CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM 1921
CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM 1921
CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM 1921
CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM 1921
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CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM 1921
CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM 1921
CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM 1921
CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM 1921
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1921 CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM 1921

Sauternes - 1er Cru Classé Supérieur  Bordeaux Sauternes

Note from the château: An exceptional climatic year, marked by intense and regular drought; the frost at bud break limits the harvest a little. September 1, 38 mm of water launch Botrytis; early and long harvests of 14 and 30° offer a beautiful diversity of terroir, a source of great complexity. Very rich, perhaps the greatest vintage of the century.

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100 / 100 Rated by 3 experts

Condition : Good

Info : Recorked at the chateau in 1992

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100 / 100
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider May - 2022
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider
Not all legendary wines live up to their lofty status. But this did! Right from the start, the amber, translucent, mahogany color in the hand-blown bottle is a thing of beauty. From there, the caramel, burnt sugar, molasses, roasted orange rind, clove, singed, overripe mango, butterscotch, and melted butter aromas created an unforgettable bouquet, which continued to add chocolate covered orange overtones as the wine remained in the glass. On the palate, the perfect balance between the interplay of sugar, honey, roasted, orange tropical fruit, butter, acidity, and melted caramel transfixes you. Tasted for more than 2 hours, the wine never degraded. Instead, it continued adding more shades of sugary, cooked honey, and buttery sweetness to the fruits that were kept fresh by the wines racy, acidities. When young, there are sweet wines that give d'Yquem a run for the money. But after the 50-year mark, there is no equal. And now, I can safely say, that gap is even wider as the wine crosses the century mark.
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Jancis Robinson November - 1999
Jancis Robinson
Lively tawny with some green notes. Very very deep colour in the bottle. Very very creamy nose, green. Fireworks - explosive. Elixir. Twang. Great ethereal lift. Tangy, twangy. Long and reverberating.
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5 / 5
Michael Broadbent December - 2000
Michael Broadbent
A colossus. Perhaps the most staggeringly rich Yquem of all time, certainly since the towering 1847. A word of advice : do not be put off by the dark colour. This is correct.The bouquet, very rich, honeyed of course, peachy, barley sugar, intense yet fragrant, creme brulee yet again, but very true. On the palate from sweet to very sweet, depending I think on context, unquestionably rich, pozerful, even assertive, great length and intensity, and supported by life-preserving acidity. One of life's sublime experiences.
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Vintage Wine  1921
Classification Sauternes - 1er Cru Classé Supérieur 
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Sauternes
Colour Sweet white wine
Volume 0.75 l
Country France
Château Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem

The Château d'Yquem is an area of 133 hectares including 113 hectares of vineyards, 102 acres operated, south of Bordeaux in Sauternes region that produces a sweet white wine ranked Premier Cru Superior, the only wine from the Sauternes category.

It is considered by many as the best Sauternes. The yield is only 6 hectoliters per hectare and in some years, if the quality is not deemed sufficient, the bottles are not sold under this label.

The wines are characterized by their complexity due to a significant amount of residual sugar and flavorings made by Botrytis cinerea. A relatively high acidity helps offset the sweetness. Another characteristic for which Château d'Yquem is known is his longevity. In good years does present a bottle of his outstanding after one or two decades in a cellar and with care it will keep for a century or more, adding to the complexity...

Since 1959 Chateau d'Yquem produces a dry white wine named "Y" (and before 2004 "Y Lur-Saluces") makes an equal proportion of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. This wine, like great wine is not produced every year. The 2005 vintage was the first vintage of Yquem offered for sale en primeur. 

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