Everlasting sun
Château d’Yquem 2022, a crazy year, a crazy vintage, literally extra ordinary, that opens up a new interpretation of Yquem’s time.
Powerful. Solar.
Legendary.
“The summers of yesteryear burn in the bottles of Yquem.” Never was a vintage such a fine reflection of François Mauriac’s poetic vision. For 2022 was one of those years: insane heat and prolonged drought, a succession of extreme phenomena fuelled much concern among the teams. But, more than anything else, it produced a Château d’Yquem that was powerful, sunny and exuberant.
Relentless for both man and nature, the weeks of summer 2022 brought about a ripening of the grapes that was as dazzling as it was promising. Every day, the main lines of a foretold masterpiece were being written in the vineyards. All that was needed was for the miracle-working rain to finally fall. We had to wait until the morning of October 15 for Botrytis cinerea to spread rapidly and generously. A new spell of mild weather and a steady south-easterly wind heralded a magnificent harvest.
The legend of Château d’Yquem 2022 was thus written in a fever that became ardor, an anguish turned into triumph. It bears the promise of a wine with exceptional ageing potential, like every vintage marked by the imprint of great suns.
- Harvest dates
- 20 September to
26 October 2022
- Blend
- 80% Sémillon
20% Sauvignon Blanc
- Alcohol content
- 13.5% abv
- pH
- 3.90
- Total acidity
- 5.39 g/L H2T
- Residual sugar
- 160 g/L
“An exquisite nobility that goesFrédéric Dard
down inside like light.
Because Yquem is also light.
Light in drinkable form.”
