Chateau d'Yquem - The King Of All Wines !

When Stephen Williams acquired this Château d’Yquem vertical assemblage two years ago, it was comprehensive, but not yet complete. Frenchman Didier Segon had begun amassing bottles of the King of Sauternes during the 1960s and continued to do so until sometime in the 1980s, when he sold the collection to an unidentified Englishman, who in turn sold it to Williams, the 48-year-old founder and owner of the Antique Wine Co. of Great Britain. The collection now contains one of every vintage that Château d’Yquem released from 1860 through 2003—135 bottles total. The winery did not produce a wine from nine of its harvests during that 143-year span. Williams provides duplicates for 68 of the individual vintages, enabling you to acquire, for example, two bottles of the 1865 and two of the 1921, both of which Williams describes as “magnificent—they still taste like 10-year-old wines.” Château d’Yquem has been producing wine commercially since 1786, but, Williams says, 1860 is the earliest vintage from which he can offer an unbroken line of Château d’Yquem. “If I found an 1859 tomorrow, I would add it, but the chance of going back further is very, very remote,” he says, noting that he does have an 1811, which he is not including as part of this collection. Williams commissioned British furniture designer David Linley to create a pair of cabinets to house the collection. Made from walnut inlaid with burr walnut and ebony, each cabinet measures 58 inches tall by 51 inches long and 21 inches deep and can accommodate 80 bottles. Williams, who sold a smaller d’Yquem collection in 1996 for $1 million but this one vertical is without peer. It i simply impossible for anyone to build something like this in today’s world. You should be prepared to write a $2,5 million check for this one. If you do so, please let us know!
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