1875

In a final flourish of vintage success before the devastation that was to follow, 1874 and 1875 produced a pair of large and high quality crops. 1875 was said to be the largest crop ever seen – a record that lasted until 1960.

However, from 1875 until the early 1890s, Bordeaux vineyards succumbed to the ravages of the phylloxera bug and the very survival of the region, as so many others, was called into question.

This makes the 1875 an iconi...