From the very good 1971 vintage and scoring 97100 parker points served from an ex chateau bottle i have always stood by the 1971 chateau dyquem as being one of the most seriously underrated vintages of that decade i feel completely vindicated in this view as i batted away the 1967 yquem when tasted at the chateau and entranced its audience this great yquem was born during 10 days from october 6 when warm and humid conditions caused an outbreak of botrytis it was a small crop of just 228