2022 Yquem Halbfl.

Auslieferung bis zum Sommer 2025!
Delivery until Summer 2025!

80% Semillon 20% Sauvignon Blanc
160g RZ
Komplexes feingliedriges Bouquet, kandiertes weißes Steinobst, Orangenblüten, heller Kräuterhonig, getrocknete Zitrusfrüchte, zart Lemongras. Gute Dichte, saftig, fein cremige Textur, guter Gripp, feinziselierter präsenter Restzucker, feiner Säurebogen, Orangenmarmelade, kandierte Birne, Nougat, fein saline Noten im Finish, geriebene Zitronenschale, lang. Trotz des heißen Jahrgangs ein sehr finessenreicher Yquem.
Hans Martin Gesellmann; Portfoliomanager

(Sauternes; 80% Sémillon; 20% Sauvignon Blanc; the final yield is around the historic average of 10 hl/ha; 160 g/l of residual sugar, the second highest ever recorded after the legendary 1945 vintage; pH 3.90, on a par with the 2019; 13.5% alcohol; 100% new oak though you have nothing directly to indicate that). The highest proportion of Sémillon since 2018. A wine of incredible aromatic purity, that reminds me most of the 2009. Apricot. Toasted brioche. Even a little eucalyptus and medicinal herbal elements, but very subtly. An aromatic brilliance. Saffron, honey. Angelica. Frangipane. Nutty. Butterscotch. Beurre noisette. Roasted pineapple, that lovely slight hint of crème brulée burnt sugar bitterness and a hint of the orange Seville marmalade notes to come. Almost a little hint of candied rose petals. Rose Turkish delight. A trace of grapefruit zest which is incredible in a wine so intensely sweet and solaire. So fresh despite the incredible density. What I love is the way the acidity grips and takes in charge the wine from the mid-palate to the very long distant finish. Very saline on the finish – more and more so, with almost a hint of liquorice! The freshness sensation is sensational! The freshness here is integral to the power and puissance of the wine, unlike any other wine of the appellation. As if the salinity is more and more concentrated as the scope of the spherical core slowly reduces in amplitude towards the finish. I love too the return to the notes of roasted pineapple, lime zest and grapefruit on the finish. So salivating in its sapid freshness on the finish.
100/100 Colin Hay; The Drinks Business