CHÂTEAU D'YQUEM 1975
CHÂTEAU D'YQUEM 1975
CHÂTEAU D'YQUEM 1975
CHÂTEAU D'YQUEM 1975
CHÂTEAU D'YQUEM 1975
CHÂTEAU D'YQUEM 1975
CHÂTEAU D'YQUEM 1975
CHÂTEAU D'YQUEM 1975
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1975

CHÂTEAU D'YQUEM 1975

Wine 1975 1er Cru Classé Supérieur  Bordeaux Sauternes

To be drunk between 1990 and 2045

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99 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate August - 2019
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
 Deep gold in color, the 1975 d'Yquem gives up initial notes of cashew butter, manuka honey, dried apricots, musk perfume and fallen leaves over a core of spice cake, applesauce, fungi and lemongrass. The palate is laden with bright, vibrant stone fruit and preserved citrus fruit flavors, laced with honey-nut accents and finishing provocatively earthy. While intense and hedonically satisfying, this beguiling vintage has so many nuances emerging as it unfurls, it stops you in your tracks. Make sure it is the very last wine of the evening, because once you taste this, everything else will pale into insignificance. Although this wine is currently well within its ideal drinking window, there's certainly no rush to drink well-preserved bottles.
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20 / 20
Jancis Robinson December - 2015
Jancis Robinson
Utterly fabulous. It was served blind but was pretty obvious what it was. Deep orangey caramel colour. Creamy texture and extremely heady on the nose. Barley sugar and wonderful vitality and balance. Surely this would convince the most committed hater of sweet wines. 1975 is such a great Sauternes vintage. Jancis Robinson
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99 / 100
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider May - 2022
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider
Taking on a copper, orange hue, the incredible perfume with all its flowers, almonds, creme brulee, candied orange rind, apricot, overripe pineapple molasses and spice all coated with honey is a serious turn on. But it is on the palate, with its incredible match of concentration, sweetness, and blazing acidity that helps it all make sense. This is so good, it could run out of points on the best bottles, especially with more time.
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98 / 100
Franck Dubourdieu September - 2007
Franck Dubourdieu
95 / 100
Wine Spectator May - 1999
Wine Spectator
A celebrated vintage. Thick, rich and powerful, this Yquem is packed with an immense concentration of flavors. Tastes almost tannic, tough and unyielding (like many '75 red Bordeaux), but the rough, awkward edges should smooth out with time.--Yquem vertical. Best after 2020. (PM)
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5 / 5
Michael Broadbent November - 2000
Michael Broadbent
Sheer perfection : creamy, honeyed, orange blossom bouquet of impenetrable depth ; rich, perfect weight, flavour, balance and length, with another 20 years to go (112000)
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Vintage Wine  1975
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 a highly renowned Bordeaux wine estate. The Château primarily produces a great sweet wine as well as a white wine called "Y".

Since 1593, Château d'Yquem has been perfecting and passing down its expertise. This is how it stands alone as a Premier Cru Supérieur in the 1855 classification. The other classified Sauternes and Barsac occupy the ranks of Premier Cru Classé and Deuxième Cru Classé. Previously owned by the Lur Saluces family, Château d'Yquem has belonged to the LVMH group since 1997.

In pursuit of excellence, Yquem does not market its wine if the quality is not deemed sufficient. This is how great vintages have marked history, such as 1921, 1937, 1945, 1947, 1959, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1988, 1997, 2001, 2009.

The wines are characterized by their complexity due to a significant amount of residual sugars and aromas brought by Botrytis Cinerea. A relatively high acidity helps to balance the sweetness. Another characteristic for which Château d'Yquem is renowned is its longevity. In good years, a bottle will only present its exceptional qualities after one or two decades in a cellar, and with care, it will maintain them for a century or more, adding complexity.

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