So, do you need any help drinking these marvels?


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> I have had a few bottles of 70 Yquem stored properly since shortly
> after release. This wine is ready and likely needs drinking within the
> next few years.
>
> The wine is rather intense gold in color. It is a very concentrated
> wine, with intense sweetness. The fruit is rather peachy, and there is
> only little honey character. There perhaps is a touch of caramel, but I
> did not detect oxidation. The problem is that this wine is a bit
> unbalanced. It has too little acid to balance the great sweetness - or
> perhaps I have been drinking too many late harvest German Rieslings
> recently. The wine seems to have a very high alcohol content, which
> makes it a bit hot. This is a quite decent Yquem, but because of the
> unbalance it likely needs drinking fairly soon. The 71 has a reputation
> for being considerably better than the 70, but it likely has peaked.
>
> The 76 also has a good reputation. However the 70's Yquem to now have
> for keeping up to many years longer is the 75, of which I have a few
> bottles. Of the 50s, I still have the 55 and 59, both of which are
> outstanding and are likely to last much longer. Then I have a bit of
> the 67, perhaps the best of the 60s, that is still holding well. At
> this time, my order of preference, starting with the best, is: 59, 67,
> 55, 75, 70. I might move the 75 up a place or two after a few more
> years.I did not buy any Yquem after the 75 because I had plenty of
> older vintages, and the price increased very much.
>