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2003 Château d'Yquem, Sauternes, Bordeaux

  • White
  • Luscious
  • Full Bodied
Ready - at best
Product: 20038004787
2003 Château d'Yquem, Sauternes, Bordeaux

Description

Château d'Yquem reported 2003 as the hottest year since 1896, the previous hottest being the 1976, which provided a superb wine with excellent botrytis, which is now showing at its best. Château d'Yquem concludes their report: "This unusual vintage will no doubt remain a benchmark for many years to come. An extraordinary summer, "total" botrytis and the sacrifice of part of the estate made it possible to harvest grapes with optimum fruit and concentration thanks to unusually clean amortisation.

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Colour White
Sweetness Luscious
Vintage 2003
Maturity Ready - at best
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château d'Yquem

About this wine

Château d’Yquem

Château d’Yquem is the leading estate in the Sauternes appellation on the Left Bank of Bordeaux. It has long been reputed for making one of the world’s great sweet wines. In the 1855 classification of Bordeaux wines, Yquem was given the lofty title of Premier Cru Supérieur – the sole property at that level. It sits comfortably among the First Growths of the Médoc and their equivalents on the Right Bank regarding its quality and prestige among wine collectors.
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