Château d Yquem 2014 CBO(6x75cl) 96/100 JMQ
En 2014 Barsac l'emporte sur Sauternes. Mais à Sauternes le Château d´Yquem 2014 s'envole vers des sommets en échappant à une note fruitée, trop souvent compotée. Tout au contraire, ici le nez est fin, avec un fruité mûr et juste, c'est à dire frais. La bouche offre un toucher remarquable où le vin se met à fondre avec grâce, à la fois subtil, aérien et puissant. Il finit long, difficile à cracher et particulièrement parfumé. Un superbe vin fin.JMQ-www.quarin.com
The Château Yquem 2014 was picked over 9 weeks this year, with one-quarter of the grapes picked prior to 15 September. It delivers 134 grams per liter residual sugar and 7.3 grams per liter tartaric acid, with a pH 3.60. It has a captivating bouquet (I know...I know...what else were you expecting) But it entrances with its pure, wild honey notes mixed with almond and white chocolate scents, bestowed with beguiling delineation and focus. The palate is very poised with the acidity nigh on perfect. Occasionally an Yquem only reveals its components parts at this early juncture, necessitates conjecture. However the 2014 has a sense of harmony and completeness already, as if the élevage is merely there to usher it on to its finished state. There is undeniably great depth here, perhaps less conspicuous than other vintages because of that silver thread of acidity: notes of lemon sherbet, orange zest, shaved ginger and again, a few "flakes' of white chocolate. It is extremely long with tenderness rather than power on the finish. It's not quite up there in the rarefied heights of say, the 2001 or 2009, but it is what we call in the trade, "the business."Neal Martin
Château d'Yquem
Format: 75cl
Pays : France.
Région: Bordelais.
S/région: Sauternais.Sauternes
Appellation : Sauternes
Classement : 1er Cru Classé Supérieur
Couleur : Blanc Liquoreux
Proprietaire : SC du Château d´Yquem
Superficie : 105 ha
Production : 100000 bouteilles
Encépagement : 80% Sémillon, 20% Sauvignon.
