The Robert Parker Wine Advocate 100 points: With 153 grams per liter of residual sugar—placing it among the 10 most concentrated vintages in the château’s history—the 2023 d'Yquem ranks among the finest wines bottled here under Lorenzo Pasquini’s direction. It unfurls from the glass with a complex, vibrant and remarkably pure bouquet of pineapple, guava, mango, confit citrus, beeswax and spices. Full-bodied, dense and concentrated, it combines formidable depth with perfectly judged control, built around a fleshy core of fruit, framed by lively acidity and a crystalline texture and culminating in an endless, refined and ethereal finish. Yquem’s natural power is here masterfully harnessed by the vintage’s freshness and tension, revealing an aesthetic of precision and vibrancy encountered only in the estate’s greatest years—made all the more remarkable by the fact that the château now achieves even higher levels of concentration than a decade ago, without any perceptible increase in sweetness on the palate.
James Suckling 100 points:"Perfect aromas carry through to every milliliter of this wine, showing intense orange peel, honey, butterscotch, saffron, smoke and peat, with hints of coffee and dried apples. Full-bodied but weightless and silky, with an excellent balance of fruit, sweetness and spices. Some peanut brittle, dried oranges and lemons at the end. I can’t get over how wonderful this is now, but it can age forever. "
Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux 100 points: "Power, freshness, depth, after the extremes of 2021 and 2022, this walks the line between the two, exceptional, mandarin, quince, mirabelle plums, white truffle, fresh fruit and confit fruit, a vibration of slate and steel, opulent but slices closed on the finish. The botrytis came early and quickly in 2023. Francis Mayeur in final vintage as consultant, after many years as inhouse winemaking team, Lorenzo Pasquini director. 154g/l residual sugar, 3.85ph, harvest September 14 to October 11."
Vinum 100 Points: “Bright golden yellow. What a bouquet: a refined and captivating nose of dried apricots, candied lemons, Williams pear, almonds and cedarwood, complemented by delicate notes of orange blossom, sage and rosemary — wonderfully complex. On the palate, creamy and powerful yet never heavy, with remarkable richness and texture. Despite its depth, the wine remains incredibly fresh, carried by a magnificent acidity that makes it almost seem to float across the tongue, lingering with an almost endless finish. A delicate and beautifully balanced d’Yquem, built to last for generations. After the 2021 vintage, defined by elegance, and the 2022 vintage, centred on concentration and power, the 2023 appears as a harmonious symbiosis of both predecessors, combining refinement with depth in truly remarkable fashion.”
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