Description
Grape: 65% Sémillon and 35% Sauvignon Blanc
Château d’Yquem’s microclimate is in the heart of a 20 km strip of land along both sides of the Garonne Valley where all of Bordeaux’s sweet and semi-sweet white wine appellations (Sainte Croix du Mont, Loupiac, Cérons, Cadillac, and Barsac) are located.
The vineyard:
Château d’Yquem has 113 hectares of vines, of which only one hundred produce grapes in a given vintage.