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BOTTLING PRACTICES IN THE 1940S AND 1950S
It was commonplace, in the period prior to the early sixties, for Bordeaux Château (especially of the Right Bank) and négociants to sell their wine to wine merchants throughout Europe in barrel and for the wine merchants to be responsible for the bottling and labelling of the wine.
In some instances the Château or the Bordeaux négociant provided their labels to the wine merchant so that they may be adhered to the bottle, in other instances the vintner dressed the bottles with a label of their own design.
Some of the more recognisable names are from the large export markets of Belgium and the United Kingdom; Avery's, Berry Bros and Rudd, Justerini and Brooks and in particular Vandermeulen of Bruges.
Vandermeulen was a renowned bottler, most commonly of the wines of Pomerol and St. Emilion, and in tastings has been favourably compared to wines bottled by the Château.
The great traditional wine merchants of another generation could not have imagined that we would be enjoying their bottlings over fifty years later.
Connoisseurs should be aware that the château bottlings of this era were in cases limited and that the practice of bottling in the country of final sale was very commonplace and in many instances of the same or better quality than that in Bordeaux.
Château Pétrus--Vintage 1945
Pomerol, cru exceptionnel
UK bottled by Grierson, Oldham and Co Ltd, Haymarket, London SW1
Level: into neck; bin soiled and torn label
1 bottle per lot
It was commonplace, in the period prior to the early sixties, for Bordeaux Château (especially of the Right Bank) and négociants to sell their wine to wine merchants throughout Europe in barrel and for the wine merchants to be responsible for the bottling and labelling of the wine.
In some instances the Château or the Bordeaux négociant provided their labels to the wine merchant so that they may be adhered to the bottle, in other instances the vintner dressed the bottles with a label of their own design.
Some of the more recognisable names are from the large export markets of Belgium and the United Kingdom; Avery's, Berry Bros and Rudd, Justerini and Brooks and in particular Vandermeulen of Bruges.
Vandermeulen was a renowned bottler, most commonly of the wines of Pomerol and St. Emilion, and in tastings has been favourably compared to wines bottled by the Château.
The great traditional wine merchants of another generation could not have imagined that we would be enjoying their bottlings over fifty years later.
Connoisseurs should be aware that the château bottlings of this era were in cases limited and that the practice of bottling in the country of final sale was very commonplace and in many instances of the same or better quality than that in Bordeaux.
Château Pétrus--Vintage 1945
Pomerol, cru exceptionnel
UK bottled by Grierson, Oldham and Co Ltd, Haymarket, London SW1
Level: into neck; bin soiled and torn label
1 bottle per lot