1929

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.

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Au total, plus de 200,000 personnes meurent de l’epidémie de grippe.

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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.

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)