Primeurs 2009 Sauternes
In the magnificent lounge on the first floor of the Opera of Bordeaux, exceptionally opened for the occasion, Pierre Lurton, President of the Château d'Yquem, presented the vintage year 2009 to professionals and journalists from the whole world. “2009 can be considered as one of the biggest successes of Yquem, combining a great vintage year of grape with a great vintage year of botrytis, which has the rhythm of the 1989, the ampleness of the 1990, the intensity of the 2003, the concentration of the 2001 and the memory of the 1893... A masterpiece! “.
Having savoured the purity of the 2009, everyone could taste the Y 2007 dry white wine, then rediscover the complexity of the Château d'Yquem 1989, brightened up with all sorts of 'bouchées' especially created by Yannick Alleno, 3-Star Chef at the Hotel Meurice : Maki of smoked salmon and Enoki; Black truffle Macaroon; Caviar in aspic with watercress cream, Roast glazed confit of sucking pig with polenta Pont-neuf; Roasted calf's sweetbread and Fragola cooked as a risotto with Sauternes gravy; Liquorice flavoured mascarpone horn... Revelation of aromas and flavours to accompany this “Stradivarius” of wines, with, as a culmination, the symphony of tastes of the 2009.
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