1985 Château d'Yquem

93 POINTS: The 1985 d'Yquem is medium gold-amber in color. Notions of dried orange blossom, beeswax, acacia honey, and roasted hazelnuts rise majestically from the glass, followed by wafts of fallen leaves and saffron. The palate makes your head spin with the complexity of swirling flavors, held together by a racy backbone and finishing with epic length. The residual sugar is 123 g/l.