Chateau d'Yquem, Sauternes, 1955
A genuinely old bottle of the greatest name in sweet wine. This is Yquem from 1955, a very good Sauternes vintage now seventy-one years old, and time has turned it pure amber. Yquem is the sole Premier Cru Superieur of the 1855 classification, a rank above the first growths, made by harvesting botrytized berries grape by grape across multiple passes through the vineyard for microscopic yields. A well-kept old Yquem like this trades primary fruit for marmalade, dried apricot, saffron, honey, and Seville orange, all held in place by a line of acidity that keeps it from ever feeling heavy. Privately sourced, rare, and ready to drink now. Open it for something that matters.
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A genuinely old bottle of the greatest name in sweet wine. This is Yquem from 1955, a very good Sauternes vintage now seventy-one years old, and time has turned it pure amber. Yquem is the sole Premier Cru Superieur of the 1855 classification, a rank above the first growths, made by harvesting botrytized berries grape by grape across multiple passes through the vineyard for microscopic yields. A well-kept old Yquem like this trades primary fruit for marmalade, dried apricot, saffron, honey, and Seville orange, all held in place by a line of acidity that keeps it from ever feeling heavy. Privately sourced, rare, and ready to drink now. Open it for something that matters.
