Community Tasting Notes 28

• Gregmonroe wrote:

  February 2, 2024 - JD Friday Wine Group - GA Host (Dinner) (City Club FW - Oak Bar): Tasted blind - beautiful gold in the glass, no signs of age; honey, sweet apricot, white stone fruit. Delicious, and paired so well with the creme brulee. Called a 2005-2010 d'Yquem.

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• sh6k Likes this wine:

  November 10, 2023 - Tasted from Imperial, which the somm said had been open in the cellar for several days with no argon or other preservative. It was as delicious as ever -- all caramelly syrupy richness -- but I imagined that there was a bit less of the amazing brightness and freshness that makes Yquem special. I scored it 95, but I'm not going to record that score because I expect it lost a point or two due to that bottle condition.
  
  Tasted in a wine pairing; the final glass on the top-end wine pairing (which I had gotten) was a not-Yquem Sauternes (1990 Gilette CdT), and I could see the mid-tier pairing was getting this 2010 Yquem. The somm tried to say that the Gilette was more rare and unusual (true) and I pointed out that it wasn't Yquem (also true). He poured some Yquem and all was good.

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• Elpaninaro Likes this wine:

  July 7, 2023 - From 750 mL opened 3 hours prior to tasting (not decanted)
  
  light gold color, intense honeysuckle on the nose, cream, sweet oranges, on the palate white chocolate mousse and treacle notes dominate a rather large scale of fruit that is currently in hibernation, very fine length, sleek, substantial, while d'Yquem does improve with age I find it rare to see it shutting down to this extent during its younger years, but despite its reluctance- the grand scale of this particular vintage is evident and in the fullness of time this promises to be an important vintage.
  
  (*****), 2030++

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• englishman's claret wrote:

  February 15, 2023 - What a beautiful mirabelle-flavored Yquem, clean and crisp for all its tremendous depth. Very impressive if not in a league apart from the other young Yquems on show.

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• Topper wrote: 93 points

  February 5, 2023 - At a vertical of Yquem, this was one of the lighter vintages. Pretty wine on its own. Can drink now with a light dessert.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2010
• Type White - Sweet/Dessert
• Producer Château d'Yquem
• Varietal Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Sauternais
• Appellation Sauternes
• UPC Codes 015643426131, 087000361096, 3258691422312, 3364420089760, 3453521195200, 3550871303481, 3550872310136, 810910020858

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• Pending Delivery 195 (6%)
• In Cellars 2,752 (82%)
• Consumed 396 (12%)

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