Chateau d'Yquem Premier Cru Superieur, Sauternes has sold at auction 3,143 times in the last five years across all vintages, at a median of $418 per 750ml. The most traded vintages are 2001, 1990 and 1989.
Auction median, all vintages
$418
3,143 sales · $325–625 middle half
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4,418
all vintages
Last auction sale
Oct 28
2026
Prices by vintage
Live auction lots (82)
$375per 750ml incl. premium62% below retail
The Dolce Vita Collection The Imperial Collection Selections Fine Rare Wines De October 29 30
1975 · Lot 889 · Qty 5
$706per 750ml incl. premium59% below retail
Fine Wine, Champagne, Vintage Port & Spirits: To Include A Collection Of Domaine Méo-Camuzet
1936 · Lot 14
$558per 750ml incl. premium57% below retail
October 2026 Wine No Reserves
1961 · Lot 377
$481per 750ml incl. premium49% below retail
Fine Wine, Champagne, Vintage Port & Spirits: To Include A Collection Of Domaine Méo-Camuzet
1966 · Lot 17
$541per 750ml incl. premium45% below retail
October 2026 Wine No Reserves
1975 · Lot 378
Wine facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Bordeaux
- Sub-region
- Sauternes
- Type
- White
- Classification
- Premier Cru Superieur
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About Chateau d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem, the only Sauternes rated Premier Cru Supérieur in 1855, makes one sweet wine plus the dry Y. Roughly 100 ha are in production on gravel over clay, sand and limestone, where autumn mists favour noble rot; Sémillon dominates, with Sauvignon Blanc (70/30 in 2023). Botrytised berries are hand-picked in successive passes, usually five or six and sometimes up to ten, for yields near 9 hl/ha, and the wine spends about three years in barrel. Concentrated and sweet, balanced by relatively high acidity, it can keep for a century or more. Y, made since 1959 and every year since 2004, blends Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon.
- Appellation
- Sauternes
- Classification
- Premier Cru Supérieur (1855)
- Owner
- LVMH
- Vineyards
- About 113 ha planted, about 100 ha in production; gravel over clay
- Grapes
- Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc (2023: 70% / 30%)
- Wines
- Château d'Yquem (sweet); Y, or Ygrec (dry white)
- Style
- Botrytised sweet white, about three years in barrel, ages a century or more
- Website
- https://www.yquem.fr/
Sources: 2023.yquem.fr, Wikipedia