CHÂTEAU D'YQUEM 1999
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1999

CHÂTEAU D'YQUEM 1999

Wine 1999 1er Cru Classé Supérieur  Bordeaux Sauternes

At Château d'Yquem, the end of the 1990s ended with the 1999 vintage, which was quite satisfactory. The harvest of the 1999 vintage took place in two selections. The result is a charming, rich and luminous Premier Cru Classé Supérieur.

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90-94 / 100 Rated by 5 experts

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97 / 100
Falstaff January - 2022
Falstaff
Red-gold colour, aroma of roasted chestnuts, autumn leaves and acorns, followed on the palate by intense and complex tarte tatin, baked custard, dark bitter honey, agave and star anise. Textural and almost grainy quality as it becomes dense with some age. Generous and intense, very long, opening up over time with spicy and complex notes of aniseed, Russian leather and the classic saffron note of Botrytis.
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92 / 100
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider August - 2022
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider
More interesting on its nose with all of its butterscotch, honey, butter, caramel, orange, and bright pineapple notes. Medium-bodied, energetic, crisp, and fresh with honeyed, yellow tropical fruit and orange pith on the palate. This is a very bright, semi-sweet style of d'Yquem.
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92 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate August - 2019
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
Medium gold in color, the 1999 d'Yquem has shed its puppy fat and transformed into compelling cinnamon toast, creme caramel and cashew notions with emerging notes of beurre blanc, honeycomb, ginger snaps and praline over a core of peach preserves and apple pie. The palate is softly spoken with a refreshing backbone carrying loads of delicate savory and stone fruit preserves nuances to a long, beautifully restrained finish. At the 20-year mark, this wine is in the midst of its ideal drinking window, and while I hasten to add that there is no rush to drink up, there’s also no need to delay your gratification either.
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98 / 100
La Revue du Vin de France January - 2006
La Revue du Vin de France
RVF Magazine While it lacks the stature of the magnificent 1997, the 1999 is a very elegant and distinguished wine, at half the price of its predecessor.
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4 / 5
Michael Broadbent January -
Michael Broadbent
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Vintage Wine  1999
Classification Sauternes - 1er Cru Classé Supérieur 
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Sauternes
Colour Sweet white wine
Volume 0.75 l
Country France
Château Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem

The Château d'Yquem is an area of 133 hectares including 113 hectares of vineyards, 102 acres operated, south of Bordeaux in Sauternes region that produces a sweet white wine ranked Premier Cru Superior, the only wine from the Sauternes category.

It is considered by many as the best Sauternes. The yield is only 6 hectoliters per hectare and in some years, if the quality is not deemed sufficient, the bottles are not sold under this label.

The wines are characterized by their complexity due to a significant amount of residual sugar and flavorings made by Botrytis cinerea. A relatively high acidity helps offset the sweetness. Another characteristic for which Château d'Yquem is known is his longevity. In good years does present a bottle of his outstanding after one or two decades in a cellar and with care it will keep for a century or more, adding to the complexity...

Since 1959 Chateau d'Yquem produces a dry white wine named "Y" (and before 2004 "Y Lur-Saluces") makes an equal proportion of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. This wine, like great wine is not produced every year. The 2005 vintage was the first vintage of Yquem offered for sale en primeur. 

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