WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 978; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1997 which is 911. The average score for Château d’Yquem is 943, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château d’Yquem they use words like Full, Sweet, Honey, Acidity, Botrytis, Apricot, Long, Balanced, Vanilla, Refined, Richness, Pear, Bouquet, Orange, Pineapple. The 1997 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1997 but no other wine from Château d’Yquem: Backward, Glycerin, Textured, Unctuously, Smoky, Perfume, Structure, Extravagant. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (12.8% vs 13%); it has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this region in 1997 (12.8% vs 12.6%). The wine has been ready to drink for 13 years (since 2005) and should be consumed within the next 37 years (by 2055). It normally takes wines from Château d’Yquem around 11 years to be ready to start drinking, and 36 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Montrose 2005, Château Mouton Rothschild 2005, Château d’Yquem 2009, Château Pavie 2005, Château Lafite Rothschild 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Guiraud 2001, Château Coutet 2009, Château Suduiraut 2009, Château Suduiraut 2007, Château Pavie Macquin 2009.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers below average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 70% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château d’Yquem 1997
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
133 |