A VERY exciting new producer
"The 2020 Palmer is exceptional
dried sagebrush and chocolate shavings with lots of graphite and deep iron-like mineral character
Vertical and aristocratic in bearing
45% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc
2021 Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes (Pre-Arrival) 1945 A VERY exciting new producer97 Points, The Wine Independent"The 2021 d'Yquem is composed of 65% Smillon and 35% Sauvignon Blanc. It has 148 grams per liter of residual sugar, making for a relatively rich style and the sweetest Yquem since 2017. Pale lemon gold colored, perfumed notes of orange peel, juicy peaches, grapefruit, and honeycomb slowly emerge from the glass, followed by suggestions of jasmine tea, fresh ginger, and lime blossoms. The palate is fantastically satiny,