrote: 97 Points
From 375ml
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9/12/2004 - Zweder wrote: 93 Points
Sweet stuff (@ WB): In fact a disappointment for an Yquem. It definitely is complex and concentrated, but not as much as Yquem should be. Nevertheless an excellent wine.
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1/30/2004 - jeff nowak wrote: 95 Points
surprisingly, this is the wine i have the most experience with over literally any other. i believe this is the 7th time i have had it. there have been conflicting notes on this on the board. i am firmly in the camp that likes it. and yet, this bottle was not as thick and heavy as others i have drunk. the mouthfeel was only medium bodied. however, it remains a wonderful wine. i like it because it's not overly sweet the way a SQN or kracher dessert can be (even though i love them as well). with the chocolate, it was a treat. and i also enjoyed saving a bit of the chateau Y to drink alongside it. the similarities were remarkable, and an interesting juxtaposition (how much is that word worth in scrabble?).
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12/11/2003 - PhoenixIWFS wrote: 95 Points
SAFW Hall of Fame. Wonderfully complex with honey and beeswax. Nice balance. Teriffic wine but came in last in the desert wines behind a perfect JJ Prum Wehelener Sonnenuhr Auselese Goldkap and the 1997 Cuvee Constance.
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6/22/2003 - Eric wrote: 92 Points
Seattle Tasting Group does 1990 Bordeaux (Woodinville, WA, USA): Group average 89.875. Smoke, butter and plastic on the nose. This starts to get explosive with more time in the glass and a few more degrees, the finish gaining some intensity and magic. As a whole, the group was underwhelmed, and we probably drank this 20-30 years early.
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3/8/2003 - Joe Belmaati wrote: 99 Points
Dark yellow in the glass. Dense bouquet revealing hints of nuts and possibly rotten apples. Even more elegant that the 1988, but maybe not as dense in the mouth. However, this wine really shines when it comes to combining fresh ripe fruit with sweetness and fat. Completely balanced and incredibly intense in the mouth.
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1/1/2003 - sdr Likes this wine: 92 Points
Andy’s 375. Big and sweet. Oranges and tangerines. Rather forward.
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8/17/2002 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 99 Points
Tasted at horizontal multi-varietal 1990 dinner at the University Club, accompanied by an apple tart with almond paste and vanilla bean ice cream. Medium gold robe with yellow rim. Clean nose, showing intense apricot, pear, peach and orange blossom aromas. The attack is good, with an excellent medium-bodied evolution. The sugar integrates well with the flavors, which are similar to the nose. The finish is smooth and literally lasts for several minutes. The dish matched fairly well, but this wine is so phenomenal that I almost didn't want to clutter my taste buds with anything else. It should continue to improve for decades.
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6/7/2002 - James Arthur wrote:
Not as intense as I expected, but perfect balance. No heat or bitterness at all. Seemed very youg, should probably wait 10 years before opening this again.
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12/15/2001 - JeffJo wrote: 89 Points
Very tasty. Loaded with honey, yet light on the palette.
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10/20/2001 - Zweder wrote: 95 Points
Spicy and elegant. Orange peel, yellow tropical fruits. Not extremely, but very well concentrated. Aftertaste lingers on and on. A good amount of acidity there as well.
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12/17/2000 - Henman wrote:
Rubbery and citrussy nose.Rubber,tobacco and citrus on the palate.
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5/1/2000 - sdr Likes this wine: 96 Points
Andy’s 375. Light gold. Gorgeous all the way. Sweet oranges and apricots. So delicious now, it’s hard to wait. I bought sixteen 375s from John Hart Fine Wine at @140 each.
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2/11/2000 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 95 Points
Tasted with dessert course at vertical Mouton dinner at the Belgian Lion. Medium yellow with clear, watery rim. Intense nose of honey, peach, butterscotch at botryized apricots. The palate is voluptuous, with similar flavors and a finish that literally lingers for eons.
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9/1/1999 - sdr Likes this wine: 91 Points
Andy’s 375. Light lemon color. Nicely composed and sweet. Everything in its place. Just hinting of pleasure to come. More powerful than the eighty-eight.
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2/5/1999 - mdefreitas wrote: 95 Points
Pre Auction Wine Tasting w/ lots of Sassicaia (NYC): Big nose of honey and tropical fruits. A chunky wine, with honeyed peaches and apricots. Weigthy, but very light on its feet due to lively acidity. Beautiful finish. Needs time, as it is still unevolved. Great!
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6/2/1998 - danstrings wrote: 96 Points
Legendary Jim Mather tasting 1998. That textbook lush, vanilla, caramel cream soda that seems to be consistent on the nose for the trio of d’Yquems from ‘88 to ’90. Exploding with sweet fruits on the palate, a real nice peach element. Balance!
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