Yquem 1984

Yquem 1984 is a mature-vintage sweet wines from the Sauternes appellation of Bordeaux. Château d`Yquem is widely considered to be one of the world`s greatest sweet wines, a wine with great balance and complexity, which can age for decades with ease. On the 1984 vintage. "This is a surprisingly good wine made under very trying conditions. Yquem began to harvest on October 15 and made the last pass through the vineyards on November 13. Seventy-five percent of the crop was retained for Yquem. The wine at present exhibits a great deal of toasty oak in the bouquet, which is also filled with scents of smoked almonds, glazed pineapples, and honey and caramel. In the mouth, the wine is less flamboyant, with less glycerin and power than usual, but it is still a rich, full-bodied Yquem with a great deal of personality and character." Robert Parker, 1997