Cary Grant
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2004 Bierzo (100% Mencia).
Dry & Tannic, gripping but the fruit tastes either tight or a bit past peak. Enjoyable either way. Tar, smoke, acidic, blackberry. Black licorice nose. Unfined, unfiltered.
Can anyone point me in the direction of a decent d'Yquem vintage chart? Did some Googling, but to no avail. Don't really want a generic Sauternes chart.
~ H
I know. But they skip a vintage, what, every twenty years or so? There must be stratification; '01, for instance is near legendary (and untouchable). I am buying myself a present and as I will have to choose between a number of vintages at a number of pricepoints I am trying to find a way to differentiate.
Interesting to know. I have a friend in a place where I can grab some '95 for two bills and change.I've really liked the 95 Yquem in the past. Underrated and I know the Chateau really likes it as well. Enjoy!
FWIW from a reseller:
"
On average, only 65,000 bottles are produced each year. In a poor vintage, the entire crop is deemed unworthy of bearing
the Château's name; this happened 9 times in the 20th century (1910, 1915, 1930, 1951, 1952, 1964, 1972, 1974, 1992).
Chateau d'Yquem from fine vintages has an extraordinarily long life, bottles of 100 years and older may be found in excellent
condition if properly kept. The wines from the very greatest vintages - 1847, 1869, 1921, 1929, 1937, 1959, 1967, 1989 -
seem to be almost immortal."
I've probably tried a dozen and a half vintages, and my gut tells me to buy on the cheaper side, the less hyped vintages. Yquem is typically Yquem. That is to say that it resembles itself as much as any wine does, so if I were you, and I were looking at this as a learning and enjoying experience, I'd probably buy a '96 and a '97 rather than one '01 or one '09.