Community Tasting Notes 278

• Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 94 points

  March 21, 2024 - On its shoulder from pure fruit to secondary notes, delicious ripe flavours, on the darker side of spectrum.

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• SWHighlander Likes this wine: 97 points

  February 21, 2024 - For a really warm year, Yquem knocked it out of the park. Maybe could use a touch more acid but it still is a nice balance, better than some second growth Sauternes in cooler years. Amazing complexity and variety of fruit coming out on the palate, and not subtly: orange peel, mango, candied pineapple, ginger among others. Wonderful wine.

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• RichardP wrote: 95 points

  January 8, 2024 - This shows rich orange and yellow fruit on both the nose and palate; orange marmalade, apricot, honey, pineapple, and subtler spicy notes, with fairly strong acidity and a long finish. The heat of the year shows up in richness and intensity, but it's not over the top. This is outstanding.

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• Vinobystino Likes this wine: 95 points

  December 30, 2023 - Yquem never lets down. While this is a really ripe vintage, I was surprised by the freshness. Aromas of vanilla, orange, dried abricots and lots of caramel (no honey!). Really complex with an amazing finish. Really thick mouthfeel in a good way.

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• Jeff Leve wrote: 97 points

  December 1, 2023 - The complex nose shoots from the glass with buttered apricots, pineapple, ginger, saffron, candied orange, vanilla, and caramel. The palate is equal to the perfume with its rich, creamy, layered, opulent display of apricots, honeyed pineapple, spice, vanilla, and ginger that soothes, coats, and lingers on your palate. While the is incredibly rich, it is not fat, or cloying, but it is intense. This will age for decades. Drink from 2023-2053.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2003
• 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 000002017402, 071570016999, 087000361096, 088156006299, 3249992510174, 3258691223469, 3258691225661, 3364420025553, 3364420089760, 3453521125689, 3700266211215, 721713141025

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• Pending Delivery 206 (2%)
• In Cellars 8,063 (72%)
• Consumed 2,898 (26%)

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