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Vintage Report

Australie/ Barossa: La Seconde Guerre mondiale a dévasté le monde, avec plus de 60 millions de vies perdues. Dans la Barossa, il y a suspicion et méfiance entre les descendants anglais de la quatrième génération et leurs compatriotes Barossans d’origine allemande. Alors que le premier Vintage Festival de la région guérit ces blessures et qu’un nouveau mouvement coopératif s’empare des points de vente au détail et des hôtels, il y a aussi un mouvement de modernisation de l’industrie viticole locale. Colin Gramp, un descendant de Johann Gramp, revient de la Seconde Guerre mondiale via la vallée de Napa aux États-Unis où il a observé les pratiques viticoles modernes et élabore en 1947 les premiers vins de table rouges secs de la Barossa depuis les années 1860 – un Claret Special Reserve, principalement fabriqué à partir de Shiraz avec l’ajout de Cabernet Sauvignon. Colin devient le père de la nouvelle Barossa et l’un de ses innovateurs les plus en vue.

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The best wines of the 1940 vintage

Name Tb Producer Location
1 Single Harvest Tawny Port 98 Graham's Douro, Portugal
2 Chateau Leoville-Barton 95 Château Leoville-Barton Bordeaux, France
3 Romanée Conti 94 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Burgundy, France
4 La Tâche 93 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Burgundy, France
5 Vina Real Gran Reserva 93 C.V.N.E /Cune Rioja, Spain
6 Niepoort Colheita 93 Niepoort Douro, Portugal
7 Kiedricher Gräfenberg Riesling 92 Kloster Eberbach Rheingau, Germany
8 Château Mouton-Rothschild 91 Château Mouton-Rothschild Bordeaux, France
9 La Mission Haut Brion 90 Château La Mission Haut-Brion Bordeaux, France
10 Alusha Tokay 90 Massandra Crimea, Ukraine
11 d'Yquem 90 Château d'Yquem Bordeaux, France
12 Ayu-Dag Cahors 88 Massandra Crimea, Ukraine
13 Marcobrunn Riesling 88 Kloster Eberbach Rheingau, Germany
14 Château Margaux 87 Château Margaux Bordeaux, France
15 Château Cos d'Estournel 87 Château Cos d'Estournel Bordeaux, France
16 Domaine de Chevalier 86 Domaine de Chevalier Pessac Leognan, France
17 Lafite-Rothschild 85 Château Lafite-Rothschild Bordeaux, France
18 Romanée St. Vivant 84 Maison Louis Latour Burgundy, France
19 Pétrus 84 Château Pétrus Pomerol, France
20 Château Latour 84 Château Latour Bordeaux, France
21 Château Suduiraut 83 Château Suduiraut Bordeaux, France
22 Château Climens 83 Château Climens Bordeaux, France
23 Château Guiraud 78 Château Guiraud Bordeaux, France
24 Château Filhot 74 Château Filhot Sauternes, France
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