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2003: An Epic Heatwave
2003 will always be remembered as an aberrant year. It began auspiciously enough with a warm spring, conditions that lasted through flowering and the early part of the growing season. July was rainy, with particularly ferocious storms in the neighborhood of St.-Julien and then August turned hot, with a heat wave that broke records throughout Europe. This extraordinary heat was coupled with a complete drought, causing the vines to shut down. Fortunately for posterity, however, the drought broke on the third week of the month, when rain began to fall, refreshing the vines are re-starting the vegetative cycle. When the sun came back out on 15 September the harvest began, continuing through the 27th. This vintage produced massive wines with lots of everything, particularly body, extract, and alcohol. Brooding, deep wines, they are drinkable enough today, but will surely age as well as the legendarily hot years of the past, such as 1899, 1928, and the mid-century trio of 1945 - 1947 - 1949.
Duclot Caisse Prestige Assortment--Vintage 2003
Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 2003(1)
Château Mouton-Rothschild--Vintage 2003(1)
Château Latour--Vintage 2003(1)
Château Margaux--Vintage 2003(1)
Château Haut-Brion--Vintage 2003(1)
Château La Mission Haut-Brion--Vintage 2003(1)
Château Cheval Blanc--Vintage 2003(1)
Château Ausone--Vintage 2003(1)
Pétrus--Vintage 2003(1)
9 bottles per lot
2003 will always be remembered as an aberrant year. It began auspiciously enough with a warm spring, conditions that lasted through flowering and the early part of the growing season. July was rainy, with particularly ferocious storms in the neighborhood of St.-Julien and then August turned hot, with a heat wave that broke records throughout Europe. This extraordinary heat was coupled with a complete drought, causing the vines to shut down. Fortunately for posterity, however, the drought broke on the third week of the month, when rain began to fall, refreshing the vines are re-starting the vegetative cycle. When the sun came back out on 15 September the harvest began, continuing through the 27th. This vintage produced massive wines with lots of everything, particularly body, extract, and alcohol. Brooding, deep wines, they are drinkable enough today, but will surely age as well as the legendarily hot years of the past, such as 1899, 1928, and the mid-century trio of 1945 - 1947 - 1949.
Duclot Caisse Prestige Assortment--Vintage 2003
Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 2003(1)
Château Mouton-Rothschild--Vintage 2003(1)
Château Latour--Vintage 2003(1)
Château Margaux--Vintage 2003(1)
Château Haut-Brion--Vintage 2003(1)
Château La Mission Haut-Brion--Vintage 2003(1)
Château Cheval Blanc--Vintage 2003(1)
Château Ausone--Vintage 2003(1)
Pétrus--Vintage 2003(1)
9 bottles per lot
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