CHATEAU D'YQUEM 1990

Château d'Yquem 1990
Sauternes, 1er Grand Cru Classé
Lot 7649: Tissue wrapped, in original straw wrappers, Lot 7650: Tissue wrapped, in original straw wrappers, Lot 7651: Tissue wrapped, in original straw wrappers, Lot 7652: Tissue wrapped, in original straw wrappers, Lot 7653: Tissue wrapped, in original straw wrappers, Lot 7654: Tissue wrapped, in original straw wrappers, Lot 7655: Tissue wrapped, in original straw wrappers, Lot 7656: Tissue wrapped, in original straw wrappers, Lot 7657: Tissue wrapped, in original straw wrappers, Lot 7658: Tissue wrapped, in original straw wrappers

At sweet sixteen, and from Jeroboam, this was totally 'on song', luscious, all-enveloping and super-opulent. Then there was a Double Magnum, with its incredible nose of peaches with a taste of peach kernels, and I wondered if the large formats are even better than the bottles in 1990. This was until my last bottle in 2011, which had such finesse in spite of a bouquet almost enveloped in sugar and a fantastic fruit bowl flavour. There are echoes of 1929 here. Serena Sutcliffe, MW
WA 99

7649

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7650

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7651

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7652

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7653

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7654

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7655

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7656

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7657

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7658

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