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Vintage | 1959 |
Rating | 85-89 |
Classification | Médoc - 2ème Cru Classé |
Region | Bordeaux |
Appellation | Saint Julien |
Colour | Red |
Volume | 0.75 l |
Price | More than 300 € |
Château | Gruaud Larose |
Country | France |
(>> see article "Grands Crus Classés from Bordeaux, Official Classification of 1855").
Château Gruaud-Larose's vineyard is composed of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, 4% Petit Verdot and 2% Malbec. The wine stays for 16 to 18 months in oak barrels in new mediums at 35%. Some great vintages have remained exceptional in Gruaud-Larose, as in all of Bordeaux, such as 1961, 1982, 1986 or 1989. This important area with extremely rare homogeneity is implanted on 80 hectares of single piece of deep gravel rumps . It produces the largest and most robust Saint-Julien, a wine of great class and very long guard, raised until 1991 under the direction of Georges Pauli, who has exalted his characteristic style under several successive owners.
REPAIRE DU HAUT THEULET Vieux Cru 1959
Monbazillac
Côte Rotie
LATOUR LOUIS Cuvée Héritiers Latour 1959
Chambertin Grand Cru
Saint Julien
Vosne Romanée
Haut Medoc
Bordeaux supérieur
CHÂTEAU GILETTE Crème de Tête 1959
Sauternes
Haut Medoc
Sauternes
Garnet, with tar and vanilla nose. Sweet, ripe, opulent fruit. Elegant, not big, but totally beguiling. Less full and concentrated than expected for a '59, but charming.
( 11-1994) Many notes, many bottlings, all good.