Pours a rich golden color with copper highlights. As you roll it, it glows and flashes in the glass. Shiny, brassy, and alive.
The aroma is of candied kumquats, followed by incredibly deep Seville orange marmalade. Candied mango, Meyer lemon, and papaya flit by too – the wine wafts along, light on its feet.
On the palate, it somehow has wide dimensions. More marmalade, honey, creme caramel, and creme brûlée pile on top of each other. But notes of candied papaya and a racing riot of tropical fruit perfectly counteract the fuller flavors up front. On the swallow, a depth charge of larger-than-life, powerful, hedonistic richness rushes in, and then slowly, over minutes, lifts back into sunshine.
I should also note that there is also a slight funk, or hogo, which reminds me of Jamaican rum — Smith & Cross, to be specific. It is brassy, out, and in-your-face — a Carnival in a glass. Forgive the image in my head — a jolly fellow with a playfully overripe, anarchic, and ebullient personality, wearing a Hawaiian shirt, soaking in the surf and sand, with the promise of a roast suckling pig at sunset.
Somehow powerful but light on its feet, sweet and somehow dry. Unbelievably youthful at 43; it may live forever. A powerhouse, but one that doesn’t take itself seriously. A d’Yquem that made me laugh. A delight. Wonderful.
_discreet_adventure
Looks luscious.
Turbulent-Height-823
Seems like you had an amazing tasting, cheers! Great notes btw
AustraliaWineDude
Why’s this not in a friends fridge door?
MaceWinnoob
Beautiful color! Too many people with improperly stored sauternes on this sub.
starvinggigolo
The 80s had some good d’Yquem, so happy to see it being enjoyed!
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Pours a rich golden color with copper highlights. As you roll it, it glows and flashes in the glass. Shiny, brassy, and alive.
The aroma is of candied kumquats, followed by incredibly deep Seville orange marmalade. Candied mango, Meyer lemon, and papaya flit by too – the wine wafts along, light on its feet.
On the palate, it somehow has wide dimensions. More marmalade, honey, creme caramel, and creme brûlée pile on top of each other. But notes of candied papaya and a racing riot of tropical fruit perfectly counteract the fuller flavors up front. On the swallow, a depth charge of larger-than-life, powerful, hedonistic richness rushes in, and then slowly, over minutes, lifts back into sunshine.
I should also note that there is also a slight funk, or hogo, which reminds me of Jamaican rum — Smith & Cross, to be specific. It is brassy, out, and in-your-face — a Carnival in a glass. Forgive the image in my head — a jolly fellow with a playfully overripe, anarchic, and ebullient personality, wearing a Hawaiian shirt, soaking in the surf and sand, with the promise of a roast suckling pig at sunset.
Somehow powerful but light on its feet, sweet and somehow dry. Unbelievably youthful at 43; it may live forever. A powerhouse, but one that doesn’t take itself seriously. A d’Yquem that made me laugh. A delight. Wonderful.
Looks luscious.
Seems like you had an amazing tasting, cheers! Great notes btw
Why’s this not in a friends fridge door?
Beautiful color! Too many people with improperly stored sauternes on this sub.
The 80s had some good d’Yquem, so happy to see it being enjoyed!