1969 Yquem
Market price
Buying options
Tasting notes
My solitary encounter with the 1969 Yquem came during a memorable vertical organized by CEC Wines in London. It has a light floral nose with touches of orange peel, perhaps showing a little maderization. The palate cannot disguise the tricky growing season with its conspicuous lack of botrytis, yet as I remarked at the tasting, it is "inoffensive." Tasted in 2004 at CEC Wines' Yquem retrospective.
Critic scores
Jancis Robinson MW
Neal Martin
More reviews and scores
Lively colour of a ginger cat. Looks more like an Australian stickie than an Yquem. Smelt of ginger Edinburgh rock. Very unsubtle. 13; can't imagine evolution. (JR)
About the producer
The undisputed finest sweet wine in the world, Château d'Yquem is the only Premier Cru Supérieur estate in Sauternes, classified in 1855. With a long history stretching back to the Middle Ages, the château is entwined with that of the Lur-Saluces family – who remain involved today.