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Wine Description
The Story
This wine has always been popular among the greatest writers and politicians: Napoléon Bonaparte had some bottles delivered weekly at Saint-Hélène during his exile, Charles Baudelaire mentionned it in its famous Les Fleurs du Mal, it was appreciated by Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, the King of England George IV and the Queen Elizabeth II, but also George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens, Nelson Mandela and so on.
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Wine Information
Alc: 14,0%
RS: 165 g/L
pH: 3.7
TA: 6.6 g/L
Maturation: The combination of residual sugar and alcohol levels has a well known preservative effect on bottled wine. This wine is capable of ageing for many decades if not generations from release.
