The pale to medium lemon-gold coloured 2005 d'Yquem opens with a provocative, mineral, and earth-tinged nose of chalk dust, wet pebbles, and dried wild mushrooms over a core of warm apricots, green mango, honeyed toast, ginger, and pink grapefruit plus wafts of honeycomb, orange blossoms, and saffron. The palate confirms the wine is still a little closed and shut down, offering achingly gorgeous glimpses at the tightly wound, intricate layers structured with a racy acid line and wonderfully creamy texture, finishing incredibly long and perfumed. This decadent flavor bomb still needs a good five to seven years in bottle before it is set to go off, but oh what a spectacle it will give then!