Bordeaux White, Chateau d'Yquem 'Y' Ygrec, Bordeaux Superieur 2006

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APPELLATION / REGION	Bordeaux Superieur Blanc
Grape	70% Sauvignon Blanc ; 30% Sémillon
Color	White
Sweetness	Dry
Body	Full-Bodied
Tasting Note	Robert Parker RP : 94/100 I rarely get a chance to taste this wine, and I certainly wonder why after tasting this fabulous, full-bodied, dry white Bordeaux. A terrific effort from manager Pierre Lurton and his staff, this totally dry wine offers up exotic tropical fruit notes, especially pineapple, along with some subtle smoky oak and mandarin orange. With terrific texture, a sensational mouthfeel, but with zesty acidity and a subtle use of wood, this is a fabulous effort that will probably last quite a long time, but who is going to age this wine, when it drinks so great at present? A tour de force in dry white winemaking! Wine Spectator WS : 91/100 This has turned creamy, with peach, apricot and tangerine notes caressed by heather honey and picking up a tangy green tea note on the finish. Long and very stylish. Drink now through 2012. Jancis Robinson : 16.5/20 (2006 Vintage) 60% Sauvignon, 40% Semillon. Oak-aged on the lees for 10 months in one third new and two thirds 2-year-old barrels. RS 11 g/l. Very pale gold. Really does smell as if this is going to be a sweet wine and it does taste quite sweet – note the RS. This is a bit of a mongrel. All over the place – broad, lots of flavour but lacking in elegance. It certainly has intensity but it has two many different styles all thrown in together to be a really successful whole. Julia Harding MW Wine Enthusiast : 91/100 Ripe, with a touch of honey as if the botrytis for the sweet wine landed on these grapes as well. This dry white has creamy wood, spice and apricot flavors, making a delicious ripe wine, even with a touch of sweetness to the finish.
Rating	RP:94 WS:91 WE:91
Award	Jancis Robinson : 16.5/20
Size	1x75cl