WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 943; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2009 which is 883. The average score for Château d’Yquem is 944, 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 2009 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2009 but no other wine from Château d’Yquem: Fleshed, Jasmine, Thrilling, Crystalline, Heaviness, Magical, Monumental, Perfection, Carries, Grapefruit. The wine has been ready to drink for 4 years (since 2014) and should be consumed within the next 42 years (by 2060). 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 Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Latour 2009, Château Margaux 2010, Château Ausone 2010, Château Haut-Brion 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Rieussec 2009, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Palmer 2012, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very low value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score. This wine is in the bottom 10% of wines by value; you might very well be paying for the name, rather than the wine.
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Prices & Deals for Château d’Yquem 2009
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
467 |