60 bottles from each vintage excluding 1951, 1952, 1964, 1972, 1974 & 1992 which were not produced.
1 x case (12x75cl) OWC
8 x cases (6x75cl) OWC
Chateau d’Yquem is no like no other sweet wine in the world. It combines compelling aromatics of flowers, honey, tropical fruits, vanilla, stone, apricot, white peaches, grilled nuts, and oranges when young. As the wine ages, it takes on a deeper color with an orange copper hue and starts to show scents of caramel, butterscotch, and honeyed tropical fruits. With more time, the wine develops chocolate tones are as well
Chateau d’Yquem is concentrated, rich, and deep, but even with all that sweetness going on, there is a spine of racy, acidity that keeps the wine fresh and lively. The textures are pure silk and velvet. Yes, other sweet white Bordeaux wines can deliver similar characteristics to varying degrees when young, but when most other wines have dropped their fruit, Chateau d’Yquem continues to age and evolve.
It is not uncommon for the best vintages of Chateau d’Yquem to deliver intense pleasure at 100 years of age if they were well stored. While Chateau d’Yquem is expensive, it delivers a unique tasting experience, coupled with the ability to age for decades, and in the best vintages, there is no other wine that competes at the same level.
When Chateau d’Yquem is first bottled, it shows a dark yellow or gold hue. With aging, the color changes and begins getting darker. 40-year-old d’Yquem could resemble caramel, while bottles twice that age, could have the color of dark coffee.
Something else to consider, when d’Yquem is young, not more than 25 years after the vintage, the flavors will better resemble honey, drenched tropical fruit. As the wine ages further, often those yellow tropical fruit flavors fade and tasters experience flavors of caramel, burnt toast, spice, and creme brulee.
