Chateau d'Yquem, Sauternes 1er Cru, 1990 (375ml) so081524 luis pato/duckman offer threaded with black pepper and

threaded with black pepper and herbs

92 points Robert Parker

one of the five communes whose vines can be bottled as Côte de Nuits-Villages — and his Vieilles Vignes cuvée draws on the older parcels

low-intervention methods

4 hectares here

Chateau d'Yquem, Sauternes 1er Cru, 1990 (375ml) so081524 luis pato/duckman offer threaded with black pepper andChateau d'Yquem is the legendary first growth of Sauternes, the only Premier Cru Superieur named in 1855, crafted from botrytis shriveled Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc harvested berry by berry over weeks of selective picking. This is the 1990 in half bottle, the third of the celebrated 1988 1989 1990 run and a famously ripe, generous vintage. From a private cellar and now richly mature, it shows the breathtaking concentration that vintage gave. A