1871 | Chteau d’Yquem

Dessert Wine: 1871 | Chteau d’Yquem

An attractive amber-coloured, rich, toasty-nosed, sweet, powerful, concentrated wine.

Order from the Largest & Most Trusted Premium Spirits Marketplace!

Featured in

• ROLLING STONE
• MEN’S JOURNAL
• US WEEKLY

NOTICE: Many other small liquor store sites may end up cancelling your order due to the high demand, unavailability or inaccurate inventory counts. We have partnerships consisting of a large network of licensed retailers from within the United States, Europe and across the world ensuring orders are fulfilled.

Producer: Chteau d’Yquem

Vintage: 1871

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon

Country/Region: France, Sauternes

Dark tawny, rich though somewhat sharp bouquet, old, deep honey, held well; sweet assertive, pasty flavour, backbone of acidity. Next, level upper-shoulder: an attractive amber-coloured, rich, toasty-nosed, sweet, powerful, concentrated wine.

Producer Information

Chteau d’Yquem is a property in the Sauternes district of Bordeaux, making what is arguably the world’s most famous dessert wine. It was the only Sauternes chteau rated as Premier Cru Suprieur in the official Classification of 1855, and is priced accordingly. The Yquem estate, owned by the King of England in the Middle Ages, has produced late-harvest wine since at least the late 1500s. The 103 hectare (254 acre) vineyard is situated on the highest hill in Sauternes. The soils here are perfect for the production of sweet wine a warm, dry topsoil of pebbles and course gravel lies over a clay subsoil that retains generous water reserves, aiding with the development of noble rot, and there are around 60 miles (100km) of drains to prevent waterlogging. At any one time around 12ha (30 acres) of vineyard are either fallow or have young vines not suitable for production.