1870

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 rip...

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.