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Chateau d'Yquem 2023 375ml (Half Bottle)

  • The Wine Advocate
    100 Points
  • Jane Anson
    100 Points
  • James Suckling
    100 Points
Chateau d'Yquem 2023 375ml (Half Bottle)
  • The Wine Advocate
    100 Points
  • Jane Anson
    100 Points
  • James Suckling
    100 Points
Chateau d'Yquem 2023 375ml (Half Bottle)
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Chateau d'Yquem

Chateau d'Yquem 2023 375ml (Half Bottle)

SKU: CDYQ202305 UCAU
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15 Plus Years
$460.00 / bottle
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Château d'Yquem stands alone in Bordeaux as the only estate classified Premier Cru Supérieur in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855, a recognition of its unrivalled reputation for producing the world’s greatest sweet wines.

The 2023 vintage marks the third chapter in a remarkable trilogy for Château d'Yquem. After the perfect 100 point 2021 and 2022 vintages, the 2023 has already received three 100 point scores, confirming an extraordinary run for the estate.

La Place de Bordeaux Pre-arrival Offer - Delivery from September 2026 onwards.

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Château d'Yquem 2023 375ml (Half Bottle) exemplifies the pinnacle of sweet wine craftsmanship from Bordeaux’s most prestigious estate. Renowned as the only Premier Cru Supérieur in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855, Château d'Yquem has set the global benchmark for dessert wines, combining tradition, precision, and exceptional terroir.

The 2023 vintage continues an extraordinary legacy, following the acclaimed 2021 and 2022 vintages that both achieved perfect 100-point scores. This latest release has already secured three 100-point ratings, confirming its place among the most outstanding vintages in Château d'Yquem’s history. The Bordeaux region’s 2023 growing season provided optimal conditions, encouraging the development of perfectly botrytized grapes, which contribute to the wine’s signature richness and finesse.

Presented in a convenient and elegant 375ml half bottle, this vintage showcases a complex and harmonious flavor profile. Aromas of ripe apricot, honeyed citrus, and delicate saffron intermingle with subtle hints of spice, all underscored by vibrant acidity that ensures a remarkably long, refined finish. This balance of luscious sweetness and refreshing structure reflects the unique microclimate and soil composition of the Sauternes appellation, where Château d'Yquem’s grapes are meticulously nurtured.

Offered as a La Place de Bordeaux Pre-arrival Offer with delivery scheduled from September 2026, this half bottle presents an exclusive opportunity for collectors and enthusiasts to acquire a timeless investment. The wine’s aging potential promises to unlock further layers of depth and complexity, rewarding patience and discerning taste.

Château d'Yquem 2023 stands as a testament to Bordeaux’s historic excellence in sweet wine production, combining unrivalled quality, prestige, and extraordinary longevity in an accessible format. This release is a distinguished representation of French viticulture, destined to enchant those who appreciate the finest expression of luxury dessert wines.

  • Only Premier Cru Supérieur estate classified in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855, highlighting its unmatched reputation for producing the world’s finest sweet wines.
  • Third consecutive vintage following perfect 100-point 2021 and 2022 releases; 2023 has already received three 100-point scores, confirming an exceptional trilogy.
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Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon

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Critic Scores

100The Wine Advocate

With 153 grams per liter of residual sugar—placing it among the 10 most concentrated vintages in the château’s history—the 2023 d'Yquem ranks among the finest wines bottled here under Lorenzo Pasquini’s direction. It unfurls from the glass with a complex, vibrant and remarkably pure bouquet of pineapple, guava, mango, confit citrus, beeswax and spices. Full-bodied, dense and concentrated, it combines formidable depth with perfectly judged control, built around a fleshy core of fruit, framed by lively acidity and a crystalline texture and culminating in an endless, refined and ethereal finish. Yquem’s natural power is here masterfully harnessed by the vintage’s freshness and tension, revealing an aesthetic of precision and vibrancy encountered only in the estate’s greatest years—made all the more remarkable by the fact that the château now achieves even higher levels of concentration than a decade ago, without any perceptible increase in sweetness on the palate. - Yohan Castaing

100Jane Anson

Power, freshness, depth, after the extremes of 2021 and 2022, this walks the line between the two, exceptional, mandarin, quince, mirabelle plums, white truffle, fresh fruit and confit fruit, a vibration of slate and steel, opulent but slices closed on the finish. The botrytis came early and quickly in 2023. Francis Mayeur in final vintage as consultant, after many years as inhouse winemaking team, Lorenzo Pasquini director. 154g/l residual sugar, 3.85ph, harvest September 14 to October 11.

100James Suckling

Perfect aromas carry through to every milliliter of this wine, showing intense orange peel, honey, butterscotch, saffron, smoke and peat, with hints of coffee and dried apples. Full-bodied but weightless and silky, with an excellent balance of fruit, sweetness and spices. Some peanut brittle, dried oranges and lemons at the end. I can’t get over how wonderful this is now, but it can age forever. 154 g/L residual sugar. Drink or hold.

About this Wine

Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon

A white wine blend combining Sauvignon Blanc's bright acidity with Semillon's richer texture.

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Bordeaux

Bordeaux produces some of the most highly sought after and revered wines in the world. Located close to the coast, in the south-west of France the town and is divided by the Gironde River. Wines to the west of the river are referred to as left bank, and are Cabernet dominant. To the East of the river, on the right bank Merlot is the dominant grape variety. Throughout the 57 appellations, over 10,000 wine-making châteaux grow the red grapes; Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. These are commonly blended and collectively referred to as clarets. Smaller amounts of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc is also grown in Bordeaux.

In 1855, due to the high export demands of Bordeaux wines, Emporer Napoleon III requested an official Bordeaux classification system, based on market costs of the wines at the time. The Chateaux were classified in to five ‘growths’ from first growth to fifth growth and cru Bourgois. Also in 1855 The Sauternes and Barsac classification covered the sweeter wines, with Chateau d’Yquem the only Superior First Growth, followed by Premiers Crus and Deux Deuxièmes Crus.

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