Good afternoon - for any fellow d’Yquem fanatics who have tried 19, 20 and 21- which one would you double up on in the cellar and why please?
Thank you.
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I think they’re all good but not amazing vintages; if I had to pick one it’d probably be 2020.
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Ive not tried, but ‘19 is wedding anniversary, and ‘21 is our son’s birth year. Ive bought a couple ‘19’s in 375 and plan to buy ‘21s in 375 as well
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Return question: any reason for those particular vintages?
Besides 2001, aged d’yquem is close to release price and (while not inexpensive by any means) might be one of the best relative values out there.
90s, 2000s, even some 80s wines are priced that way and most will age if stored in reasonable conditions.
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Fair question. Not only do I love Yquem, but it is also the only wine everyone in my immediate family likes plus at local social tastings we are usually lacking a good dessert wine- so we go through a good bit of it around here (in relative terms- I do not drink wine with great frequency anymore outside of trade tastings.)
And so I have a decent stock of all the older vintages I like, plus would like to have a good bit of variety.
As your comment implies, dessert wines are in a bit of a slump right now price-wise and so it is a good time to stock up on Yquem and so I am tempted to get some extra of one of the current vintages, but not all. I am very fond of both the 2019 and 2020, but have not yet had the 2021- with the latter being the one most attractively priced at present among the options at hand.
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2021
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Well, there you have it.
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2021 it is! Many thanks. I cannot wait to try it- have heard many good things.
Sounds like I need to try the '21. I’ve had the '19 and '20 side by side and found it to be an interesting comparison. The '20 seemed lighter, fresher, more exotic in flavor profile ie tropical fruits, less oak influence. I preferred the '19 for current drinking at least as it seemed more complex but stylistically they were quite different and both very good, so I’m excited to follow both.
I mean 21 seems like a more classic Sauternes type vintage for sure. I think 20 will be a nice vintage in the long run, though.
I did not do them side by side, but did have them just a few months apart and, yes, it is exciting to see how different they are.
Per Decanter, the 2019 has the highest percentage of Sauvignon Blanc (45%) of any “modern vintage” (not sure the time frame they mean when they say modern- but guessing post-WW 2.) For my part, I really loved how nimble and weightless it was in the same manner as a great Mosel TBA. It is still very much Yquem, but has that unique feature.
The 2020 was, on the other hand, of a mass that only the 2001 could best, and maybe 2009 in time. The wine is too young to really see where it will rank just yet, but I think it will be an important and powerful vintage- at least on the level of 2010, but lacking the sheer opulence of 2009.
Ugh- now I just want to buy more 19 and 20 too.
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Yeah that’s why I voted for the 20; I think it has a lot of long term potential.
E.F. Hutton In the house . . . !
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While we’re talking recent d’yquem vintages, Any verdict on 2022 (not yet released to my knowledge)?
Perfect Berserker thread. Question presented, which of these 3 vintages should I buy. Answer: All of them.
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Obviously the correct answer was: 2017. Or 1988. Yea, 1988.
1967 de Fargues 
'71 Climens
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No suggestions of Champagne instead, at least so far… 
I guess we need to do Burgundy first.