Chateau d'Yquem, 1965 Sweet Wine
Sauternes 1er Grand cru Classe
Bottle size: 75cl
ABV: 12%
Price:
$1,148.11 USD
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Description
Yquem is indisputedly the best wine in Sauternes and may well be the finest sweet wine in the world.
A good wine. On the nose, bthere is some orange marmalade, honey and spice character in this wine. Turns quite woody, with lots of caramel.
YQUEM NOTES: It was very cold from April to September which dashed hopes for good ripeness. The deluge in late September (100 mm in 8 days) was very worrying, but things changed all of a sudden. The rain stopped and it was finally warm. There were two fine passes from the 3rd to the 12th of October and a third from the 16th to the 20th, however it was difficult to find grapes with high enough sugar levels. It took 22 days in a row of energetic picking to reach the desired 20° potential alcohol
Condition
Good level
Bin soiled and faded label