TN: 1989 Château d'Yquem (France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes)

  • 1989 Château d’Yquem - France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes (7/23/2020)
    This was a singularly perfect wine and experience. We had son and his girlfriend out to dinner. We were drinking Champagne. This wine had been on my mind all night after seeing it on the list. I say what the heck toward the end, after the Sommelier let me see the bottle. I cannot begin to describe how perfect the wine was. The best I can do is list the bullets I wrote at the table on my phone…
    1989 y
    Infinante lightness
    Medium color
    Brown gold, lively.
    31 yo soooooo light and lively. Easy, but complex as the universe…
    Weightless. Barely affects you but overwhelming perfection, weight, balance!!!”
    Fresh sawed greenwood with a hint of mint leaf and fat wood (100 pts.)

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I had the 1990 recently and thought pretty much the same thing. Perfectly mind-blowing: the angels must be drinking this stuff in Paradise.

Tomás, I love how you put that! The wine was truly compelling!