Vintage 1982

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Château d'Yquem 1982

The Other 1982

Château d'Yquem 1982 · Bordeaux, France · tasted 10 November 2025

In Bordeaux, 1982 is a legend — but that story belongs to the reds. In Sauternes the October rains washed the botrytis away, and almost nobody had picked in time. Forty-three years on, what you notice first is not the sweetness but the acid.