1998 Château d'Yquem 750ml
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Tasting notes
Pale gold colored, the 1998 d'Yquem features a flamboyant, rock-star nose of allspice, candied ginger, honeycomb and crème brûlée with a core of preserved lemons, mandarin peel and musk perfume plus a waft of potpourri. Beautifully balanced in the mouth, with seamless freshness lifting the decadent sweetness (134.4 grams per liter of residual sugar), it culminates with fantastically persistent layers of exotic spices.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jancis Robinson MW
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Lift and richness and electrified raisins! There's a lot of energy here. Medicine? Sinewy. Not the sweetest. (JR)
Firm copper colour. Open nose and tawny colour. Racy acidity. Just a little bit simple. Quite evolved – this even tastes quite coppery somehow. Strong notes of barley sugar. RS 134g/l, TA 4 g/l [6.1 g/l as tartaric]. The picking was interrupted by rain. There seems to be something slightly burnt about the flavour here. (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.