The most anticipated winery visit for my Bordeaux trip was the visit to Chateau d'Yquem. Having booked and paid for the visit was the reason we had the accidental side trip to Sauternes. After having visiting a few Sauternes estates already, the winery visit was still interesting enough because of all the things they do a bit differently to the others (which presumable enabled them to stay on top of the game). The recent change in the way Y was made was also good to know.
We tasted the Y 2015 and the Yquem 2013. Unfortunately, I managed to forget to take photos of the bottles. In some ways both fell short of expectation. Y was supposed to get more interesting with age, and we were tasting a very young wine. Yquem was good, but then youe expect it to be superlative every time, all the time, and this didn't seem quite to make that high note. The wines need another entry to do full justice (even when they somewhat disappoint).
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