The quality of Château d’Yquem’s wine during the 1950s was – shall we say? – irregular.
The 1958 vintage was one of the better-balanced wines made by Yquem in the 1950s, a decade in which two years (1951 and 1952) were so poor that no wine was made.
(Just imagine having a business for which no goods can be made and sold for two consecutive years!)
Great Yquem vintages tend to be early (picked no later than October) and fast. This vintage was late and slow.
The resulting wine was not as sweet or rich as Yquem can be in other years.
Still, it was a better year in Bordeaux for the sweet white Sauternes wines than for the red wines.
In the context of the 1940s and 1950s, Château d’Yquem 1958 was not as good as 1949, 1953, or 1959 (all available from Arden Fine Wines 👍).
But it’s not as bad as 1963 or 1968 – which are for completists only…
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