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CHÂTEAU GRAND CLAPEAU Cru Olivier 1964
Haut Medoc
CHÂTEAU MOULIN HAUT LAROQUE 1964
Fronsac
CHÂTEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD 1964
Pauillac
BOURDY JEAN Château Chalon 1964
Château Chalon
Pauillac
Sauternes
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 1964
Pauillac
Margaux
Saint Emilion
A very good vintage indeed, producing rich, meaty and fairly substantial wines of a contrasting style to the 1962s and 1966s. Following an exceptionally hard winter, perfect flowering in June, a hot, almost too hot, summer with some drought conditions reducing the crop but perfect ripening weather, alternating rain and sun, for an excellent harvest from 18 September. It was immediately recognized as a first-rate vintage and record prices were reached at the Hospices de Beaune auction.