Château d'Yquem
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Château d'Yquem is a Premier Cru Supérieur wine from the Sauternes, Gironde, region in the southern part of the Bordeaux vineyards known as Graves. In the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855
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A bottle of Yquem of 1973
A half bottle of Yquem, 1999.
Vineyards of Château d’Yquem in Sauternes.
The Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 resulted from the 1855 Exposition Universelle de Paris, when Emperor Napoleon III requested a classification system for France's best Bordeaux wines t
Château d'Yquem
…Supérieur (Fr: "Superior First Growth") wine from the Sauternes, Gironde, region in the southern part of the Bordeaux vineyards known as Graves. In the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855, Château d'Yquem was the only Sauternes given this rating, indicating its perceived superiority and higher prices over all other wines of its type…
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