The most interesting vintages of the fourties for wine collectors are:
Bordeaux: 1943 - A very good year. Average quantity.
Brilliant wine. Very amber-coloured. A discreet, complex bouquet. A finish combining hints of pepper and wild mushrooms. A long and well-structured flavour.
Bordeaux:1945 - An exceptional year. Small harvest.
A very developed amber colour. A rich bouquet of fruit, bitter chocolate and mocha. Well balanced in the mouth with melting, elegant tannins. A wonderfully deep, concentrated wine.
Italy: 1945 - A very good year. A full- bodied wine, silky,with a great perfume.
Bordeaux: 1947 - A very good year. Average quantity.
Very brilliant, fine, well developed colour. A bouquet tending to oxidation; coffee and the farmyard. In the mouth, the wine is full, round, mature and melting. Splendid finish.
Italy: 1947 - An exceptional year. A full- bodied wine, with a superb balance, a wonderful structure and a powerful caracter.
Bordeaux: 1949 - A very good year. Average quantity.
Very brilliant, wonderfully intense. A bouquet of average intensity. In the mouth, the wine is full of flavour with deliciously ripe, melting tannin. An elegant, rather dry finish.
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