Chateau d'Yquem, Sauternes, 1955 SO061826 Pax The 2012 was a solid

The 2012 was a solid

Fermented with indigenous yeasts and bottled with minimal sulfur

The 2018 blend

bottled with zero dosage and made in tiny quantities

Chateau d'Yquem, Sauternes, 1955 SO061826 Pax The 2012 was a solidA genuinely old bottle of the greatest name in sweet wine. This is Yquem from 1955, a very good Sauternes vintage now seventy one years old, and time has turned it pure amber. Yquem is the sole Premier Cru Superieur of the 1855 classification, a rank above the first growths, made by harvesting botrytized berries grape by grape across multiple passes through the vineyard for microscopic yields. A well kept old Yquem like this trades primary fruit for