Yquem 2002
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Yquem 2002
HED2302
75 cl
12%
£400.00
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The 2002 Château d’Yquem will always have the unenviable task of following to stratospheric 2001, but in its own right, it is a charming, perfectly balanced and thoroughly enjoyable wine. Perfectly ready to drink, it has delicious notes of stone fruits, citrus, beeswax, ginger snaps and dried honey.
90 Vinous
The 2002 Yquem has a very seductive nose, fresh almonds, Gâteau Basque, saffron and candle wax, not the most complex compared to other vintages yet nicely focused. The palate keeps it tight and linear on the entry, plenty of concentration though with a counterbalancing bitter edge that keeps this Yquem on its toes. Probably reaching its peak now after almost 20 years, it will surely give two-three more decades of drinking pleasure.
18 Jancis Robinson
Young Sauternes often reminds me of pear juice and this wine, tasted from a half bottle just couriered from Bordeaux, was like nothing more than the healthiest, cleanest pear juice. Pale gold with a slightly greener tinge than most young Yquem. Very fresh, long and deep-flavoured this wine has that ingredient X that Yquem always seems to manage, but this is certainly not one of the sweetest or most intense Yquems. It is certainly greater than any other 2002 sweet white bordeaux I remember tasting, with the strongly possible exception of Climens, but is almost spookily open for a recently-bottled Yquem. There’s the merest hint of astringency on the finish still but this wine could be enjoyed in its relatively simple youth. (JR)
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