The weather in Bordeaux in 1949 was unpredictable and sometimes not even understandable.
On 11 July the thermometers in the Médoc reached 34°C.
But two weeks earlier it had been so cold and miserable that the vineyards experienced some of the worst coulure – grape bunches that haven’t set properly because of up and down weather – in living memory.
July and August were so dry and warm that the grapes began to stop maturing.
In early September some much-needed rain fell and the harvest was done in the last week of September.
With 1945 and 1947, this was third of the trio of great post-war vintages that produced fine, rich, and intense red wines – like Latour 😎.
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Château Latour 1949£3,000.00
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