Description
Château d’Yquem remains the largest of the greatest sweet wines of Bordeaux.
The land of Château d’Yquem is composed of 113 hectares where only a hundred hectares is exploited. The rest is left fallow after the uprooting of old vines and replanted with new vines to ensure the quality and excellence of the wine. The vineyard is planted with 80% Sémillon and 20% Sauvignon Blanc. Since 1959, the Château d’Yquem also produces a dry white wine “Y” (pronounced “Ygrec”), which is also subject to the same criteria of requirement. Only 33 vintages have left the Château for almost 60 years. Confidential production of about 10,000 bottles, this Bordeaux Blanc Sec is still one of the most wonderful in the region.
Tasting Notes
Give this 5 or 10 minutes to open in the glass because it has a pretty serious structure, deftly weighted, full of white pear, quince and apricot pit, balanced by savoury rosemary, straw and fennel notes, successful and totally moreish. A vintage that had the freshness necessary for great white wines in Bordeaux, and Y pulls away from the pack with this wine. [97/100 Points, Jane Anson, September 2021, Janeanson.com]
