2017 Château d'Yquem

Château d'Yquem

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Tasting Notes

98+
Tasting from 28.05.2021: Peter Moser

Very fine, nuanced botrytis on the nose with notes of nuts, nectarine and terroir. Noble. A lot of finesse on the palate, silky and tender, but with immense firmness, sublimely textured, pronounced sweetness supported by delicate acidity and penetrating minerality, all closely intertwined with the minerality underscoring things right through the finish. Very fine with lots of inner tension, delicacy and grip. Immensely precise.

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Category: Sweet and Dessert Wine
Grape Variety: Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc
Vintage: 2017
Alcohol Level: 14%
Expansion: barrique, barrique
Residual Sugar: 148 g/l
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Château d'Yquem

33210 Sauternes
Frankreich
+33 (557) 98 07 07
info@yquem.fr www.yquem.fr

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2009 Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem
France
Sauternes,  Bordeaux,  France
Sweet and Dessert Wine
14%
€€€€€
Château d'Yquem Sweet and Dessert Wine
100
2009 Château d'Yquem Doppelmagnum ex-château
Château d'Yquem
France
Sauternes,  Bordeaux,  France
White Wine
Sémillon
14%
Château d'Yquem Doppelmagnum ex-château White Wine
100
2001 Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem
France
Sauternes,  Bordeaux,  France
White Wine
Château d'Yquem White Wine
100
1967 Château d’Yquem, Premier Grand Cru Classé Supérieur, Sauternes AOC, Bordeaux
Château d'Yquem
France
Bordeaux,  France
Red Wine
Château d’Yquem, Premier Grand Cru Classé Supérieur, Sauternes AOC, Bordeaux Red Wine
100
1967 Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem
France
Sauternes,  Bordeaux,  France
Sweet and Dessert Wine
Château d'Yquem Sweet and Dessert Wine
100
1945 Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem
France
Sauternes,  Bordeaux,  France
Sweet and Dessert Wine
Sémillon
Château d'Yquem Sweet and Dessert Wine
100
2017 Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem
France
Sauternes,  Bordeaux,  France
Sweet and Dessert Wine
14%
Château d'Yquem Sweet and Dessert Wine
98+
2021 Château Yquem
Château d'Yquem
France
Sauternes,  Bordeaux,  France
White Wine
14%
Château Yquem White Wine
98
2011 Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem
France
Sauternes,  Bordeaux,  France
Sweet and Dessert Wine
Château d'Yquem Sweet and Dessert Wine
98
2007 Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem
France
Sauternes,  Bordeaux,  France
Sweet and Dessert Wine
Sémillon
14%
Château d'Yquem Sweet and Dessert Wine
98
2020 Château Yquem
Château d'Yquem
France
Sauternes,  Bordeaux,  France
White Wine
Château Yquem White Wine
97
2019 Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem
France
Sauternes,  Bordeaux,  France
Sweet and Dessert Wine
Château d'Yquem Sweet and Dessert Wine
97
2019 Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem
France
Sauternes,  Bordeaux,  France
Sweet and Dessert Wine
14,5%
Château d'Yquem Sweet and Dessert Wine
97
2018 Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem
France
Sauternes,  Bordeaux,  France
Sweet and Dessert Wine
Sémillon
13,5%
Château d'Yquem Sweet and Dessert Wine
97
2015 Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem
France
Sauternes,  Bordeaux,  France
Sweet and Dessert Wine
Sémillon
14%
Château d'Yquem Sweet and Dessert Wine
97
2013 Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem
France
Sauternes,  Bordeaux,  France
Sweet and Dessert Wine
13%
Château d'Yquem Sweet and Dessert Wine
97
2004 Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem
France
Sauternes,  Bordeaux,  France
Sweet and Dessert Wine
Château d'Yquem Sweet and Dessert Wine
97
1999 Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem
France
Sauternes,  Bordeaux,  France
Sweet and Dessert Wine
14%
Château d'Yquem Sweet and Dessert Wine
97
2005 Château d'Yquem Doppelmagnum ex-château
Château d'Yquem
France
Sauternes,  Bordeaux,  France
Sweet and Dessert Wine
13,5%
Château d'Yquem Doppelmagnum ex-château Sweet and Dessert Wine
96
1989 Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem
France
Sauternes,  Bordeaux,  France
Sweet and Dessert Wine
Sémillon
13,5%
Château d'Yquem Sweet and Dessert Wine
96
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