Who does This Sound Like-Sauternes ?

WINE TALK
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“A tiny parcel from one of the most famous Sauternes vineyards. The Chateau produced very small quantities, so this is made with the same noble grapes as the Grand Vin, which are picked individually on 7-10 separate occasions as the botrytis sets in and are then aged in oak casks at the Chateau. 2010 was one of the great Sauternes vintages and the Grand Vin produced a legendary wine that will be talked about for decades.”

“Who”-referring to the suspect Chateau.

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Jon Rimmerman

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These come around every so often. Which one is this: the generic “sauternes” or the Haut Charmes? I’ve tried the Haut Charmes and it was terrible. The pricing isn’t too attractive either… I’ll take a Doisy vedrines or Doisy Daene any day at a cheaper price.

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Man, this sounds like some Chinese winery trying to rip off a translation of a high end Chateau’s (Yquem, Suduiraut, Climens, or Rieussec) description of the wine to describe their own sticky.

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I’d be curious to taste declassified yquem for $20/500ml. Go for it, Ashish. For science!

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I have tried it, and found it to be very, very good for the price point.

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I took one for the team. Ordered a case of 12 -500 ml Sichel '10@20 per. Will wait until November for shipping.

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The price on this was tempting but CT reviews not so good. At risk of getting stuck with a 6-pack of wine I don’t like, I decided to pass.

The hyperbole in the offer letter is a turn off for me. The heavier they pour it on, the more I’m skeptical. It’s why I stopped subscribing to Rimmerman.

Sichel is still up I see:

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Which have you tried, the “2010 declassifed d’Yquem” from 375/750 or the 2010 Sichel in 500ml? I’d agree the supposedly declassified d’Yquem was quite nice. I’ve not had the 2010 Sichel.

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Bet real money Sichel is not worse than those 1990 Suduiraut bottles Rare Wines brought in years ago.

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O.M.G. declassified Ch. d Yquem… not again please [wow.gif]



There is no such thing!

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Fancy label
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Wow, if that lighting is accurate, that does not look “yquem-like”. Thin soup.

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I’ve got this wine, and it’s not that light. Backlight photo is deceiving.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is not, and was never purported to be, declassified Yquem. This is purported to be a declassified second sweet Yquem, which is occasionally made but never sees the retail market.

From the garagiste offering:

Most of the grapes in the “set aside” barrels are only a touch below the others in standard
(i.e., when you’re looking at prime steaks, they are all of a certain quality but a few my be
just a notch above/below the others). To keep their reputation around the world and at
auction the very highest in winedom, the Chateau does not want any of this wine in the
hands of other bottlers, properties or even consumers (fear exists that consumers who
become used to a high level of “second” quality will think twice about supporting the first
wine – although, in my opinion, that would not occur as a market exists for both – See
Carruades de Lafite/Forts de Latour).
So, instead of bottling it as a “Forts” or “Carruades” and offering it for $150-250/750ml (as
99% of every other estate would do), they give most of it away to their employees and
friends as gifts. There’s no name on the label and nothing to trace it…but those that have
tasted it know of its quality.
This year, we were able to acquire a small amount of this ridiculously rare wine that really
isn’t meant for trading at all. I’m not sure any has ever come to the US in a retail sense
(except for the European retailers sending it directly to consumers) and I’m not sure if any
will again. This is not about brand-building – this is about a one-off opportunity to sample
something that NO ONE in your tasting group has ever seen or will (most likely) ever see
again. We cannot show you photos of the labels but, I believe, BI has them on their site.

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Opened a bottle of this last night at an off-line, definitely not in a Yquem league in terms of depth and flavor. Very passable with a nice acidity, cut through the cheesecake for desert for a good pairing.

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How did I miss giving this a [snort.gif] and a [welldone.gif]?