Timeless wines

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  1945

  A truly great year, a wonderful vintage in Bordeaux. The reds are full-bodied, roasted, savoury, fat and aromatic. Great wines ! The whites are very successful, sappy, balanced and stylish sweet wines rich in alcohol and sugars. Very good bottles !

  In his "the great vintage wine book, Michael Broadbent reported that a ferocious cyclone hit the Côte de Beaune in late June, further reducing the crop to one-sixteeth of the size anticipated. These extremely minuscule quantities, together with the hot weather, produced highly concentrated wines.

  Best wines from the vintage 1945:

  Extraordinary wines: Château Haut Brion 1945, Château Lafleur 1945, Château Mouton Rothschild 1945, Vieux Château Certan 1945

  Outstanding wines: Château Leoville Barton 1945, Château Petrus 1945, Eglise Clinet 1945, Château Palmer 1945, Gruaud Larose 1945.

  Great wines: Château Talbot 1945, La Mission Haut Brion 1945, Pontet Canet 1945, Château Lynch Bages 1945, Château Latour 1945, Château Trotanoy 1945.

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  1961

  A small harvest in Bordeaux, but excellent wines.

  The red wines are finesse-styled, well-endowed and balanced. Most of them were at their peak around 1995.

  The white wines are typical of a good vintage, but sometimes rather fragile. Like the reds, they were superb around 1995.

  Best wines from the vintage 1961:

  Extraordinary wines: Château Latour à Pomerol 1961, Château Petrus 1961, Château Latour 1961, Château Haut Brion 1961, Hermitage La Chapelle 1961 Jaboulet, Château Evangile 1961, Château Mission Haut Brion 1961, Château Palmer 1961.

  Outstanding wines: Château Trotanay 1961, Château Mouton Rothschild 1961, Château Lafleur 1961, Château Gruaud Larose 1961, Château Ducru Beaucaillou 1961.

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  1982

  In Bordeaux, one of the greatest vintages in twenty years, particularly for the reds.

  Reds: weel-endowed, full-bodied with excellent tannins. The Merlot, which gives the wine its flesh and thickness, fared particularly well, while Cabernet Sauvignon was rather more subdued. Cellaring under close monitoring.

  Whites: rather heterogeneous, with some good wines, that are sometimes a bit dull at times and lacking in brillance. 

  Best wines from the vintage 1982:

  Extraordinary wines: Château Latour 1982, Château Mouton Rothschild 1982, Château Le Pin 1982, Château Lafleur 1982, Château Mission Haut Brion 1982, Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse Lalande 1982, Guigal La Mouline 1982.

  Outsanding wines: Château l’Evangile 1982, Château Gruaud Larose 1982, Château Margaux 1982, Roederer Cristal 1982, Château Lafite Rothschild 1982, Penfolds Grange 1982, Giacomo Conterno Barolo Riserva Monfortino 1982.

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  1975

  In Bordeaux, an excellent but reduced harvest that took some time to assert itself.

  Reds (Bordeaux): generously endowed and full-bodied, with all the qualities of truly great wines. However, the 1975 have not lived up to expectations.

  Whites (Bordeaux): characteristic, powerful and rich bouquet, excellent aromas of roasted fruit - a great sundrenched and long-lived vintage.

  Best wines from the vintage 1975:

  Extraordinary wines: Château d’Yquem 1975, Château Petrus 1975.

  Outsanding wines: Château Lafleur 1975, Château La Mission Haut Brion 1975, Dom Pérignon Oeunothèque 1975, Château La Tour Haut-Brion 1975, Château l’Evangile 1975.

  Great wines: Château Trotanoy 1975, Vega Sicilia Unico 1975, Bollinger RD 1975, Roederer Cristal 1975, Haut Brion 1975.

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  1947

  Best wines from the vintage 1947:

  Extraordinary wines: Château Latour à Pomerol 1947, Eglise Clinet 1947, Château Petrus 1947, Château Lafleur 1947, Château Cheval Blanc 1947

  Outstanding wines: Château Mouton Rothschild 1947, Vieux Château Certan 1947, Château l’Evangile 1947, Château Clinet 1947, Château Calon Ségur 1947

  Great wines: Château Mission Haut Brion 1947, Grand Puy Lacoste 1947, Ducru Beaucaillou 1947