Chateau Talbot - 1979 - St Julien
Chateau Talbot - 1979 - St Julien
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Product Features
- Manufacturer: Talbot
- Region: Bordeaux, France
- Origin: Private natural winery (France)
- Year: 1979
- Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Petit Verdot
- Size: 0.75 L
- Alcohol: 13%
- Pairings: Perfect with red meats, roasts, game, and aged cheeses.
The 1979 Château Talbot is a distinguished red wine from the Saint-Julien appellation; it embodies the quintessence of the Médoc’s classic, long-aging style. Characterized by a garnet-red hue with elegant brick-red undertones resulting from decades of aging, this wine offers an extremely refined tertiary bouquet on the nose, featuring notes of leather, cigar box, and dark tobacco, combined with hints of undergrowth, mushrooms, and a hint of dried wild berries. On the palate, the structure is silky and harmonious, with fully integrated tannins that impart a sensation of extreme smoothness, balanced by a still-perceptible acidity that lends freshness and liveliness to the wine despite the bottle’s advanced age. The 1979 vintage is considered historic for the estate, as it marked the debut of the second wine, Connétable Talbot, and although much time has passed since the harvest, well-preserved bottles still display a noble aromatic persistence with spicy and mineral notes. We recommend serving the wine at a temperature of about 17–18 degrees, handling it gently and decanting it quickly to separate any natural sediment, and pairing it with aged red meat, game birds, or aged hard cheeses.
Label: Slight signs of wear
Caps: Slight signs of wear
Level: High shoulder
Color: Perfect
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