1967

Our view on the 1967 vintage

the 1967 vintage was a great year in Sauternes for some properties (exceptional vintage in sweet wines such as in 1967 Yquem and 1967 Suduiraut, which are Sauternes of very long aging). The 1967 vintage, on the other hand, is of low quality in red wine in Bordeaux, but however correct for red wines made from Merlot (great wines of Pomerol and Saint Emilion grand cru) because a certain lack of maturity of the Cabernet Sauvignon for the classified growths of Haut Medoc. The Burgundy wines of the 1967 vintage are quite light and mostly passed over, plus of uneven quality, but it was a good vintage for the whites and especially the 1967 Corton Charlemagne. The Rhone valley vineyard produced good wines from the 1967 vintage, especially in the 1967 Hermitage. The year 1967 does not exist in yellow Jura wine (as in 1984) and some 1967 Loire wines in Coteaux du Layon can still give pleasure.