1964 Bordeaux vintage report

Julie Carpentier — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 15:35:04 +0000

On the blessed year 1964 – the same year Reverend Dr. Martin Luther was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace and the Beatles became worldwide superstars – in the South-West French vineyards, a great vintage was in sight.

In September 1964, French viticulture overall was in full excitement thanks to the admirable weather conditions which had extended so far into the growing season. This general enthusiasm even motivated the former Agricultural Minister to declare and forecast 1964 as “Vintage of the century” before any grapes were picked. And everything was going great until October 8th, when heavy rain suddenly broke out in a deluge. Actually, it poured non-stop for weeks…

In fact, if we look closely, the harvest conditions favored the Right Bank, (Graves, Pomerol and St. Emilion), where growers harvested early and, in majority, picked before the heavy rains. The very good wines are numerous around there: at Cheval Blanc this is a great vintage – the best since the ’56 frost – and this wine can really be sublime. Château Ausone was successful too, producing some opulent, concentrated wine with high alcohol, an opaque color, great length and unbridled power.

On the Left bank, despite of the rain, some top-flight Château produced some fine, medium-bodied red wines that are still drinking well. Because Château Latour was one of the few producers on the Left Bank to harvest before the rains, Latour was probably the best wine in Medoc, closely followed by Beychevelle in St. Julien, Montrose in St. Estèphe and La Mission Haut Brion in Pessac-Léognan. Lafite Rothschild – even if not a classic success example from this vintage – has still much to offer and expresses deep color, nicely mature bouquet, with ample plum, cherry and enjoyable spice flavors.

1964 is arguably a vintage to discover, as it can offer magnificent surprises in the Bordeaux vineyard. It really is worth looking out for !

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Julie Carpentier — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 09:38:53 +0000

Wines from the heart…
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Wine is celebrated all over the globe for its eternal virtues of brotherhood and sharing. Hence, it will be no surprise for all wine lovers here to combine their passion with an act of solidarity for the preservation of endangered species.

Baghera/wines has the tremendous pleasure to pursue their Wine o’clock Autumn series with a superb private collection of mature Clarets, Burgundies and Champagnes to be auctioned in favour of the Caleo Foundation, who works relentlessly for the reintroduction and preservation of the Black Rhinos’ population in its original habitat at Sanbona, South Africa. At the Sanbona Wildlife Reserve, the Caleo Foundation devotes its dedicated team to the reintroduction of the ‘South-Western Black Rhino’ that has been locally extinct for nearly 200 years, due to past profligate hunting and other human impacts.

A rare opportunity to act for Wildlife Preservation by celebrating the best of wines from the 1960’s decade
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This wine collection is remarkable in many ways. But its most unprecedented aspect is that this ensemble has lain undisturbed and untouched in professional storage in Switzerland for the past 33 years.

Further along the e-catalogue's pages you will discover rare quantities of top-flight French wines comprised between 1947 and 1969. Amongst the many highlights that will enthuse all wine- collectors, this selection offers rarely-seen quantities of Gazin 1955, Cos d’Estournel 1961*, Lafite Rothschild 1962, Chambertin Rousseau 1964, Latour 1964*, La Mission Haut Brion 1964, Ausone 1964*, Cheval Blanc 1964, Dom Pérignon 1964* and d’Yquem 1966* (* offered in their original packagings).

This Wine o’clock “All the way to Rhinos” is a rare opportunity to act for Wildlife Preservation by celebrating the best of wines from the 1960’s decade.

“All the way to Rhinos” Wine o’clock
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1964 Bordeaux vintage report

All the way to Rhinos | Wine o’clock

Wines from the heart… —

A rare opportunity to act for Wildlife Preservation by celebrating the best of wines from the 1960’s decade |

Wines from the heart…
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A rare opportunity to act for Wildlife Preservation by celebrating the best of wines from the 1960’s decade
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