Y d'Yquem - Bordeaux Superieur 2022 (1x75cl)

Y d'Yquem 2022 is the dry white of Château d’Yquem (Bordeaux Supérieur), made from the same vines as the Sauternes grand vin with different picking and production. The official Yquem 2022 vintage card gives a blend of 60% Sauvignon Blanc and 40% Sémillon, at 14% alcohol (pH 3.28; total acidity 5.92 g/L H2T; residual sugar 6.5 g/L). Harvest ran from 9 to 24 August 2022 — the earliest Y picking on record — in the warmest, driest year logged at Yquem since 1896, with a shortened 136-day season after bud break.

Tasting notes

The estate technical team (July 2024) describes powdered almond with wild rose and hawthorn, then pear and white peach with herbal citrus-leaf freshness and golden-wheat warmth; an elegant, lively attack; full, concentrated mid-palate with grapefruit zest bitterness and mandarin; and a long, delicate salty finish.