Château d'Yquem Sauternes Premier Cru Supérieur Balthazar 12 liters - Original wood case

Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes Premier Cru Superieur Balthazar 12 litres - Original wooden case

6,185.00 € Tax included

Château d'Yquem is a great sweet white wine from Sauternes 1er Grand Cru Classé and is offered here in Balthazar of 12 liters, packaged in wooden crates, a very large and superb bottle to offer or to taste after a few years of patience.

The available vintages are displayed below: click on the desired vintage to view its price.

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 12 liters, or even more, La Bouteille Dorée offers you a beautiful collection of large bottles.

Packaging
  • 1-bottle wooden case
Vintage
  • 2014
  • 2013
Quantity

Not available at this moment

Data sheet

Bottle size
Balthazar 12L
Packaging
1 Balthazar - 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.
Amateur
Grands crus amateur
Food pairings
Foie gras, quail, duck, cheeses (Blue, mature Comté).
Availability
Delivery within 15 working days