2005 Chateau Yquem 750ml
This has a deliciously pure feel, with juicy, inviting green plum, ginger, heather, creamed pineapple and Jonagold apple flavors all melded together and gliding through the lengthy finish, which echoes with lilting flowers and dried citrus notes. Best from 2015 through 2045. 12,000 cases made. Read more
Critic Reviews
This has a deliciously pure feel, with juicy, inviting green plum, ginger, heather, creamed pineapple and Jonagold apple flavors all melded together and gliding through the lengthy finish, which echoes with lilting flowers and dried citrus notes. Best from 2015 through 2045. 12,000 cases made.
This isn't sweet, but just so wonderfully rich. It's the concentration of botrytis that makes the wine. The texture is velvet, but with a spicy bite to it. Apricot, honey and marzipan all contribute to a wine that will age over decades.
Fermentation for Chateau d’Yquem’s famous sweet wine is natural, using ambient yeasts in the cellar. The wine is sulphured then sent to barrel to hang out for a couple of years. Oak is 100% new. Since 2007, d’Yquem has been protecting their wines against oxygen in the winemaking process, so they don’t move the wine around much from barrels and get them to bottle with minimal movement. This is one of the last releases produced in the ‘older way’ of winemaking. Price is for 750ml bottle. Smoky notes, honeycomb, candle wax, pretty-floral-characters, ripe apples, bruised apples, ginger, biscuit, lanolin. Very complex perfume. Mellowing. Supple flow across the palate, has a gingery spice character notable, slick honey texture, lick of bergamot with a flash of chewiness in cold tea tannin, finishes with light, lacy acidity and a drizzle of golden syrup sweetness. Even, lovely, refined wine.
94-96 Barrel sample. So pure, it is almost a straight line of ripe, honeyed fruit and dense spices. There are flavors of marmalade and ripe pear, and steely, tight acidity. As always, the best.
What an incredible nose of flowers, honey, spices such as clove, and sandalwood. With time, decadent aromas of apple tart and crumble develop. Full and very round on the palate, this is medium sweet with a velvety texture. Flavors of honey, apple and pear tart appear on the long finish. This is so beautiful, hard not to drink now but will greatly improve with more time. 140 grams of RS.
The summer heat that led to such outstanding wines from Bordeaux in 2005 was not ideal for Sauternes, as the onset of botrytis was fairly late and sporadic. Also the hot conditions kept acidity on the low side. Nonetheless d'Yquem made a finely balanced wine, with discreet apple and apricot aromas that are still reticent. It's suave, textured and very concentrated, with elegant oak and no overbearing viscosity or heaviness. Very long, it will keep well, but may not be among the very greatest Yquems.
Technical Attributes
- Producer: Ferraton Pere et Fils
- Varietal: White blend
- Region: Bordeaux
- Alcohol: 14.0%
- Net volume: 750ml
- Vintage: 2005
- Cellar until 2045
Tasting Notes
The summer heat that led to such outstanding wines from Bordeaux in 2005 was not ideal for Sauternes, as the onset of botrytis was fairly late and sporadic. Also the hot conditions kept acidity on the low side. Nonetheless d'Yquem made a finely balanced wine, with discreet apple and apricot aromas that are still reticent. It's suave, textured and very concentrated, with elegant oak and no overbearing viscosity or heaviness. Very long, it will keep well, but may not be among the very greatest Yquems. Decanter 94 Points
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