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  • Country ranking ?

    1 182
  • Producer ranking ?

    71
  • Decanting time

    1h
  • When to drink

    now to 2030
  • Food Pairing

    Salads

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The Story

With an annual production of 10,000 bottles a year, Y (pronounced "ee-grek" in French) is a rare wine. It is made from the same outstanding terroir and the same vines as Château d'Yquem. Although work in the vineyard is every bit as meticulous, the grapes are picked and the wine made in a different way.

 

Y was formerly made at the end of the harvest, with the last bunches left on the vines. These grapes, affected to varying degrees by B...

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Wine Information

1962 was a hot, dry year.
Y was made from two passes with a long interval in between: the first week of October and in mid-November.

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Vintage 1962

Bordeaux Vintage Report by Tb / If 1962 was also a fabulous year, it fell irrevocably in the shadow of 1961. The cold winter, with its biting frosts, allowed the vines to get a well-deserved rest after their hard work in 1961. The growing season started three weeks late. When the vines finally sprouted in mid-June, the weather improved. Toward fall, the weather warmed measurably, with the resulting drought ultimately having a negative impact o...

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Tasting note

ending

Endless, Round and Extensive

flavors

Petrol, Honey, Buttery and Perfumed

Verdict

Excellent

Written Notes

In 1959 Yquem introduced a dry white wine – “Y” (pronounced “e-grec” in French). “Y” comes from the same exceptional terroir and vines as Yquem´s legendary sweet wine. It benefits from identical strict vine growing methods, but is harvested and made differently. “Y” is made from a blend of 50% Sauvignon Blanc and 50% Sémillon. “Y” is produced when a conscious decision is made to pick certain plots of Sauvignon Blanc grapes at the beginning of the vintage and overripe Sémillon grapes afterwards. This accounts for small quantities and irregular production. Because of the cost of tiny production – around 2500 cases – it is always moderately high-priced wine. There have only been twenty-one vintages of “Y” since 1959. “Y” is normally a full and forceful wine and because of that it is an ideal match for food, especially for seafood and foie gras. For my belief, “Y” is a very high-quality and out of the ordinary dry white wine with great ageing potential up to 100 years. This 1961 was in perfect condition. Level was by the neck. Decanted for 30 minutes. Medium-gold, fine and fresh color. Round, oak and vanilla nose. Heavy and well balanced. In the mouth the wine was still quite tight, but all the elements of good concentration, nice noble rot fruit and firm structure were there - just decant the wine a few hours before tasting and wait. Your patience will be rewarded with this very long and complex, curious and most interesting wine.
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Origin

Sauternes, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

Below Average

Fake factory

None

Glass time

45min

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