1949 Wine and Port Vintage
Italian: 1949 wine exhibits a good vintage for most of the Italian regions. The long-lived Barolos are still drinking well today.
Bordeaux: The finest 1949 wines are still in full blossom, displaying remarkable richness and concentration. This is one of the quartet of remarkable vintages of the late 1940's - '45, '47, '48 and '49. Renowned wine critic Robert Parker states that this is the greatest of the four vintages possessing greater balance, harmony, and fruit than the 1945's and more complexity than the 1948's. In short the wines are magnificent!
Portugal: A poor year for the Oporto ports.
This Year in History: Fun Fact: Laurence Olivier's film Hamlet (1948) becomes the first British film to win a 'Best Picture' Oscar.
Born in this Year: Niki Lauda, Racing Car Driver, Austrian Formula One racer who won three F1 World Championships in 1975, 1977, and 1984. He became the first driver in F1 history to have been a champion for both Ferrari and McLaren. Also an aviation entrepreneur, he founded three airlines.
Top Grossing Movie: Samson and Delilah
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Cantine Antonio Ferrari, 1949
Il 49 di Antonio Ferrari
The Il Barone ‘49 shows a deep garnet colour. For something so old it is still fresh with a touch of oxidation on notes of black cherries, chocolate and espresso infused with sweet spices. The wine has a long finish. This is a wine from the 1949 wine harvest. Fermentation was arrested before complete leaving a high residual sugar content which has preserved the wine. The wine then went into large old Slovenian casks for ten years and then stored in tanks where it has remained until bottling this year. Antonio Ferrari was a wine merchant and negociant in Piedmont who in the mid-20th century developed an interest in the grapes of Puglia. …
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Price: $281.08 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock
Rioja, 1949
CVNE, Imperial (Vintage Illegible/faded)
The Compania Vinicola del Norte was founded in 1879 by two brothers from Bilbao. Four generations later the firm is still managed by the same family. CVNE still sits on its original site in the Barrio de la Estacion in Haro.
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Price: $378.63 USD
Stock: 5 in Stock
Salento, 1949
Rosso Bianco, Ruffino, Puglia
Sweet White fortified wine
Salento is in the region of Puglia on the heel of Italy. The Ruffino is a fortified wine made predominantly from the primitivo grape. The wine has a liquorice and spice bouquet, a medium body and a long alcoholic finish.
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Price: $447.94 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock
Chateau Doisy-Vedrines, 1949
Barsac
Doisy-Védrines is the largest of the three Doisy vineyards in Barsac (the other two are Doisy-Daëne and Doisy-Dubroca) that started to achieve acclaim in the early 19th century and was named a Second Growth in the Classicfication of 1955. This is a vintage that produced hard, firm wines even in Sauternes, wines that required decades of cellaring.
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Price: $506.98 USD
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Rioja, 1949
CVNE, Imperial
The Compania Vinicola del Norte was founded in 1879 by two brothers from Bilbao. Four generations later the firm is still managed by the same family. CVNE still sits on its original site in the Barrio de la Estacion in Haro.
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Price: $506.98 USD
Stock: Out of Stock
Vin Santo Rosso, 1949
Antinori - Riserva
Enjoyed this wine very much. Nose had raisins, wet pennies, violets, with some molasses. The palate was fresh and had mature red fruit, slight tobacco tones, raisins, and lots of florals. Such a fun wine to sip !
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Price: $486.44 USD
Stock: Out of Stock