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2020 Château d'Yquem, Sauternes, Bordeaux

  • White
  • Luscious
  • Full Bodied
  • Sémillon (75%), Sauvignon Blanc (25%)
Ready - youthful (Drink 2024 - 2062)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
97/100
Product: 20208004787

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2020 Château d'Yquem, Sauternes, Bordeaux

Description

The 2020 vintage of Château d’Yquem is the start of a wonderful wine journey. While aged Sauternes is much-coveted, it’s easy to forget the deliciousness of Ch. d’Yquem at the start of its life. The 2020 vintage started well, but the lack of rainfall during the summer caused havoc across 105 hectares of Ch. d’Yquem. However, in typical fashion, they overcame this challenge to produce more than a drop of decadence. With notes of apricot and mandarin, which are accompanied by lip-smacking acidity, this is a delight. My advice would be to buy a case or two, and watch this develop over the decades.

Markus Ljunghammar, Account Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour White
Sweetness Luscious
Vintage 2020
Alcohol % 14%
Maturity Ready - youthful (2024 - 2062)
Grape List Sémillon (75%), Sauvignon Blanc (25%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château d'Yquem

Critics reviews

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 97/100

The 2020 Château d'Yquem is a blend of 75% Sémillon and 25% Sauvignon Blanc. It has 135 grams per litre of residual sugar and a pH of 3.79. Pale lemon-gold coloured, citrus and baking spice notes emerge slowly from the glass, rising to offer well-defined scents of candied ginger, orange blossoms, allspice, and almond tart, leading to a flamboyant core of peach cobbler, ripe, juicy pineapple, jasmine tea, and apple butter with a waft of saffron. 

The palate is full-bodied and characteristically rich yet possesses impressive tension and therefore stunning harmony. Layers of exotic spices and fragrant white flower accents fill the palate, leading to a long finish with lingering chalk and mineral nuances. It’s a showy Yquem that is gregarious in youth but is reserving that extra something for those with the patience to wait twenty years or more.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, TheWineIndependent.com (Feb 2023)

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