Light straw gold colour. Nose is succulent late summer's evening honeysuckle and a bit of fresh hay in a horse's stable. Palate is corpulent mouthfeel on entry, honeyed in several dimensions, burnished copper pans, gorgeously hedonistic. Deep, resonant and long reverberant finish. It possesses all the class of the vintage but it is still a puppy.

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The 1985 Yquem is a very powerful, rich, exceptionally concentrated wine. Yet because of the lack of botrytis in the vineyards during this hot, dry vintage, the wine does not have the complexity so frequently encountered. Nevertheless, this massive, unctuous, light golden-colored Yquem makes quite a mouthful of wine given the honeyed flavors. It is hard to know when a wine such as this will be fully mature, but I have no hesitation saying that the wine will certainly last for 25-30 or more years. But I do not see it ever being among the great Yquems. Anticipated maturity: Now-2025. Last tasted, 3/90.

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