WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 915; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2002 which is 898. The average score for Château d’Yquem is 945, making this a below 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 2002 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2002 but no other wine from Château d’Yquem: Delicious, Serviceable, Austerity, Linear, Delightful. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 12.95%); it has broadly similar levels of alcohol for the region in 2002 (13% vs 12.79%). The wine has been ready to drink for 11 years (since 2007) and should be consumed within the next 7 years (by 2025). 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 Ausone 2010, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château d’Yquem 2001, Château Cheval Blanc 2007, Les Forts de Latour 2005; but better value alternatives would be Domaine de Chevalier Blanc 2012, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010, Château Brane-Cantenac 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005.
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 2002
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-13 |
gbp |
104 |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
125 |