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Bordeaux: This quite large crop (though a much smaller one than 1893) was of really extraordinary quality. Today, it is still one of the greatest bottles of Margaux we have ever had the chance to taste. This wine displays a quite amazing freshness and remarkable length and smoothness. Never would we imagine that this wine is over 130 years old ! This very early vintage benefited from excellent weather conditions throughout the whole of the ripening process. The Château Margaux cellar master noted, "Picking began on 10th September and finished on 23rd of the same month. Rain on the first day ; the rest of the time : heat."

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Burgundy: Pre-Phylloxera vintage. Even though there was some frost in spring the real cause of the reduced harvest quantity was the extreme and long-lasting drought. A small harvest of very good quality which started on 26 September — the best since 1865.

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The best wines of the 1870 vintage

Name Tb Producer Location
1 La Romanée 99 Bouchard Père & Fils Burgundy, France
2 Madeira Sercial 98 Blandy's Madeira, Portugal
3 Marques de Riscal Reserva 98 Marqués de Riscal Rioja, Spain
4 Lafite-Rothschild 97 Château Lafite-Rothschild Bordeaux, France
5 Château Latour 96 Château Latour Bordeaux, France
6 Château Gruaud-Larose 95 Château Gruaud-Larose Bordeaux, France
7 Madeira Terrantez 94 Blandy's Madeira, Portugal
8 Escencia 94 Tokaji Tokay, Hungary
9 Marqués de Riscal Gran Reserva 94 Marqués de Riscal Rioja, Spain
10 Marsala Superiore Riserva 92 Ingham Whitaker & Co. Marsala, Italy
11 Verdelho Madeira Solera 89 Blandy's Madeira, Portugal
12 Bastardo 88 Blandy's Madeira, Portugal
13 Bastardo 88 FV (Favila Viera) Madeira, Portugal
14 Moscatel 83 Blandy's Madeira, Portugal
15 Château Malescot-Saint-Exupery 0 Château Malescot St-Exupéry Bordeaux, France
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