Château Latour 1949… 🍷

The weather in Bordeaux in 1949 was unpredictable and sometimes not even understandable.

On 11 July the thermometers in the Médoc reached 34°C.

But two weeks earlier it had been so cold and miserable that the vineyards experienced some of the worst coulure – grape bunches that haven’t set properly because of up and down weather – in living memory.

July and August were so dry and warm that the grapes began to stop maturing.

In early September some much-needed rain fell and the harvest was done in the last week of September.

With 1945 and 1947, this was third of the trio of great post-war vintages that produced fine, rich, and intense red wines – like Latour 😎.

See Latour and other great 1949 wines at https://ardenfinewines.com/product-category/vintage-2/?filter=true&product_cat=1949

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