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Bordeaux:This vintage was, and still is, considered to have benefited from the most extraordinary weather of the last two (now three) centuries. The harvest had never up till then begun so early in the year (17th August), and it has never done so since ! 1893 was also the biggest ever crop recorded at Château Margaux ! Even during the 1980s, we never harvested such a huge volume. As the cellar master mentioned, the picking had to be interrupted for six days because there were not enough vats... Château Margaux 1893 is a remarkable wine, which was considered to be the best of the century (of the 19th, of course). Still today, this wine displays quite amazing power and freshness. How did they manage to do that ? Producing such a huge quantity and making such fine quality is a great mystery, and we do not have enough information to explain it.

Let's quote the Château Margaux cellar master's notes, "Hot weather lasting from 1st March until the harvest. An excessively hot summer. Without rain. Vines flowered 20th April. Grapes changed colour 21st June. An extremely early and very abundant crop." (Picking began 17th August, finishing 12th September)

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The best wines of the 1893 vintage

Name Tb Producer Location
1 Château d'Arche 100 Château d'Arche Sauternes, France
2 Montrose 99 Château Montrose Bordeaux, France
3 d'Yquem 98 Château d'Yquem Bordeaux, France
4 Marques de Riscal Reserva 98 Marqués de Riscal Rioja, Spain
5 Château Latour 97 Château Latour Bordeaux, France
6 Château Cos d'Estournel 96 Château Cos d'Estournel Bordeaux, France
7 Château Calon Ségur 96 Château Calon-Ségur Bordeaux, France
8 Kiedricher Berg Auslese 95 Weingut Robert Weil Rheingau, Germany
9 Château Coutet 95 Château Coutet Sauternes, France
10 Château Margaux 93 Château Margaux Bordeaux, France
11 Brut Millésimé 93 G.H. Mumm Champagne, France
12 Kiedricher GräfenBerg Auslese 93 Weingut Robert Weil Rheingau, Germany
13 Cordon Rouge vintage 92 G.H. Mumm Champagne, France
14 Seppelt Para 100 YO Liquer Vintage 92 Seppelt Great Western, Australia
15 Clos de Gamot 92 Famille Joufferau Cahors, France
16 Château Smith Haut Lafitte 87 Château Smith Haut Lafitte Bordeaux, France
17 Château Guiraud 85 Château Guiraud Bordeaux, France
18 Lafite-Rothschild 0 Château Lafite-Rothschild Bordeaux, France
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