Chateau d'Yquem, Sauternes, Bordeaux 2017 Chardonnay

Chateau d'Yquem, Sauternes, Bordeaux 2017 ChardonnayGrape growing at Chteau d'Yquem remains very traditional. Fertiliser is exclusively organic and used sparingly. Furthermore, only 20 hectares are fertilised a year. This compost maintains the soil's natural equilibrium while keeping it from becoming too rich or fertile, as this would prevent the vines from producing wines of character. Chemical weed killers are never used. The soil undergoes regular cycles of manual work: earthing up twice a year,

The aftertaste is long and classy

The 16 year old Bushmills builds on the soft

Though Icewine's roots can be traced to centuries old German winemakers

although it was the Phoenicians

Using grapes from selected sites from all over the state and bottling them each under their own label

elegant and balanced champagne

This is the great wine of the appellation

Coming primarily from the Estate’s younger vineyards and made with the same passion and attention to detail as Ornellaia

constitute the bulk of the winery's production

Harvesting is manual and vinification is done in small batches with optimally ripe fruit which lead to wines with plump and generous fruit flavours

opening of buds on the vines was 10 days later than usual due to low air temperatures and comparatively cold soils

Theophile is today produced by Louis Roederer in keeping with the style that makes its success