Sauternes

Yquem is the only wine of Bordeaux to have right to the mention "1er cru supérieur".
Expensive, Yquem? Its production cost is extremely high. One hectare gives 833 bottles, 8 ceps give a bottle, that is to say 1 cep by glass! And manual harvest is made “grain par grain”!
The proximity of water of the Garonne and Ciron, the fog of the morning and the early sun of the afternoon optimize the development of the “pourriture noble”: the botrytis.
4 years are necessary before to see Yquem coming on the market.