CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM 1998
CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM 1998
CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM 1998
CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM 1998
CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM 1998
CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM 1998
CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM 1998
CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM 1998
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1998

CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM 1998

Wine 1998 1er Cru Classé Supérieur  Bordeaux Sauternes

The Château d'Yquem 1998 is quite atypical. With changing climatic conditions, the 1998 vintage gave winegrowers a hard time. The heavy rains in September stopped the harvest and forced the winegrowers to carry out two sortings, one in October. The result is a charming wine that is two vintages in one.

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95-100 / 100 Rated by 5 experts

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96 / 100
La Revue du Vin de France January - 2011
La Revue du Vin de France
Green Guide 2011
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95 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate May - 2018
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
Pale gold in colour, the 1998 d’Yquem has a flamboyant, rock-star nose of allspice, candied ginger, honeycomb and crème brûlée, with a core of preserved lemon, 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 litre of residual sugar), it culminates in fantastically persistent layers of exotic spice.
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93 / 100
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider July - 2016
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider
Medium-bodied and lighter in style for d’Yquem, leaning towards orange, apricot and tangerine. This is an Yquem that neither requires nor asks for decades of ageing. It’s quite tasty today.
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18,5/20
Bettane et Desseauve January - 1
Bettane et Desseauve
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18 / 20
Jancis Robinson May - 2011
Jancis Robinson
Lift and richness, and electrifying raisins! There’s a lot of energy here. Medicinal? Sinewy. Not the sweetest.
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Vintage Wine  1998
Classification Sauternes - 1er Cru Classé Supérieur 
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Sauternes
Colour Sweet white wine
Volume 0.75 l
Country France
Alcohol content 13.00% vol
Château Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem

Château d'Yquem is an absolute reference among great sweet wines and holds a unique place in the viticultural history of Bordeaux. Located at the heart of the Sauternes appellation, the estate benefits from an exceptional terroir and microclimate that favour the development of botrytis cinerea. In the official 1855 classification, Château d'Yquem achieved an unrivalled status by being designated Premier Cru Supérieur, a distinction unique among the grands crus classés.

The identity of Château d'Yquem rests on an extreme level of rigour at every stage of production: very low yields, successive harvest passes (tries) and strict selection of grapes. Long the property of the Lur Saluces family, the estate has belonged since 1997 to the LVMH group, which has chosen to preserve the château's technical independence and historic standards of excellence.

In great years, Château d'Yquem produces vintages that have become iconic, such as the 1908 wine through to the 1921 vintage, considered its pinnacle, by way of 1928 and 1929 which close out a prosperous decade, then the 1937 wine and the 1963 vintage, illustrating an exceptional ageing capacity that can extend over several decades, or even beyond.

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