Chateau d'Yquem

Specification

Producer

Chateau d'Yquem

Region

Bordeaux

Where

Sauternes, Bordeaux

Classification

Premier Cru Supérieur (1855)

Grapes

Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc

Vintage

2004

Case

Half Bottle, 12 x 37.5cl OWC

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

CHAYQU0412X38

About this wine

Yquem is a sweet wine made mostly from Sémillon with Sauvignon Blanc, from grapes concentrated by noble rot and aged in new oak barrels. It is rich and luscious yet balanced by fresh acidity, with apricot, honey, citrus and spice. Its colour deepens to amber over time, and great vintages can age for a century or more.

About Chateau d'Yquem

Château d'Yquem stands on a hill in Sauternes and is the most famous sweet wine estate in the world. In the 1855 Classification it was the only estate ranked Premier Cru Supérieur, above all the other wines of Sauternes and Barsac. It belonged to the Lur-Saluces family for more than two centuries before LVMH became the majority owner in 1999.

Grapes are picked by hand in successive passes through the vineyard, selecting only berries affected by noble rot, and in years judged not good enough no Yquem is released. The wine is one of the longest-lived in the world.