Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes Premier Cru Superieur 2011 Nebuchadnezzar 15 litres - Original wooden case
Château d'Yquem is a great sweet white wine from Sauternes 1er Grand Cru Classé and is offered here in the 2014 vintage and in Nebuchadnezzar of 15 liters, packaged in wooden crates, a very large and superb bottle to offer or to taste after a few years of patience.
Very beautiful vintage in Sauternes and in particular at Château d'Yquem, unlike many other regions of France, the 2011 vintage gave very intense wines, with surprising and complex aromas.
The great sweet wines of Château d'Yquem offer exceptional ageing, generally 40 years or more depending on the vintage. They can be enjoyed quite young, but their incredible complexity is only revealed after at least ten years.
Find the great sweet white wines of Bordeaux in AOC Sauternes with Château d'Yquem, currently on sale at La Bouteille Dorée.
Ifyou are looking for a very large bottle such as a Nebuchadnezzar, a bottle of 15 liters, or even more, La Bouteille Dorée offers you a beautiful collection of large bottles.
Data sheet
- Vintage
- 2011
- Bottle size
- Nebuchadnezzar 15L
- Packaging
- 1 Nebuchadnezzar - Wooden case
- Country
- France
- Region
- Bordeaux
- Area
- Sauternes
- Colour
- Sweet white
- Type
- Dessert white
- Classification
- Grand Cru Classé
- Others
- Residual sugar 120 to 150g/l depending on the vintage.
- Acreage
- 113 ha.
- Soils
- Large gravel soils on clay subsoil.
- Harvest
- Manual.
- Yield
- 9 hl/ha.
- Prevalent grapes
- Sémillon
- Grape varieties
- Semillon 75% and Sauvignon 25%.
- Winemaking
- Successive manual sorting (sometimes more than 10) and fermentation in new barrels.
- Ageing
- 6 to 8 months in barrels then pre-blending and maturing for 20 months in barrels with 2 weekly topping-up, before final blending. Bottling during the 3rd winter following the harvest.
- Serving temperature
- 9°C when drunk young and up to 12°C for an old vintage.
- Drink from
- Today
- Drink until
- 2045
- Amateur
- Grands crus amateur
- Rating - Wine Spectator
- 96-99/100.
- Food pairings
- Foie gras, quail, duck, cheeses (Blue, mature Comté).
- Food pairing (Eggs - Vegetables)
- Foie gras
- Food pairing (Meat)
- Quail, duck
- Food pairing (Cheese)
- Blue, Matured Comté
- Availability
- Delivery within 5 working days
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