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Château d’Yquem 1945 price
The 1945 vintage year had “A very warm spring, marked by a late frost on the 2nd of May (-2°) that damaged the top of the branches, but miraculously spared the flower clusters.
This was followed by a summer that was far more hot and dry than average. This weather lasted until autumn.
There were only 13 mm of precipitation between August and October. Picking entailed 5 passes and 6 solid weeks of work interrupted only by a day off on Sunday.
The grapes came in with perfect sugar levels (over 22° potential alcohol) and great acidity.
A vintage that epitomises complexity.”
The great fine wine enthusiast François Audouze had Château d’Yquem 1945 in May 2017:
“In the kitchen Marc had shown me beautiful pieces of mango and it appeared to me that it should not be diced, to let each guest manage the chew of the fruit to arrive at the best possible agreement with the sublime Château d’Yquem 1945.
This wine is fascinating. Its colour is quite clear at 72 years old. The perfume carries all the spices of Arabia. In the mouth it is molten honey.
This glorious wine is perfect and what makes it so is its correctness of tone. There is not a gram of heaviness, the sweetness is metered wonderfully.
The charm acts. The wine is fluid and beautifully complex, eternal. This wine will reap the votes as in a banana republic as it is acclaimed by all.”
A short history of Château d’Yquem
Château d’Yquem in Sauternes stands out as the only wine classified as Premier Cru Supérieur in the 1855 classification.
Château d’Yquem almost had English origins.
During the Middle Ages, the King of England, who was also Duke of Aquitaine at the time, owned the estate.
In 1453, Charles VII regained southwest France under the dominion of the French crown and has kept it French ever since.
A century and a half later, in 1593, Jacques Sauvage, a descendant of a local noble family, received feudal tenure over Yquem.
The Gironde department archives, as well as those of the château, indicate that special winegrowing practices and late harvesting already existed at this time.
Furthermore, the château has hosted a vineyard since at least 1711, when Léon de Sauvage d’Yquem fully owned the estate.
Subsequently, in 1785, Françoise-Joséphine de Sauvage d’Yquem married Count Louis-Amédée de Lur-Saluces, and the estate passed to the Lur-Saluces family.
Notably, their descendants managed the property for over 200 years.
In fact, by the eighteenth century, people already recognized its wine as renowned.
After centuries of family ownership, Louis Vuitton-Moët-Hennessy purchased d’Yquem in 2000.
Then, in 2004, Pierre Lurton, MD at Château Cheval Blanc (another LVMH property), assumed control.
On average, Château d’Yquem produces only 65,000 bottles each year.
Moreover, the yield never exceeds 900 litres per hectare, compared to the usual 2,000 to 3,000 litres in Sauternes.
Interestingly, the legend states that just one glass of wine comes from each vine.
