Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 1988 (375ml) [NET] web-unpublished from To Kalon in Oakville

from To Kalon in Oakville

It's the kind of bottle that converts skeptics of low-dose Champagne: bone-dry but never austere

if you can't wait

where chilly fog keeps natural acidity high

This 2016 displays aromas of cherries

Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 1988 (375ml) [NET] web-unpublished from To Kalon in OakvilleThis is Yquem, the most storied sweet wine on earth, in one of the great vintages of its era: 1988, an insider's favorite from a late harvest that ran to All Saints Day with six passes through the vines for botrytized fruit. Yquem is Sauternes itself, planted mostly to Semillon with Sauvignon Blanc, picked berry by berry as noble rot concentrates the sugars. The 1988 is prized as the refined, elegant member of the legendary 1988 1989 1990 trio. This