Château d'Yquem
Premier Cru Supérieur (1855)
The only Premier Cru Supérieur, and the benchmark for sweet wine everywhere.
No deposit, no obligation. Lamont’s contacts you before the release.
The Allocation Program
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Why we follow Château d'Yquem
The estate
The only Premier Cru Supérieur of the 1855 Sauternes classification, on a hilltop in the Sauternes commune. Owned by LVMH, majority from 1999 and in full from 2004, and managed by Pierre Lurton, who also runs Cheval Blanc, since May 2004.
The vineyards
Around 113 hectares in total, of which roughly 100 to 103 are productive. Plantings run about 75 to 80 per cent Sémillon and 20 to 25 per cent Sauvignon Blanc, on clay-gravel over limestone slopes that fall away on all sides of the château — ideal for the morning mists that bring botrytis.
In the glass
Multiple selective hand-harvest passes, or tries, picking only nobly rotted berries. Whole-cluster pressing, usually three presses combined, fermentation in entirely new oak with indigenous yeasts, and more than three years in barrel. The finished wine sits around 13 to 13.5 per cent alcohol with 120 to 130 grams per litre of residual sugar. In 2006 a 135-year vertical, every vintage from 1860 to 2003, sold for US$1.5 million. The lot notably included nine empty bottles for the non-declared vintages, signed by Pierre Lurton. Because Yquem is released years after the vintage and ages for a century, older bottles are a prime counterfeiting target, and fill level and provenance matter.
With Lamont’s
Offered through Lamont’s Allocation Program, generally following the April release. Register your interest and we will contact you when the next allocation is confirmed.
The wines
Request individual wines, or register interest in the whole estate. We will contact you when an allocation is confirmed.
The whole Château d'Yquem range
For collectors who would consider any available Château d'Yquem allocation, across every tier.
The wines
Château d'Yquem
Sémillon-dominated botrytised sweet wine, a century-ager in top years.
Y (Ygrec)
The dry white, made in selected years.
In stock at Lamont’s
2022 Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 375ml
$580.00
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2023 Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 375ml
$449.00
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2023 Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 750ml
$995.00
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2001 Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 375ml
$1,360.00
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2017 Y d'Yquem Bordeaux Blanc
$480.00
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2005 Y d'Yquem Bordeaux Blanc
$1,095.00
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2023 Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes Magnum 1500ml
$1,995.00
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2001 Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes Magnum 1500ml
$6,095.00
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2001 Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 750ml
$3,040.00
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2022 Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes Magnum 1500ml
$2,295.00
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2022 Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 750ml
$1,195.00
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Release and availability
How it works
- 1Choose a producer.
- 2Register your interest.There is no purchase or commitment.
- 3Lamont’s contacts you before the release.
Next expected release: April. Timing is indicative and can move with the producer or the vintage. View the allocation calendar
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How allocations are offered
It records which producers and wines interest you, so we know who to contact when a release is confirmed.
Availability depends on what arrives and how many customers are waiting. In some years there is very little to go round.
Our team considers purchase history, genuine interest and intended enjoyment. We would rather a case went to someone who will open it and tell us what they thought than to whoever asked first.
Change your requests at any time from My allocation requests. Release timing moves with the producer and the vintage, so the months on the release calendar are a guide rather than a promise.
Explore the Allocation Program
See upcoming releases from Château d'Yquem and other benchmark estates.