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YQUEM 1921
Château d'Yquem--Vintage 1921
Sauternes, 1er grand cru classé. Château-bottled
Bin-soiled label. Very good colour. Level top-shoulder
Tasting note: unquestionably the greatest Yquem of the 20th Century. An unusually hot summer and early autumn which made it difficult for the red Bordeaux but perfect for Sauternes. I am almost ashamed to confess how many times I have tasted this wine. Often and alarming deep amber colour (as is the 1929 and 1937) but enormously rich, sweet, fleshy and fat - yet with an extraordinary delicate orange-blossom flavour. Great length and superb aftertaste. Last noted in September 1998. M.B.
1 bottle per lot
Château d'Yquem--Vintage 1921
Sauternes, 1er grand cru classé. Château-bottled
Bin-soiled label. Very good colour. Level top-shoulder
Tasting note: unquestionably the greatest Yquem of the 20th Century. An unusually hot summer and early autumn which made it difficult for the red Bordeaux but perfect for Sauternes. I am almost ashamed to confess how many times I have tasted this wine. Often and alarming deep amber colour (as is the 1929 and 1937) but enormously rich, sweet, fleshy and fat - yet with an extraordinary delicate orange-blossom flavour. Great length and superb aftertaste. Last noted in September 1998. M.B.
1 bottle per lot