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

Wine 1921 1er Cru Classé Supérieur  Bordeaux Sauternes

To drink between 1940 and 2050

Château note: An exceptional climatic year, marked by intense and regular drought; the frost at budbreak slightly limited the harvest. 1st September, 38 mm of rain triggered Botrytis; early and lengthy harvests at 14 and 30° offered a beautiful diversity of terroir, a source of great complexity. Of very great richness, perhaps the greatest vintage of the century.

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Info : Recorked at the chateau in 1992

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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 colour 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, crème brûlée yet again, but very true. On the palate from sweet to very sweet, depending I think on context, unquestionably rich, powerful, 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
Alcohol content 13.00% vol
Château Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem

Château d'Yquem is an absolute reference among great sweet wines and holds a unique place in the viticultural history of Bordeaux. Located at the heart of the Sauternes appellation, the estate benefits from an exceptional terroir and microclimate that favour the development of botrytis cinerea. In the official 1855 classification, Château d'Yquem achieved an unrivalled status by being designated Premier Cru Supérieur, a distinction unique among the grands crus classés.

The identity of Château d'Yquem rests on an extreme level of rigour at every stage of production: very low yields, successive harvest passes (tries) and strict selection of grapes. Long the property of the Lur Saluces family, the estate has belonged since 1997 to the LVMH group, which has chosen to preserve the château's technical independence and historic standards of excellence.

In great years, Château d'Yquem produces vintages that have become iconic, such as the 1908 wine through to the 1921 vintage, considered its pinnacle, by way of 1928 and 1929 which close out a prosperous decade, then the 1937 wine and the 1963 vintage, illustrating an exceptional ageing capacity that can extend over several decades, or even beyond.

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