{"id":26154,"date":"2016-09-20T15:26:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T14:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=26154"},"modified":"2016-10-27T14:35:09","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T13:35:09","slug":"sticky-releases-yquem-2014-vin-de-constance-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/09\/sticky-releases-yquem-2014-vin-de-constance-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Sticky Releases &#8211; Yquem 2014 &#038; Vin de Constance 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Pre-shipment Offer<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>A sticky start to the week with two outstanding <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Sweet Wines<\/em><\/span>\u00a0released already!\u00a0Although at very different ends of the price spectrum, in terms of\u00a0history, quality and\u00a0reputation, these two have a\u00a0surprising amount in common.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2014 CH\u00c2TEAU YQUEM 1er Cru Class\u00e9 Sauternes |\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a32850 12\u00a0x 75cl &#8211; In Bond<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26163\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Yquem-2014.png\" alt=\"yquem-2014\" width=\"586\" height=\"151\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2013 VIN DE CONSTANCE Klein Constantia |\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a3200 &#8211; 6 x 50cl &#8211; In Bond<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26164\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Klein-Constantia-2013.png\" alt=\"klein-constantia-2013\" width=\"549\" height=\"183\" \/>There is no delivery charge for customers taking this wine Duty Paid or to any Elephant Storage Account<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>Chateau Yquem really needs no introduction as the undisputed king of Sauternes. The incredible terroir which is just so reliable for developing botrytis, twinned with a maniacal attention to detail and brutal selection process mean its production is uncompromising and the results are spectacular.<\/p>\n<p>Both of these historic wines have had superb &#8216;celebrity endorsement&#8217; over the years &#8211; with Thomas Jefferson famously ordering Yquem &#8216;ex-cellars&#8217; and both wines were\u00a0favourites of the Russian Royal\u00a0court.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;..you pays your money and takes your choice..&#8221;<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Vin de Constance too has a extraordinarily labour-intensive selection process with grapes being harvested one by one rather than as whole clusters or bunches. A huge number of different passes are made through the vineyards to ensure all the fruit is picked at the precise moment needed. Unusually for a \u2018New World\u2019 wine, Vin de Constance was big news in Europe throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Napoleon is said to have drunk almost\u00a0a bottle every day of his exile on St Helena. Louis XVI and Frederick the Great were huge fans too. Jane Austen recommends it in Sense and Sensibility to sooth a broken heart and another French fan was Baudelaire, who suggests that only the \u2018lips of a lover were more heavenly sweet\u2026\u2019 High praise indeed for something so exotic as a wine from Africa!<\/p>\n<p>Following its early success the Constantia estate\u2019s fortunes changed in the mid nineteenth century \u2013 with\u00a0Phylloxera devastating the vineyards. It was not until 1979 that a revival\u00a0started,\u00a0when a local family picked up the pieces and planted new vines \u2013 this resurrection has continued as new owners took the reins in 2010, with deep pockets and huge ambition, not to mention some serious wine-business clout in the shape of Hubert de Bo\u00fcard and Bruno Prats.<\/p>\n<p>We highly recommend both of these great wines. \u00a0These are fantastic propositions for the long-term &#8211; and will reward cellaring for at least 5 years but will continue to give joy almost indefinitely!<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/Pre-shipment-Offer-Yquem-2014-Klein-Konstantia-721-02.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22563\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Order-here-large-button.png\" alt=\"Order Button\" width=\"150\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pre-shipment Offer A sticky start to the week with two outstanding Sweet Wines\u00a0released already!\u00a0Although at very different ends of the price spectrum, in terms of\u00a0history, quality and\u00a0reputation, these two have a\u00a0surprising amount in common. 2014 CH\u00c2TEAU YQUEM 1er Cru Class\u00e9 Sauternes |\u00a0\u00a32850 12\u00a0x 75cl &#8211; 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