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D'Yquem 1998 (375ML)

$224.89
SKU:
YQUEMAAA98H
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In Stock
Available Inventory:
23
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Other Details

Vintage:
1998
Format:
375ML
Region:
Left Bank
Appellation:
Sauternes
Stock Status:
In Stock
ABV:
13.5%

Critic Scores, Reviews & Descriptions

95 RP / 95 WA / 95 VM / 18 JR

The 1998 Yquem is a great success. Made in an elegant style, it is not a blockbuster such as 1990, 1989, and 1988. It is well-delineated, with wonderfully sweet aromas of creme brulee, pineapples, apricots, and white flowers. Medium to full-bodied, it is not as sweet as the biggest/richest Yquem vintages, but it is gorgeously pure, precise, and strikingly complex. Already approachable, it should evolve for 30-50 years ... without a doubt. Robert Parker, Wine Advocate

Pale gold colored, the 1998 d'Yquem features a flamboyant, rock-star nose of allspice, candied ginger, honeycomb and crème brûlée with a core of preserved lemons, 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 liter of residual sugar), it culminates with fantastically persistent layers of exotic spices. - LPB, Wine Advocate

Pale gold. Knockout aromas of creme brulee, coconut, vanilla bean, honey and orange peel. Lush and seductively silky in the mouth; its creamy, seamless texture makes it seem deceptively accessible today but sound acid structure should keep it going for 20 years or more. Not hugely sweet or tropical but very complex and fine. Firm, hazelnutty finish offers great length, if not quite the grip of the '89. - Stephen Tanzer, Vinous Media 

Lift and richness and electrified raisins! There's a lot of energy here. Medicine? Sinewy. Not the sweetest. - Jancis Robinson

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