Chateau d'Yquem '71

[brappy]

I worked a wine group's dinner tonight and they left a little (about 3oz) of this wine for me to taste. Really quite unbelievable. The nose was full of peach and orange in a sweet candied way. The palate had much of the same but the first thought I had was tangerine sherbit. Nice finish but not too long.

One of the things that always surprises me with d'Yquem is the mouthfeel. The wine seems to float above your toungue, not on it. The flavors therefore come as hints of this and hints of that. The feel is sexy and seductive. A constant "I want more" feeling seduces you.

Anyway, nice wine and nice of the guys to give me a taste of something so rare.

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