Lot 419
CHÂTEAU D'YQUEM 1998 (1 HF. BT.) WA 95
CHÂTEAU D'YQUEM 2004 (1 HF. BT.) WA 93
CHÂTEAU DE FARGUES LUR SALUCES 2005 (1 HF. BT.) WA 95
CHÂTEAU NAIRAC 2001 (1)
Lot 419 Details
CHÂTEAU D'YQUEM 1998 (1 hf. bt.)
Sauternes. Premier Cru Supérieur
u. vts. marked label.
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. May 2018 Drink: 2018-2050 WA 95
CHÂTEAU D'YQUEM 2004 (1 hf. bt.)
Sauternes. Premier Cru Supérieur
u. bn. marked label.
WA 93
CHÂTEAU DE FARGUES LUR SALUCES 2005 (1 hf. bt.)
Sauternes.
u. vts. marked label.
The 2005 Château de Fargues has a rich and intense bouquet with layers of honey, dried peach, beeswax and acacia that soar from the glass. The palate is powerful and authoritative: intense botrytis-rich honeyed fruit with compelling mineralité underneath. It fans out in glorious fashion – a stunning de Fargues that is now beginning to show its talents. As I remarked a couple of years ago, just afford it a couple more years so that it can fully absorb the vestiges of oak. June 2015 Drink: 2018-2045 WA 95
CHÂTEAU NAIRAC 2001 (1)
Barsac.
u. bn. scraped label.