2000 Chateau D'Yquem for $200 on WTSO

Worth it?

sold out

I guess it was…damn that was fast.

I can’t say whether I think it was worth it, but it was a great price relative to anything else I’m seeing.

Good price, almost what we paid for it 5 years ago.

Hah, Dan…I was hoping you’d chime in. :slight_smile: I pulled the trigger on one, figuring this would be a sub-20 minute offering. At least I don’t feel like an idiot for buying one.

We charged $3200 per case back in 2005, which, at that time, was a very strong price.

In 2009/10, Bordeaux will continue to slide, like many other categories.

An unrated Yquem has no chance to go up in value.

Any particular reason nobody rated this mother?

That was a question I asked back in 2005 and I never got a reason.

One plausible explanation is that 2001 was the first vintage that Critics tasted en primeur, as I recall, so maybe 2000 just slipped through the cracks?

IIRC, nobody reviewed the 1995 either.

which i think is a nice Yquem.

Agreed. Had it last year out of 375 mL and while not monumental, it was damn tasty.

i have had it 2-3 times from 375s, last after the NY Giants SB W, and that is how i think about the vintage too - not monumental but still a real step above the Premier Cru wines.

An awesome wine!