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Y de Yquem 2021
HED94524
75 cl
14.5%
£200.00
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Château d’Yquem is often considered as the greatest sweet wine producer in the world, however, they also make a fine dry white known as Ygrec de Yquem. This is a deliciously intriguing wine composed of Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon. The year 2021 proved to be an exceptional vintage for white wines across Bordeaux. Currently, the wine offers a full-bodied and texturally rich experience, and with further ageing in the bottle, it is poised to become one of the longest-lasting releases from this renowned Sauternes producer.
98 Jane Anson
A great example of this always-arresting dry white, with a ton of soft apple blossom aromatics, before drawing inwards to show scraping acidity, powerful white peach, quince, apricot and citrus flavours with a twist of lime juice, fennel and a salty tang of oyster shell and salted crackers. Has the richness, complexity and concentration that you find in Yquem, and although it won't have quite the same longevity, there is no issue with keeping this wine for 15 to 20 years. 7g/l of residual sugar, mainly from the Sémillon that is picked with the first bloom of botrytis, bringing an opulent, voluptuous feel that transmits the DNA of the property. Spends 12 months in 80% one year old barrels previously used for Château d'Yquem (of course fully washed and prepared, but still imparting a blush of rich flavour), together with 20% new oak. The 2021 vintage in Bordeaux was a better year for whites than reds, and this exceptional white wine is a great example. Last vintage with Sandrine Garbay as winemaker, leaving in 2022.Jane Anson17th September 2023
90 Vinous
In fact, the first pour was the dry wine, the 2021 Y de Yquem. This latest release has a more powerful bouquet, with a distinctive marine influence, a nuanced oxidative trait that lends freshness. The palate is, likewise, quite intense with razor-sharp acidity to the extent that I find this refreshingly penetrating in style, hints of tinned apricot and white peach filtering through on the finish. A lovely dry Sauternes. Neal Martin26th December 2023
16 Jancis Robinson
Tasted blind. There’s lots here in this slightly sweet, Sauvignon-dominated wine. Flattering to taste already with some floral notes. But it’s a style I feel I’ve tasted in many pockets of viticulture around the world, including outside Europe. Accessible. Quite long. (JR)Jancis Robinson27th January 2025
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