2019 Château d'Yquem, Sauternes, Bordeaux

  • White
  • Luscious
  • Full Bodied
  • Sémillon (55%), Sauvignon Blanc (45%)
Ready - youthful
Product: 20198004787
2019 Château d'Yquem, Sauternes, Bordeaux

Description

I had the opportunity to taste this, rather unusually, as an aperitif to a meal themed around savoury pairings for Château d'Yquem. Despite being a little different to your standard pre-supper refreshment, it was no less delicious. Crystallised pineapple and soft-dried mango, classically underscored by peach and ripe apricot. Delicate aromatic spice and a nuance of the signature, saffron hallmark. Certainly, hedonistic but with a perfect freshness woven in. A truly beautiful expression of Yquem with such structure and fine balance that it promises to be vintage to remember.

Drink 2024 - 2060

Charlie Leech, Buying Assistant, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour White
Sweetness Luscious
Vintage 2019
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Sémillon (55%), Sauvignon Blanc (45%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château d'Yquem

About this wine

Sémillon

The main grape for Sauternes and particularly successfully grown in Australia's Hunter Valley. Hunter Valley Sémillon is one of Australia’s iconic and unique wines, totally unlike any wine produced elsewhere in the world from the same grape variety. In youth the wines are quite citrusy and fresh, but are generally perceived to gain hugely in complexity as they age and are deemed to be best drunk when at least 5 years old, frequently lasting for 10 or more years. Unusually for Australia, the alcohol levels rarely exceed 11.5%. In Bordeaux it is the most widely planted white grape and is blended with Sauvignon Blanc to produce the great long-lived dry whites of Graves as well as the great sweet wines of Sauternes. It is high in alcohol and extract and relatively low in aroma and acidity. Its thin skin makes it very susceptible to botrytis which is prerequisite for the making of Sauternes. It responds well to oak ageing and, while having a lightly lemony aroma when young develops lanolin flavours which some describe as "waxy", as well as a rich, creamy, intense, texture and a deep golden colour.
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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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