BACK VINTAGE 'Y' DE CHATEAU YQUEM COLLECTION
Bordeaux, France
Twenty‑one back‑vintages from the legendary Château d’Yquem, and the lineup, folks, is extraordinary.
Thirteen bottles of transcendent Sauternes dating back to the JFK era … plus eight rare bottles of Ygrec — d’Yquem’s sublimely dry white — stretching back to 1977.
“There is no other wine in the world like [d’Yquem,” The Wine Advocate has written, “and there is no other luxury wine that can possibly justify its price as much as Yquem."
And that exalted quote isn’t even taking into account the many years of age these carry.
All bottles, please note, come from d’Yquem’s own legendary cellars, each in its single bottle original wooden case, and with pristine provenance guaranteed. Because, when you’re talking about wines that are older than the Beatles, nothing less will do.
Of the Sauternes, the 1961, 1986, and 2006 vintages are the biggest prizes of this haul, having been bestowed with some of the most laudatory words in the critical vocabulary (tour de force, breathtaking, monument, ethereal), along with the most jaw-dropping scores.
Scores that, we should note, belong to a different era, before the great score creep of the 2010s, when every decent bottle started getting 95+ points.
But we cannot emphasize it enough: scores simply can't capture the experience of drinking a Sauternes from d'Yquem … the aromatic headiness that each slow inhalation brings … the sublime, satiny richness that is more nearly that of an elixir than a wine … the utter surrender that each sip seems to insist upon …
The secret of d’Yquem is in its fanatically rigorous production methods. Famously, each vine produces exactly one glass per year, and the house has been known to just throw away entire harvests if they don’t meet standards.
What you are getting in every bottle, in other words, is winemaking at its most exacting and exquisite.
And allow me to bestow a few words on behalf of d’Yquem’s beguilingly dry Ygrec … We’ve curated a selection of eight devastatingly delicious bottles, highlighted by the 2009 vintage, which brings intensity and balance, and the 2017 vintage, which shows tremendous energy and freshness.
The common denominator in all these wines is an obsessive perfectionism that shows itself in every sublime sip.
This is an incredible investment opportunity, and a chance to secure some of the most extraordinary wines of the past 65 years … wines that will be an enormous credit to any serious collection.
Hurry now and secure your bottles and cases today!