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Vintage | Wine 1979 |
Region | Bordeaux |
Appellation | Pomerol |
Colour | Red |
Volume | 0.75 l |
Country | France |
Château | Fleur Petrus (La) |
Country | France |
Saint Julien
CHÂTEAU GRAND PUY LACOSTE 1979
Pauillac
Saint Estèphe
Pommard Epenots
CHÂTEAU DUCRU BEAUCAILLOU 1979
Saint Julien
Margaux
Margaux
CHÂTEAU LARRIVET HAUT BRION 1979
Pessac Leognan
Saint Emilion
The 1979 is an elegant, supple, very fruity wine, with the smell of ripe plums and spicy, vanillin oak very prominently displayed. Medium bodied, with medium to dark ruby color and a lush, nicely concentrated texture, this is not a big, hefty, rich Pomerol, but rather a suave, delicate, yet fruity, interesting wine.
The second of the four great '79s; deep, intense, lively looking, rich 'legs'. Crisp, 'soft fruit' charater; rich, rounded, fleshy, tannic.