Description

Il s’agit sans aucun doute du liquoreux le plus célèbre au monde. Des mots mêmes du domaine, ce millésime 2015 possède tous les attributs pour devenir un millésime d’excellence, dans la mesure où le botrytis a évolué sans incident et a su développer tous les arômes caractéristiques des plus grands Sauternes. Un vin qui obtient pour chaque millésime les notes maximales auprès de la critique.

Fiche technique

Le domaine
Type de vin
Sweet white
Millésime
2015
Alcool
13.9% vol.
Cépage
75% Sémillon, 25% Sauvignon blanc
Origine
Sauternes

L'avis des experts

The Wine Advocate:

Following a very long harvest stretching nearly two months, the 2015 Château d'Yquem came in at 13.9% alcohol and 144 grams per liter of residual sugar, sporting a pH of 3.65 and six grams per liter of tartaric acid. None of these numbers, however, even remotely begin to tell you how profound this wine is. The nose opens with electric notes of ripe pineapples, green mango, orange blossoms and lemon tart with hints of fungi, lime zest, crushed rocks and jasmine. The freshness on the palate is just astonishing, permeating and lifting layer upon layer of tropical fruits and earthy notions, all encased in a sumptuous texture and culminating in a very, very long, mineral-tinged finish. Truly, this is a legendary vintage for d'Yquem. I've been conservative with my drinking window here, and I would not be at all surprised if our descendants are drinking this vintage well into the next century.

- Lisa Perrotti-Brown.

James Suckling:

This is an incredible young Yquem that is so vinous like a great vintage of Montrachet but then on the palate it turns to Yquem with spice, dried fruit and mushroom as well as sweet fruit. Last for minutes. Acidity is all there giving it a dynamic vibrance that jolts your senses. Special wine. It has a little more than than 140 grams of residual sugar, less than the legendary of 2001. But is very close in greatness. Let’s wait and see.

Tim Atkin:

Barrel Sample. This wine is ethereal. It certainly offers attractive honey and bitter orange flavors but also a fresh character that gives the wine lift and crispness. It is, of course, going to age magnificently, although it is so delicious and refreshing now.