1989 Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes Suduiraut

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{"id":10442163724,"title":"1995 Chateau Gruaud Larose Chateau Gruaud Larose","handle":"chateau-gruaud-larose-1995","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Gruaud-Larose is a 2ème Cru Classé property that produces one of St-Julien's most full-bodied and long-lived wines. For many years Gruaud-Larose was owned by the négociants Cordier, who also own Château Talbot. It was sold in 1993 to the French conglomerate, Alcastel Alstom, which in turn sold it to the Taillan Group, owners of Chasse-Spleen and Haut-Bages-Libéral, in 1997. The talented Georges Pauli has remained as régisseur and winemaker throughout all these changes. Gruaud-Larose has 84 hectares of vineyards located on a gravel-rich plateau just to the west of Château Beychevelle. The wine is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (65%), Merlot (25%), Cabernet Franc (8%) and Petit Verdot (2%). Vinification takes place in a mixture of wooden vats and cement tanks and the wine is aged in oak barriques (30% new) for 18 months. Gruaud-Larose can be tannic and ungainly in youth but with bottle ageing it becomes marvellously harmonious and develops complex and beguiling characteristics of concentrated black fruits, cedar, spices and liquorice.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2017-04-23T17:57:06-04:00","created_at":"2017-04-23T17:57:07-04:00","vendor":"Chateau Gruaud Larose","type":"Red","tags":["1995","bordeaux","chateau-gruaud-larose","france","over-75","red","Saint Julien"],"price":13999,"price_min":13999,"price_max":13999,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":38288995788,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"441","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"1995 Chateau Gruaud Larose Chateau Gruaud Larose","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":13999,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":null,"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/finding-wine2.myshopify.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/441.jpg?v=1492984627"],"featured_image":"\/\/finding-wine2.myshopify.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/441.jpg?v=1492984627","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Chateau Gruaud Larose","id":257874395218,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"width":1000,"src":"\/\/finding-wine2.myshopify.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/441.jpg?v=1492984627"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/finding-wine2.myshopify.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/441.jpg?v=1492984627","width":1000}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Gruaud-Larose is a 2ème Cru Classé property that produces one of St-Julien's most full-bodied and long-lived wines. For many years Gruaud-Larose was owned by the négociants Cordier, who also own Château Talbot. It was sold in 1993 to the French conglomerate, Alcastel Alstom, which in turn sold it to the Taillan Group, owners of Chasse-Spleen and Haut-Bages-Libéral, in 1997. The talented Georges Pauli has remained as régisseur and winemaker throughout all these changes. Gruaud-Larose has 84 hectares of vineyards located on a gravel-rich plateau just to the west of Château Beychevelle. The wine is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (65%), Merlot (25%), Cabernet Franc (8%) and Petit Verdot (2%). Vinification takes place in a mixture of wooden vats and cement tanks and the wine is aged in oak barriques (30% new) for 18 months. Gruaud-Larose can be tannic and ungainly in youth but with bottle ageing it becomes marvellously harmonious and develops complex and beguiling characteristics of concentrated black fruits, cedar, spices and liquorice.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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