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Viinin Kuvailu
The Story
The Château Lafite estate run by the Rothschilds is, with its 100 hectares of cultivated land, the largest of the main Pauillac vineyards.
It is located in the highest part of the area and the view from its château, with its conical towers that appear on the label, takes in the banks of the River Gironde, which flows nearby. The wines are a blend of four different varieties of grape – Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petite Verdot and Cabernet F...
Vuosikerta 1967
The 1967 wine vintage in Bordeaux was a highly irregular, mediocre-to-good year that was entirely saved by an unseasonably warm, sun-drenched September following a disastrously wet and cold August. This sudden late-summer rescue allowed the grapes to achieve decent ripeness, though it created a frantic, rain-threatened harvest that heavily favored properties with modern drainage and meticulous sorting. The dry red wines turned out relatively l...
