1976 | Chteau d’Yquem

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Dessert Wine: 1976 | Chteau d’Yquem

Medium-bodied, there’s nothing heavy or big here, just a sense of harmony.

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Producer: Chteau d’Yquem

Ratings: WA | 96 JS | 96

Vintage: 1976

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon

Country/Region: France, Sauternes

This is silky and beautifully creamy in the mouth. Medium-bodied, there’s nothing heavy or big here, just a sense of harmony.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Tasted blind in Bordeaux, the 1976 Chteau d’Yquem reaffirms its reputation as one of the great wines of the decade, although I would suggest that that 1971 and 1975 are the true pinnacles. However, in no way do I wish to slight this Sauternes. Deep and slightly burnished in color, it offers dried pineapple, barley sugar, almond and a cheeky puff of caf latte. There is wonderful definition here. The palate is underpinned by nigh on perfect acidity with orange rind, mango, crme brle and minerals. As it fans out towards the finish, there is a tang of Seville orange marmalade, and though it does not quite possess the persistence of the 1975 Yquem, you will be craving for the next sip.

• James Suckling: This is silky and beautifully creamy in the mouth. Medium-bodied, there’s nothing heavy or big here, just a sense of harmony.

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.