Yquem 1988

Sauternes/Barsac, First Growth

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Tasting Notes

The 1988 d’Yquem has an incredibly profound nose of orange marmalade, dried apricots, honeycomb, musk and dried pineapple with hints of marzipan and crystallized ginger. The palate is seamless with a great line of crisp acid cutting through the densely packed dried tropical fruit and honeyed flavour layers. The finish just goes on and on.

Score: 98

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 01 September 2012

The 1988 is a backward-styled Yquem, built along the lines of the extraordinary 1975. With a honeyed, smoky, orange/coconut/pineapple-scented nose, this powerful wine possesses full body, layers of highly concentrated, extracted flavors, considerable botrytis, and a sensational finish.

Score: 99

Robert Parker, 'Bordeaux' 3rd Ed. Maturity: 1998-2050 01 January 1998

The 1988 is a more backward-styled Yquem than the 1989, built along the lines of the extraordinary 1975. With a honeyed, smoky, orange/coconut/pineapple-scented nose, this powerful wine possesses full body, layers of highly concentrated, extracted flavors, considerable botrytis, and a sensational finish.

Score: 99

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 1998-2050 01 April 1995