Wine Notes
A vintage packed to bursting with sweet botrytis and no end of intensity but has waned slightly over the years. It possible lacks a little acidity to counterbalance the sweetness but it may also need a little more time.
Producer Notes
Almost certainly the best sweet white wine in the world; probably the best white wine in the world; really expensive to produce and relatively cheap to buy given all that.
The wine will last forever so don’t be even slightly afraid of old vintages. As is often the case, the best value is probably to be found in the 80s.
The blend is 80% semillon and 20% sauvignon blanc.
There is also a dry white wine produced in the chateau called ‘Y’ de Chateau d’Yquem. To avoid snearing wine merchants looking down their noses at you, it’s wise to pronounced the ‘Y’ as ‘eegreck’
Vintage Notes
2005 was a very good vintage in Sauternes
2005 was an excellent, long-lived vintage in Bordeaux
Other 2005 Sauternes
2005 Chateau Sigalas Rabaud: ยฃ36
2005 Chateau Rieussec: ยฃ56
Other vintages of Chateau d’Yquem
1988 (in Magnum): ยฃ1100
1989: ยฃ405
2001: ยฃ640
2001 (in Half bottle): ยฃ340
2002 (in Half bottle): ยฃ210
2003 (in Half bottle): ยฃ165
2004 (in Half bottle): ยฃ270
2009 (in Half bottle): ยฃ295
2013 (in Half bottle): ยฃ175
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