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The Wall Street crash of 1929 is the stock market crash that occurred on October 28 and began the period of the Great Depression in the United States, beginning a global economic crisis that lasted until the middle of the year 30.

Le Massacre de la Saint-Valentin le 14 février. Seven gangsters rivals with Al Capone sont assassinés à Chicago, dans l'Illinois.

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The year 1929 was an extraordinary year in the Bordeaux vineyards as well as on Wall Street. When the U.S. stock market collapsed in 1929, it produced several undesirable effects abroad, particularly in Europe, where many countries had not fully recovered from the aftermath of World War I. In Germany, the economic disaster and resulting social dislocation contributed to the rise of Adolf in the United States, there were 16 million unemployed – about a third of the available labor force.

In Bordeaux, the 1929 is one of the “legendary” vintages of the century. Its reputation was made even greater as the 1930s were truly a disastrous decade, and it wasn't until 1945 that anything of equivalent quality was made. In Bordeaux, these sixteen years were one of the longest “dark periods” of the 20th century. The year 1929 was extremely hot and dry, the driest since the turn of the century. It only rained for a short time during harvest, but the nice warm weather returned. The grapes became very concentrated, rich in tannins and produced wine to last.

 

 

 

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Vintage Report

Bordeaux vintage report by Château Margaux / 1928 and 1929, what a fabulous pair of vintages! To find successive years of such quality, we had to wait around sixty years until 1989 and 1990; however, in Margaux we could also cite 1982 and 1983. The wines made in the 1928 vintage were, from the start, incredibly powerful and concentrated, often even harsh and austere, which explains why 1928 was eclipsed by 1929 which was had an almost immediate appeal.
Château Margaux 1928 is a remarkably great wine and is today perhaps superior to the 1929, as it has, overall, aged better. There is more consistency in the bottles, the wine has lost its hardness, but has retained an absolutely extraordinary freshness and richness. It may not have the great finesse of a 1929 bottle, but its freshness is much greater.

Weather report
It was a wonderful time, practically from flowering to harvest, which allowed the grapes to reach an exceptional level of concentration and maturity. (Picking started on September 25)

 

 

 

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The best wines of the 1929 vintage

Name Tb Producer Location
1 Château Haut-Brion 100 Château Haut-Brion Bordeaux, France
2 d'Yquem 100 Château d'Yquem Bordeaux, France
3 Château Haut-Brion Blanc 100 Château Haut-Brion Bordeaux, France
4 Crème de Tête 100 Château d'Arche Sauternes, France
5 Krug Vintage 100 Krug Champagne, France
6 Crème de Tête 100 Château de Rayne Vigneau Bordeaux, France
7 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey 100 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey Bordeaux, France
8 Château Corbin-Michotte 100 Château Corbin-Michotte Bordeaux, France
9 Chambertin 100 Joseph Drouhin Burgundy, France
10 Romanée Conti 99 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Burgundy, France
11 Cheval Blanc 99 Château Cheval Blanc Bordeaux, France
12 La Tâche 99 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Burgundy, France
13 Vintage Champagne 99 Bollinger Champagne, France
14 Vintage 99 Louis Roederer Champagne, France
15 Marques de Riscal Reserva 99 Marqués de Riscal Rioja, Spain
16 Pétrus 98 Château Pétrus Pomerol, France
17 Château Latour 98 Château Latour Bordeaux, France
18 La Mission Haut Brion 98 Château La Mission Haut-Brion Bordeaux, France
19 Château Suduiraut 98 Château Suduiraut Bordeaux, France
20 Château de Rayne Vigneau 98 Château de Rayne Vigneau Bordeaux, France
21 Château Raymond-Lafon 98 Château Raymond-Lafon Bordeaux, France
22 Château Ausone 98 Château Ausone Bordeaux, France
23 Château Climens 98 Château Climens Bordeaux, France
24 Château Coutet 98 Château Coutet Sauternes, France
25 Château Petit-Village 98 Château Petit-Village Bordeaux, France
26 Château La Louvière Rouge 98 Château La Louvière Bordeaux, France
27 Chambertin 98 Domaine Armand Rousseau Burgundy, France
28 Chambolle-Musigny 98 Joseph Drouhin Burgundy, France
29 Musigny 98 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Burgundy, France
30 Maury 98 Gérard Bertrand Languedoc-Roussillon, France
31 Richebourg 97 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Burgundy, France
32 Château Calon Ségur 97 Château Calon-Ségur Bordeaux, France
33 Château Margaux 97 Château Margaux Bordeaux, France
34 Pavie 97 Château Pavie Bordeaux, France
35 Château Cos d'Estournel 97 Château Cos d'Estournel Bordeaux, France
36 Dom Pérignon 97 Moët & Chandon Champagne, France
37 Le Chambertin 97 Louis Jadot Burgundy, France
38 Pétrus 97 Van der Meulen Burgundy/Bordeaux, Belgium
39 Château Caillou 97 Château Caillou Sauternes, France
40 Crême de Tête 97 Château Caillou Sauternes, France
41 Château Mouton-Rothschild 96 Château Mouton-Rothschild Bordeaux, France
42 Latour-à-Pomerol 96 Château Latour-à-Pomerol Bordeaux, France
43 Château Bastor-Lamontagne 96 Château Bastor-Lamontagne Sauternes, France
44 Musigny V.V. 96 Domaine Henri de Bahezre Burgundy, France
45 Vintage Port 96 Fonseca Douro, Portugal
46 Musigny 96 Patriarche Père & Fils France, France
47 Château Gruaud-Larose 96 Château Gruaud-Larose Bordeaux, France
48 Marcobrunn Riesling 96 Kloster Eberbach Rheingau, Germany
49 Chateau Leoville-Barton 96 Château Leoville-Barton Bordeaux, France
50 Romanée Conti 96 Van der Meulen Burgundy/Bordeaux, Belgium
51 Ai-Danil Tokay 96 Massandra Crimea, Ukraine
52 Lafleur 96 Van der Meulen Burgundy/Bordeaux, Belgium
53 Niersteiner Riesling 96 Weingut Karl Schmitt Rheinhessen, Germany
54 Vintage Port 96 Taylor's Douro, Portugal
55 Château de Cérons Blanc 96 Château de Cérons Bordeaux, France
56 Montrose 95 Château Montrose Bordeaux, France
57 Veuve Clicquot Brut 95 Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Champagne, France
58 Pommard Les Epenots 95 Maison Louis Latour Burgundy, France
59 Cordon Rouge vintage 95 G.H. Mumm Champagne, France
60 Pommard Les Grands Epenots 95 Domaine de Montille Burgundy, France
61 Richebourg 95 Van der Meulen Burgundy/Bordeaux, Belgium
62 Steinberger Riesling Eiswein Beerenauslese 95 Kloster Eberbach Rheingau, Germany
63 Chateau Doisy-Dubroca 95 Chateau Doisy-Dubroca Bordeaux, France
64 Chambolle Musigny 95 Bouchard Père & Fils Burgundy, France
65 Niersteiner Riesling 95 Hermannshof Germany, Germany
66 Léoville-Las Cases 94 Château Léoville-Las Cases Saint-Julien, France
67 Romanée Saint-Vivant Les Quatre Journeaux 94 Louis Jadot Burgundy, France
68 Château Palmer 94 Château Palmer Bordeaux, France
69 Romanée St-Vivant 94 Louis Jadot Burgundy, France
70 Château de Malle 94 Château de Malle Bordeaux, France
71 Domaine de Chevalier 94 Domaine de Chevalier Pessac Leognan, France
72 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 94 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Bordeaux, France
73 Château Guiraud 94 Château Guiraud Bordeaux, France
74 Château Filhot 93 Château Filhot Sauternes, France
75 Vintage 93 Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Champagne, France
76 Château Beychevelle 93 Château Beychevelle Bordeaux, France
77 Chateau Margaux Pavillon Blanc 93 Château Margaux Bordeaux, France
78 Armagnac 93 Château de Laubade Armagnac, France
79 Tinta Negra (doce) 92 Pereira d’Oliveira Madeira, Portugal
80 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 92 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste Bordeaux, France
81 Vintage 91 Ruinart Champagne, France
82 Unico 91 Bodegas Vega Sicilia Ribera el Duero, Spain
83 Lafite-Rothschild 91 Château Lafite-Rothschild Bordeaux, France
84 Chateau Lynch-Bages 91 Château Lynch-Bages Pauillac, France
85 Vintage 91 Pommery Champagne, France
86 Vosnée-Romanée Les Malconsorts 91 A. Vougeot Burgundy, France
87 Musigny 90 Domaine Leroy Burgundy, France
88 Clos Vougeot 90 Pierre Ponnelle Burgundy, France
89 Tinta Negra (meio doce) 89 Pereira d’Oliveira Madeira, Portugal
90 Vosne Romanée Beaumont 88 Antonin Rodet Bourgogne, France
91 Tinta Negra (seco) 88 Pereira d’Oliveira Madeira, Portugal
92 Château Haut-Bailly 88 Château Haut-Bailly Pessac Leognan, France
93 Château Brane-Cantenac 83 Château Brane-Cantenac Bordeaux, France
94 Château Romer du Hayot 81 Château Romer du Hayot Bordeaux, France
95 Anjou 0 Moulin Touchais Loire, France
96 Château Meyney 0 Château Meyney Bordeaux, France
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