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Yquem preciously protects its selective harvesting secret, carried out by a team of devoted, highly experienced local pickers who have received their ancestral knowledge from the generations that came before them. Therefore, only the best grapes sublimated by botrytis cinerea are picked because this is the golden rule at Yquem: never look for simplification or shortcuts, and accept the risk of losing everything.
This is the price to pay to achieve excellence.
Yquem is a perfect balance between freshness and concentration. The proportion of Sauvignon Blanc brings a floral element and a distinctive note of lemon verbena. This vintage is seductive in its vibrant youth and will travel gracefully through time.
98 Points - Vinous
It has a highly-aromatic bouquet that is beguiling in purity, with enticing aromas of honeysuckle and saffron, soon joined by camomile, white flowers and orange blossom. It has wonderful delineation and gains intensity with aeration. The palate is supremely well-balanced with fine beads of acidity. Very harmonious and armed with just the right amount of viscosity, this Yquem is surprisingly understated at first but gains presence, offering irresistible flavours of layers of honey, lemongrass, lemon thyme and orange pith. Yquem is so tempting in its youth, but this vintage will repay those with the nous to cellar for at least a decade.
97 Points - Decanter
The 2019 vintage of Chateau d'Yquem has the highest proportion (45%) of Sauvignon Blanc in any modern Yquem. The Sauvignon Blanc adds to the freshness, acting as a great balance to the succulent, sweet and voluptuous palate. Intense peach and apricot, combined with lemon and orange zest, make this highly appealing to drink right away. An ideal vintage to start Yquem's ‘lighthouse’ project. However, it would be a shame not to give this 10+ years of maturation to see how it develops. Very well, I suspect.
97 Points - Wine Spectator
Right from the start, this special wine glistens with pure papaya, mango, white peach and mirabelle plum, joined by elderflower honey, toasted macadamia nut and orange blossom notes. Ends with a remarkably long finish. Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc.
96 Points - James Suckling
A juicy Yquem with tarte tartin, salted caramel and dried oranges on the nose and palate. Medium-to full-bodied and medium-sweet with a creamy and round texture. Bright and vivid. Lovely texture. Long. Evolves to caramel and burnt vanilla sugar.
