Sauternes #2 by Chateau d’Yquem - Sauternes 1er Cru Supérieur - 1 Magnum (1.5L)

Château d’Yquem has around one hundred hectares in production, planted with 75% Semillon and 25% Sauvignon Blanc. The Ciron, a tributary of the Garonne River that is essential to the creation of Sauternes wines, provides an exceptional micro-climate for the vines on the estate. It is, in fact, thanks to the action of the autumnal morning mists, just before the harvest, which leads to the appearance of the Botrytis Cinerea “noble rot”. Other than the characteristics of the “terroir” and climate, Château d’Yquem's reputation also owes much to expertise and excellence. With a drastically limited yield, Château d’Yquem produces Sauternes wines made prestigious by their rarity.
To create this high-quality wine, the estate carries out an extremely rigorous selection process of the batches, keeping only the most exceptional and elegant fruit. The other batches, on the whole of very good quality, are discarded. Since 2014, Château d’Yquem has been bottling some of these batches to create a non-vintage Sauternes which, up until now, has been available only to the estate teams. These Sauternes de Château d'Yquem are homogeneous and consistent. The 6 editions made so far have been put together in an exceptional, unique case, which we are offering here.



Each edition of Sauternes de Château d'Yquem is made from a blend of vintages. To the base vintage, proportions of other vintages are added gradually.

Sauternes 2: Batches of 5 vintages from 2010 to 2014, bottled in 2016