21 December 2012
As you probably know by now, Château d’Yquem decided not to produce a 2012 vintage. Despite the fact that we undertake intense, unceasing efforts in the vineyard and cellars every year, Mother Nature was simply too contrary in 2012 to enable us to produce the sort of quality associated with the Yquem name. The weather [...]
25 October 2012
2011 is an unusual year for Y. Yquem’s dry white wine now has a new label and, as though prefiguring this desire for change, the entire 2011 crop was picked in the month of August – something unprecedented. Bottled in September 2012, the 2011 vintage is a superb example of the new generation of Y. [...]
28 September 2012
It has been nearly 20 years since we have had to wait this long to begin the harvest. The last time the first pass in the vineyards did not start in the month of September was in 1993. Everyone at the estate is biding their time, but there are plenty of things to do while [...]
11 July 2012
With her typical passion and directness, Sandrine Garbay describes how she decided to become an oenologist and discusses the best way to age and enjoy Yquem. A revelation “I very much enjoyed studying chemistry and biology at school, and dreamed of becoming a laboratory assistant. As it turned out, I became an oenologist more or less [...]
13 June 2012
As you have probably read, or heard during the week of En Primeur tastings in Bordeaux, the 2011 vintage is very promising in Sauternes, especially at Château d’Yquem – in fact, so promising that many tasters did not hesitate to compare it to the 2001. However, our expectations and the quality of the vintage do [...]
10 May 2012
2011 is a great Sauternes vintage. Weather conditions were ideal during the harvest and our winemaking team is proud to present an exciting new vintage. Feedback on the first reactions to 2011 Yquem during the “en primeur” tastings. A lovely evening and perfectly matched food and wine, thanks to Yannick Alleno Once again, we [...]
18 April 2012
” Picking was very intense and very quick, lasting five weeks during very hot and very dry weather. This is an especially interesting vintage in which the diversity of Yquem’s terroirs made it possible to maintain the necessary control over sugar levels. The combination of extremely sweet botrytised grapes and less developed ones, but with [...]
02 April 2012
After a mild, dry winter, the 2011 growing season took off with a flying start. Springtime temperatures were totally extraordinary, with the warmest months of April and May in over a century ! As a result, flowering took place 3 weeks ahead of time, in mid-May, auguring well for a very early harvest. The only [...]
12 March 2012
It is always an exciting challenge to a chef to prepare a menu revolving around the wines made by one man. That is why the Fat Duck chose Pierre Lurton as guest of honour at a dinner served on 14 January 2012. This was a wonderful occasion on which to marry the inventive cuisine of [...]
09 February 2012
Except for January 1985 and 1986, it hasn’t been anywhere near this cold since the terrible winter of 1956! Indeed, such snow and unrelenting cold are extremely rare in February. Sauternes under a white mantle A post card décor awaited us when we came to work on Monday morning. The estate was covered with a [...]
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