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10

1963 Taylor Fladgate Port. Wine charity dinner bought by H&C S, hosted at the house. Dessert course. Drank alongside '75 Chateau d'Yquem. This was delicious w the salted caramel. Easier than the d'Yquem to sip without food. Great! — 7 years ago

George Chen

9.1

Love the 89 vintage! It doesn't require as much concentration to drink Suduiraut as like D'yquem as that intensity can be jarring. Just so fun as honey, orange, apricot notes always shine with the legendary producer. — 8 years ago

Nils Bernstein

9.0

Needs time. — 8 years ago

James K

9.3

Hitting its prime. On the level of D'yquem. — 8 years ago

with mike

Alex

9.9

4th of July, dinner at bb's... They said this vineyard is next door to d'yquem. Very similar taste, lots of honey. — 9 years ago

Don Myers

9.9

D'Yquem mixed with Iced Tea - and I mean that in a good way. — 9 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.3

Blackberry coulis black cherry liqueur max Schubert hired in the 1938's as a winemaker he had to leave to fight ww2 and he was first chef winemaker in 1948 1950 he went to Bordeaux. Black licorice spice he visited chateau d'yquem and hated it but loved the reds extended maceration barrel fermentation in 1951 he creates the first vintage of grange Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz but had no can so cab so the first two grange were all Shiraz they continued to plant more Cabernet and created two granges a de years later one from Shiraz and one from Cabernet. Has lovely complexity on he nose jammy and ripe black berry fruit. Very silky smooth and velvety. Kalimna was a single vineyard owned by penfolds in 1943. D equates this vineyard to vosne romance interesting. 178 acres they produce all ranges of penfolds wines from this vineyard first made this wine in 1958 as a single vineyard wine very big and chewy but it still has elegance like all of penfolds wines red and black fruit. The 1996 is very soft and elegant on the palate very elegant with a bit of materized but still has some fruit — 10 years ago

Jmontym

9.7

Looks like chateau d'Yquem. Could drink it all day long- reminiscent of flavor of chateau as well — 7 years ago

B

10

1963 Graham's Vintage Port. Dessert wine to cap off K charity wine dinner. Drank this alongside the '75 d'Yquem. Interesting to compare a red dessert wine right alongside a white one. This was less rich and chewy in the mouth- had a lightness in texture, which was offset by a more cloying sweetness. Raisins, caramel, even a little cinnamon. Noted that people were able to consume more of this wine than the d'Yquem. — 8 years ago

John Zuzek

9.3

Wine #16: Okay, it's not d'Yquem. But it's the next best thing. Wonderful Sauternes paired with the white wine poached pear and Stilton. Beautiful finish. — 8 years ago

Alan Feldman

9.0

Banging late harvest from the "D'yquem" of Hungary! — 9 years ago

Nils Bernstein

9.8

MAN '88 Sauternes are drinking good now. This is spectacular - hard to pinpoint any one thing, creamy tropical fruit/melon, bright spice, exotic citrus, some cooked cakey thing, yowza. D'Yquem, Schmyquem. Went great with larks' tongue in aspic. — 9 years ago

Monica O

10

Over the top hedonistic Cali d'yquem!!! — 10 years ago

Maggie Meagher

9.4

Hedonism brand of Sauternes (made by d'Yquem) — 10 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

8.9

Flight 5 - A Sweet Ending
The last flight of the evening was a flight of 3 Sauternes, including the great Chateau d'Yquem. Rabaud-Promis and Raymond-Lafon were the only ones showing unfortunately as the d'Yquem was corked enough that we knew it and thus wasn't judged. Both the RL and RP were a blend of 80-20 Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc, the traditional Sauternes blend. The difference besides the vintage was the oak maturation. RL gets 3 years in new oak while the RP sees only 12-14 months in new oak.
The Raymond-Lafon 1996 showed the 3 full years of new oak and a full on sweet and dry attack of honey, candied peach, and marmalade all accented by the telltale pungency of the fungus botrytis cinerea. Custard and creamy notes delivered here as well amping up the flavor and body perception, with a clean and dry finish.

The RP showed an elegant and lighter attack because of the lighter vintage and less oak used in the maturation process. More notes of juicy stony fruits and sweet citrus showed here. This was a nice contrast to the RL.

Botrytis cinerea, aka "Noble Rot", gives the Sauternes wines a musky, but pure and sweet texture. The fungus evaporates the water in a healthy grape, thus naturally concentrating the juice and flavor in the grape. — 7 years ago

Scott Taddeo

9.2

Suduirat, just north of d'Yquem. Youthful as all hell. Slight note of new leather with a mango and macadamias and a dash of wasabi. Great concentration with killer acid — 8 years ago

Niels Busschots

9.0

I'm not really a whiskey lover, but this one, aged in barrels of Château d'Yquem (!), stole my heart! — 8 years ago

Eric Wilson

9.7

Best compliment I can give it is that it may be better than d'yquem. — 9 years ago

Benjamin Keator

9.9

Melts in your mouth! On par with D'Yquem. Yes, I said it — 9 years ago

with Rich

Nick Adell

9.8

Poor man's d'yquem.

Had 1999. 500ml bottle.

Creamy and effervescent with a two minute finish. Divine.

Paid 80usd.
— 10 years ago