2013 Y de Yquem

Community Tasting Notes (33) Avg Score: 93.8 points

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  1/5/2024 - kkleg Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Unique musky fruit on the nose, with hints of honey and black lime. The palate is unctous, with tons of honey and charred lime. Phenomenal. Best white wine I’ve ever had.

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  10/27/2023 - MC wrote:

  PNP. First from this vintage. Wonderful crisp fruit with great freshness but the aromatics are wonderful. We came back to this after diner and even more enjoyable with the Semillon showing off. Really nice wine that I suspect will hold for sone time. A-/A?

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  7/10/2023 - NoahCap wrote:

  What a gorgeous wine- I’m in love! This is my second time tasting Ygrec. My other was a 2015 two years ago; so that was a 6 year old wine and this is a 10 year old wine.
  
  The color is a touch more advanced, but this wine didn’t skip a beat despite the extra years. The nose is super fresh; Pineapple, mango, cantaloupe, and honeydew, along with freshly cut white flowers and honeysuckle. A touch of grapefruit and lemon smells as well. It smells sweet, unsurprisingly a bit like a sweet Sauternes. There is definitely a tropical character here, but less so than the 2015 and overall it’s a bit more restrained, I’m guessing because of the cooler vintage.
  
  The palate is a fascinating interplay of textures- is it full bodied? Light bodied? Somehow kind of both. It doesn’t coat the mouth like a big full bodied dessert wine or oaky Cali Chardonnay, but there is an undeniable weight that takes it above a typical light Sauv Blanc. Acidity is high and there is a very pleasant slight sweetness on the long finish. Flavors are just like the nose- tropical fruits, citrus, a little honey. Still 100% primary. I bet this thing will age nicely for a very very long time. Just as delicious on day 3.
  
  I really love dry white Bordeaux and wish there were more high quality examples out there that didn’t cost and arm and a leg. At around $200, this wine is very expensive. Nonetheless, with Haut Brion and La Mission costing in the neighborhood of $1000+, this feels like a bargain.

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  2/20/2023 - cephomer Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Drank with D at champetre last nite. Tropical fruit and some grapefruit aromas. Somewhat oily texture, round mouthfeel, some honeysuckle & tropical fruit and lime flavors. Solid acidity (which worked well with my bouillabaise entre), and a gravelly texture. Focused flavors, perfect balance and well-integrated elements result in a superb, impressive wine. Weird, but this wine seems so light and elegant, yet is on the oily, unctuous side of the mouthfeel spectrum. Really nice wine.

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  2/11/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 94 Points

  My '21 note still applies so have extended drinking window to 2028.

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