Château d’Yquem ‘Y’ 2017 muscat-of-alexandria walnuts and baked chestnuts

walnuts and baked chestnuts

spacious 'burgundy glass' with plenty of time added

aged for 9 months in third and fourth year barrels

once known as the "lace" of Champagne because of its fine and persistent white mousse

hibiscus whirlwind with dusty lithe tannins and a brightness that lingers long after the wine is gone

Château d’Yquem ‘Y’ 2017 muscat-of-alexandria walnuts and baked chestnutsY was formerly made at the end of the harvest, with the last bunches left on the vines. These grapes, affected to varying degrees by Botrytis cinerea, but never with more than 15% potential alcohol, resulted in a very unusual wine. This explains why it has always been produced in small quantities and on an irregular basis since 1959. Y changed starting in 1996, but without compromising its unique character, to be more in tune with the times by