From half bottle this afternoon over Christmas dinner- so no formal note. Tasted on opening and revisited 15 minutes and 3 hours later.
Nice light bright yellow color, orange and honey on the nose, on the palate a mid-weight Yquem with some nice puppy fat to it- very much in the vein of the 1999, unfortunately as with the 2001 a couple of years after release this has a strange tarragon-minty bite on the tail end that appears related to the oak treatment, 15 minutes later opening nicely- more honey notes and expanding on the palate, 3 hours later- forward and attractive, mandarin oranges, honey, the strange green finish is even more pronounced and dry, oak too heavy for this right now and troubling, all in all a solid mid-weight Yquem but as with the 2001 the next 10 years will be very important in watching what the oak gets up to.
(***)?, 2015-2025 hopefully.