2009 Y de Yquem

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 93 points

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  3/12/2022 - englishman's claret wrote:

  Of 5 bottles, only 2 escaped the scourge of premox. I wasn’t overly impressed by the survivors, though, which showed a tropical side of Sauvignon and smoky crème brûlée.

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  8/29/2017 - tcarter wrote: 90 Points

  Gitter's 50th Bday Dinner (Marino Ristorante): Kind of backwards and odd. Perhaps a flawed bottle? Not sure.

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  7/10/2015 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Very impressive. Even blind this was not that hard to pin down as Ygrec. Even though it's a dry wine with tons of sauv blanc grapefruit character there is an almost muscat-like echo of sweetness without actually being sweet that screams Sauternes, and none of the other dry Sauternes have the power and footprint of Yquem which is evident even here. Superb cleansing freshness despite its weight class.

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  7/9/2015 - dcwino wrote: 93 Points

  Mostly Blind dinner - 88 Krug, 02 Boillot Monty, 02 Laurent CdB, 89 Palmer, 96 Yquem and etc. (Black Salt, Washington DC): RJ has generously shared this a few times so I am able to make an educated guess. Based on the ripe expression I can also guess the vintage. However, this seems to shut down a bit, ie not as expressive and fruit driven, and showing noticeable heat which makes me to second guess myself. A bit coiled nose displaying banana, grapefruit, lemon peel candy, crème brulee, saline, mineral and noticeable alcohol. Excellent concentration, sweet yellow fruit driven palate impression, mineral, no noticeable acidity and slightly hot finish. This bottle is as expressive as the one from a couple months ago. Needs time. Keith L correctly guessed the wine.

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  4/22/2015 - dcwino wrote: 94 Points

  Cheval Blanc and D'Yquem dinner with Pierre Lurton and Bernard Burtschy (Taberna del Alabardero, Washington D.C.): It is interesting to compare with the 10 as they mimic the vintage characters of the red. The 10 is quite precise and structured where the 09 is rounder. Plain cotton candy, banana, pear, bubble gum, a hint of lanoline and mineral. Excellent concentration, sweet yellow and white fruit driven palate impression, medium to slightly low acidity, strong presence of mineral and clean cool and sweet finish. Quite fresh and cool despite the residual sugar and slightly lacking acidity.

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