Y De Yquem

Y De YquemNA

and sweet red berry fruit add to the wine's stunning allure

Theres fennel and licorice

all wrapped in an impressively long and superbly complex finish that flashes focused power

I spent several hours with Chef de Caves Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon tasting through a wide range of 2009s vins claires

the wine holds its own as one of the most beautiful in the entire appellation and one of the best in the somewhat lackluster vintage

and their younger brother Giovanni set to follow in their footsteps

flinty touches to the nose - it’s still extremely young - with green and red apple notes and some clear slate and wet stone minerality

A slightly riper and more complex nose of very earthy and slightly sauvage dark berry fruit aromas set of by a touch of wood spice leads to dense and attractively textured medium-full flavors that possess a seductive mouth feel and I like the subtle sense of harmony as this is balanced

The 2010 Redigaffi is even more impressive with seamless integration of ripe fruit and oak spice that meet each other perfectly in the middle

with a kirsch

but so often it is much more than that

It delivers dark fruit nuances over a mid-weight and compact mouthfeel