Yquem 1984
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Yquem 1984
HED89054
75 cl
13%
£500.00
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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
83
Vinous
- The 1984 Yquem is one of the weakest wines of the decade from the estate. As I found from the solitary half-bottle that I drank some years back, the nose is very simple with dried honey and resinous scents, but there's little to really satiate the senses. The palate is bitter on the entry with orange rind and smoke, but you can feel some rot on the finish, which means you're not racing back for more. Frankly, there are alternative off-vintages of Yquem that I prefer. Tasted at the château as part of an Yquem vertical.
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