Château D'yquem 375ml - 2019/2020/2022

Château d'Yquem 2019 is considered an exceptional Sauternes vintage, marked by a historically high proportion of Sauvignon Blanc (45%), giving vibrant freshness and tension from youth. It's the only wine classified Premier Cru Supérieur in Bordeaux, keeping its legendary status as the wine world's "liquid gold".

The Wine Advocate
RP 98

Reviewed by: Yohan Castaing

A blend of 80% Sémillon and 20% Sauvignon Blanc, the 2022 d’Yquem is a strong contender for wine of the vintage. It offers a remarkably delicate, complex, vibrant bouquet of rose, candied citrus, exotic fruit and orange marmalade. Full-bodied, dense and deep, with impeccable balance reinforced by a succulent fruit core, bright acidity, a lovely food-friendly bitterness and dry extract leading to a long, ethereal, delicately perfumed, refined finish.

Lorenzo Pasquini and his team understood the vintage perfectly by favouring third pickings in the blend, fully exposed to Botrytis cinerea, bringing density and precision along with an energetic, beautifully balanced interplay of bitterness and sweetness.

Residual sugar reaches 160 grams per litre, the second highest since the iconic 1945 vintage.

Published: 16 January 2025.

Château d'Yquem is in the Sauternes region, with 113 hectares of vineyards on soils rich in pebbles and gravel, making it warm and dry, ideal for sweet wines. The style of these wines is hard to describe, offering a myriad of well-balanced, complex flavours that build even more harmony over time.