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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15756
 | | 01/07/2006 7:01 PM |
| This is the wrong place to post this but it is as close to the right place as I am currently going to get. C'mon Rev, GOYA and get rid of the word "dessert".
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2001 Chateau d'Yquem
Had a 2oz sample on 12/30/05 and then had a real taste 12/31/05.
What a lovely wine. The color of fall straw. A wonderful nose of caramel and meringue with just the right little touch or lemon and orange. In the mouth it delivers all that has been promised and then some. Take the caramel, meringue, lemon and orange and add a little fresh peach. A nice long finish culminating with what I thought was (I know, this is crazy) chocolate.
Huge creamy feel in the mouth but it delivers some nice acid. This being a baby wine I thought the acid was a little too prevalant but that is a really good sign. This wine will drink fantastically between 10 and 100 years from now. Actually I was delighted how nice the wine was right now.
How many points?
If the 2001 Rieussec is 100 points then this wine is 125 points. The one time I have had the Rieussec I was the lone descenter at the table thinking it was extremely (maybe extremely time two) cloying. It had a wonderful mouth feel but imo showed NO acid at all. I know I am prejudiced but I wouldn't give the Rieussec 85 points just on the over-sweetness of the wine alone.
Now this 2001 Yquem... I have never tasted such a nice Yquem on release as this one. It truely lives up to the hype. 99+points now! My only regret is that I don't think that I will be around in 2041 when I think this wine will be at its peak. When I think of what the 1967 tasted like 20 years ago and compare that to what it tastes like today it is amazing. And the 2001 seems to be very similar to the 1967 in quality.
So I look forward to the year 2041 when this wine will be at its oralgasmic peak. I just hope my 99 year old heart will be able to handle it. And if it doesn't handle it can you think of a better way to go? | | | |
| ItalianWino
Grape Fermenter
Posts:619
| | 01/08/2006 7:06 PM |
| David,
So how many different vintages of d'Yquem have you had in your lifetime? Thanks for the report on the '01.
IW | | | |
| Lakersguy
Orange County, CA
Grape Fermenter
Posts:524
| | 01/10/2006 12:12 AM |
| David:
Did you decant the 01 d'Yquem? I want to open my first bottle and am looking for ideal way. | | | |
| David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15756
| | 01/11/2006 5:20 PM |
| IW,
I have no idea.
Yquem is the wine that got me started down the "purple" road. I was drinking it for years before I figured out I was supposed to keep track of things like vintages and dates.
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LG,
The bottle was out of my care starting at 3:00pm Friday afternoon. That evening at dinner we had a 1995 cuvee Madam Monbazillac (RP=100). The somm brought me about an ounce of the Yquem to compare at that time and then recorked it. We then opened the bottle right about 24 hours later for our dinner on New Year's eve.
Does that count as being decanted? | | | |
| Lakersguy
Orange County, CA
Grape Fermenter
Posts:524
| | 01/13/2006 12:16 AM |
| sorta!!!!  | | | |
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