1921 Château d'Yquem

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 95.9 points

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  11/19/2023 - christ80 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  how to describe a Yquem more than 100 years old? nectar, toffee, vin santo, caramelised balsamic. incredible. with roquefort and then with pecan and pumpkin pies.
  
  unforgettable

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  5/8/2022 - Jeff Leve wrote: 100 Points

  Not all legendary wines live up to their lofty status. But this did! Right from the start, the amber, translucent, mahogany color in the hand-blown bottle is a thing of beauty. From there, the caramel, burnt sugar, molasses, roasted orange rind, clove, singed, overripe mango, butterscotch, and melted butter aromas created an unforgettable bouquet, which continued to add chocolate covered orange overtones as the wine remained in the glass. On the palate, the perfect balance between the interplay of sugar, honey, roasted, orange tropical fruit, butter, acidity, and melted caramel transfixes you. Tasted for more than 2 hours, the wine never degraded. Instead, it continued adding more shades of sugary, cooked honey, and buttery sweetness to the fruits that were kept fresh by the wines racy, acidities. When young, there are sweet wines that give d'Yquem a run for the money. But after the 50-year mark, there is no equal. And now, I can safely say, that gap is even wider as the wine crosses the century mark.

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  6/14/2018 - MauriceE wrote:

  Thienpont bottling. Absolutely stunning. TBA-like smell, still very fresh. Long and complex. Great wine.

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  4/27/2018 - MauriceE wrote:

  No label on this bottle. I bought two exactly identical bottles, with on one bottle still the lable (Beligan bottling). Yquem clearly visible on the cork, although it could also mean "contigu Yquem". But an excellent bottle all the same.

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  5/13/2017 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Very dark color on this bottle. Dry fruit, honey notes, lower energy. Faint metallic notes on the finish. 93-

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