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Wine Description
The Story
Nathalie's winemaker is Marjolaine Maurice De Coninck who is renowned throughout the region and works as an adviser winemaker at other estates in Margaux. Under her dextrous management the first vintage from the re-unified Chateau Labegorce was realeased in 2010.
The vines average 30 years of age but the oldest vines, on a four hectare patch, date from between 1902 and 1950. Harvesting is by hand, and fermentation begins with a short, cold ...
Vintage 1989
The 1989 vintage in Bordeaux is widely regarded as a watershed moment in winemaking history—a warm, early, and extraordinarily sun-drenched campaign that delivered deeply ripe, luxurious, and iconic wines across both the Left and Right Banks.
Coming off an exceptionally dry winter, the 1989 growing season brought record-breaking warmth starting in May. Budburst, flowering, and veraison all occurred weeks ahead of schedule. Uninterrupted hea...
