1969 Château d'Yquem
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Score 85/100 · Drink 2019-2020, Neal Martin, Sep 2019
My solitary encounter with the 1969 Yquem came during a memorable vertical organized by CEC Wines in London. It has a light floral nose with touches of orange peel, perhaps showing a little maderization. The palate cannot disguise the tricky growing season with its conspicuous lack of botrytis, yet as I remarked at the tasting, it is "inoffensive." Tasted in 2004 at CEC Wines' Yquem retrospective.
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13
13/20
Jancis Robinson MW
85
85/100
Neal Martin
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13 points
Jancis Robinson MW
Score 13/20 · Jancis Robinson MW, Apr 2002
Lively colour of a ginger cat. Looks more like an Australian stickie than an Yquem. Smelt of ginger Edinburgh rock. Very unsubtle. 13; can't imagine evolution. (JR)
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