- Producer
- Chateau d`Yquem
- Origin
- Barsac & Sauternes, Bordeaux FRANCE
- Colour
- white
- Wine Style
- sweet
- Dominant Grape
- Semillon
- Closure Style
- cork
- Maturity
- young
- Bottle Size
- 75cl
- Case Quantity
- 3
- Alcohol
- 14%
- Wine Score
- 95 points, Yohan Castaing, robertparker.com, February 2024
96 points, Neal Martin, vinous.com, January 2024
Stock in
Warehouse*Stock on Order Price ib Add to Basket Case 3x75cl - - £795.00*Estimated date for Stock on Order: 01 November 2024
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Media Reviews
Yohan Castaing
The 2021 d`Yquem exhibits a complex bouquet of rose, exotic fruits and mandarin orange mingled with spring flowers, rose and crème brûlée, followed by a medium to full-bodied, ample and seamless palate that`s suave and layered, with a deep core and a long finish that`s lent definition by delicate bitterness that offsets the 148 grams per liter residual sugar. This blend of 65% Sémillon and 35% Sauvignon Blanc was matured, as usual, in all new barrels, but the new oak is perfectly integrated and barely noticeable. 95 points
Neal Martin
The 2021 Yquem was tasted in Amsterdam, the first wine poured at a lunch, thereby allowing me a longer period to examine it. Slightly burnished in hue, it has a very attractive bouquet with scents of dried quince, clementine, linseed and subtle candle wax, perhaps more discrete than usual, but certainly fresh and vibrant. The palate is medium-bodied and viscous on the entry, a Yquem with perhaps a lighter chassis than recent vintages, prioritizing poise and purity over horsepower— exactly the right approach in such a challenging season. It opens wonderfully in the glass, gaining more frangipane and kaki fruit scents, though it seems to have a lighter and more tensile finish than the 2020 or 2019. As such, I suspect that it will be comparatively approachable and, of course, delicious. Readers should note that I will probably re-taste the 2021 in Bordeaux during primeur. 96 points
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