Wine and Port Vintage

Vintage Summary and Recommendations:
Welcome to Vintage Wine and Port's 1969 wine page. Read on for our summary of the 1969 vintage, our top recommendations and region reports. Scroll down to see all of our wines currently available. If you cannot find what you are looking for please call us on 01425 837177 or Contact Us. We would love to help you with your wine choice!

The end of the decade was not the best for Bordeaux, with heavy rains diluting the wines. However, a poor year for reds meant a great year for Sauternes and Barsac. Burgundy and the Rhône Valley were both excellent and both Italy and Port enjoyed good solid vintages, and some are likely to still be drinking well now. Any of these wines would make a fabulous 57 year old wine gift for an Anniversary or birthday.


Our Wine Expert currently recommends the following wines for this year:

Quinta da Devesa 1969 White Colheita Port

Barbaresco 1969 Giovanni Scanavino

Barolo 1969 C Valletti

Bordeaux 1969 Chateau Foureau

Chateau dYquem 1969 Sauternes 1er Grand Cru Classe

Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1969 – Half Bottle

 
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Bordeaux: The 1969 wine vintage was unkind to Bordeaux reds. Rain during the September harvest contributed to what was a small crop of light-weight wines that lacked longevity. Only first growth wines will be drinkable. However, sweet wines from the regions of Sauternes and Barsac were very good in this year and will last for many more years.
 
Italian: 1969 was a good vintage for Italian wines. The weather was good throughout the year enabling the grapes to reach a high degree of ripeness. Of particular note are the heavyweight, long-lived wines such as Barolo, Brunello and lighter wines such as Chianti and Valpolicella. The wines are now fully mature and still drinking well.
 
Portugal: Some excellent Colheita (Tawny) Ports were produced from the 1969 harvest and these are highly recommended by our wine buyer. The 1969 vintage was good enough to yield a few single Quinta vintage ports, notably Taylors Vargellas and some exceptional Colheita ports.

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