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1970 Wine and Port Vintage

Vintage Summary and Recommendations:


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n France, Bordeaux enjoyed a legendary vintage for both its dry wines and the sweet wines of Sauternes. The Burgundy vintage was also very good. Champagne, Alsace and the Loire Valley also enjoyed excellent years and many great wines were made. For the Rhône valley, the vintage was legendary particularly for southern Rhône reds.Italy enjoyed a spectacular year and both Piedmont and Tuscany produced rich, age-worthy wines. Port also experienced a legendary year – and many of the wines will still be drinking brilliantly now – as did neighbouring Spain, which also made many fine reds. Any of these wines would make a fabulous 55 year old wine gift for an Anniversary or birthday.






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

  • Quinta da Devesa 1970 White Colheita port
  • Barolo 1970 Cantine Prandi Last Library Stock
  • Chateau Climens 1970 Barsac 1st Growth – half bottle
  • Chateau Croizet Bages 1970 Pauillac 5th Growth Classification
  • Ramos Pinto 1970 Vintage Port

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    This Year in History: Fun Fact: Fast food restaurants serving hamburgers, fried chicken and French fries arrived in Britain and became popular during the 1970s.
    Eurovision Winner: Ireland with the song "All Kinds of Everything" by Dana
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    Bordeaux: An outstanding vintage, against which others are often compared. The 1970 is the best vintage between the outstanding years of 1961 and 1982. Perfect weather led to huge crop that set a record at the time, but was also of a high quality across all regions. The wines generally have a dark colour, are fragrant, have full body and a richness of fruit. The wines produced are consistent and will continue to drink well for decades to come.
     
    Italian: The Italian 1970 wine vintage was an outstanding one for the wine regions of Tuscany and Piedmont. The 1970 wine vintage produced rich, structured, full bodied wines that are still drinking well today. In Tuscany the spring was unusually cold resulting in a late bud break. This was mitigated by a long hot summer which continued well into autumn. The producers took advantage to harvest late, obtaining very good sugar levels. The vintage was excellent for Chianti and Brunello. In Piedmont, it was a very good vintage obscured by legendary 1971 vintage. Barolo, Barbaresco, Nebbiolo all shine through.
     
    Portugal: The 1970 Port Vintage was universally declared as a vintage of outstanding quality. Ideal growing conditions produced what is now a classic, outstanding vintage. The 1970 port wines have great balance, good structure, and will age superbly for decades to come. Declared by all the major port houses, 1970 is one of the finest Port vintages for the last 55 years - a bottle from this year would make a stunning wine gift for a birthday or anniversary.
     

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    Barolo, 1970

    Riccardo Ceretto

    Barolo is known as the 'king of wines' and is made from the Nebbiolo grape. Heady aromas of rose, leather, vanilla, cherry, pepper, cranberry, strawberry. Fruits are perfectly knitted with the tannins and acidity. It's a powerful wine but remarkably subtle. Don't underestimate it and certainly serve it with food to show at it's best. Nebbiolo has naturally high tannins and acidity, so it will take on full-flavoured, rich foods no problem at all.
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    Barolo, 1970

    Camerano

    Barolo is known as the 'king of wines' and is made from the Nebbiolo grape. Heady aromas of rose, leather, vanilla, cherry, pepper, cranberry, strawberry. Fruits are perfectly knitted with the tannins and acidity. It's a powerful wine but remarkably subtle. Don't underestimate it and certainly serve it with food to show at it's best. Nebbiolo has naturally high tannins and acidity, so it will take on full-flavoured, rich foods no problem at all.
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    Barolo, 1970

    Fratelli Casetta

    Barolo is known as the 'king of wines' and is made from the Nebbiolo grape. Heady aromas of rose, leather, vanilla, cherry, pepper, cranberry, strawberry. Fruits are perfectly knitted with the tannins and acidity. It's a powerful wine but remarkably subtle. Don't underestimate it and certainly serve it with food to show at it's best. Nebbiolo has naturally high tannins and acidity, so it will take on full-flavoured, rich foods no problem at all.
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    Barolo, 1970

    Marchesi Villadoria - Riserva Speciale

    Barolo is known as the 'king of wines' and is made from the Nebbiolo grape. Heady aromas of rose, leather, vanilla, cherry, pepper, cranberry, strawberry. Fruits are perfectly knitted with the tannins and acidity. It's a powerful wine but remarkably subtle. Don't underestimate it and certainly serve it with food to show at it's best. Nebbiolo has naturally high tannins and acidity, so it will take on full-flavoured, rich foods no problem at all.
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    Barolo, 1970

    Renato Ratti - Marcenesco

    The 1970 vintage is considered one of the classic years of the 20th century for Barolo, marking a turning point in the region’s history. It was a warm, balanced growing season that delivered fully ripened Nebbiolo grapes with exceptional structure and longevity. Produced during the pioneering early years of Renato Ratti’s estate, this wine reflects his revolutionary approach to Barolo: careful vineyard selection, shorter maceration times, and a focus on elegance and terroir expression over sheer power. More than five decades on, the 1970 vintage stands as a remarkable example of traditional Barolo at its peak maturity.
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    Barolo, 1970

    Giacomo Borgogno - Riserva

    Founded in 1761, Giacomo Borgogno & Figli is one of Barolo’s oldest and most traditional houses. Based in the village of Barolo itself, Borgogno is renowned for its classic long-fermentation, extended cask ageing and late release philosophy, producing wines built for decades of evolution.

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    After over half a century in bottle, the 1970 Barolo Riserva opens with a delicate, ethereal bouquet of dried roses, truffle, autumn leaves and tobacco, underscored by hints of tea leaf, leather and cherry liqueur. The palate is graceful and evolved, revealing layers of dried red fruit, forest floor and spice, framed by fine, resolved tannins and a lingering, savoury finish.
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    Bordeaux, 1970

    UVB

    Bordeaux, in the south-west of France, needs little introduction to anyone with an interest in wine. One of the world's most prolific wine regions, it also manages to rank among the most famous and prestigious. The secrets of Bordeaux's wine success (other than magical Bordeaux Blend) are its three trump cards: diversity, quality and quantity. The majority of Bordeaux wines are the dry, medium-bodied reds that made the region famous.
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    Bourgogne, 1970

    Les Fils de Henri Ramel - Reserve Speciale
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    Bourgogne Rouge is the term used to apply to red wines from Burgundy that fall under the generic Bourgogne AOC, which can be produced by over 350 individual villages across the region. As with Bourgogne Blanc and Bourgogne Rosé, this is a very general appellation and thus is hard to pinpoint any specific characteristics of the wine as a whole, due to the huge variety of wines produced.Pinot Noir is the primary grape used in Bourgogne Rouge production, although Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris and in Yonne, César grapes are all also permitted to make up the rest of the wine.
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    Brunello di Montalcino, 1970

    Castiglione del Bosco - Riserva

    Brunello de Montalcino is one of Italys most famous and most expensive red wines. It is produced in the vineyards surrounding the town of Montalcino located about 70 miles (110 km) southwest of Florence in the Tuscany wine region. Brunello, roughly translated as "nice dark one" is the unofficial name of the clone of Sangiovese used in production.
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    Brunello di Montalcino, 1970

    Castiglione del Bosco

    Brunello de Montalcino is one of Italys most famous and most expensive red wines. It is produced in the vineyards surrounding the town of Montalcino located about 70 miles (110 km) southwest of Florence in the Tuscany wine region. Brunello, roughly translated as "nice dark one" is the unofficial name of the clone of Sangiovese used in production.
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    Brunello di Montalcino, 1970

    Fattoria dei Barbi

    Brunello de Montalcino is one of Italys most famous and most expensive red wines. It is produced in the vineyards surrounding the town of Montalcino located about 70 miles (110 km) southwest of Florence in the Tuscany wine region. Brunello, roughly translated as "nice dark one" is the unofficial name of the clone of Sangiovese used in production.
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    Brunello di Montalcino, 1970

    Col d'Orcia

    Brunello de Montalcino is one of Italys most famous and most expensive red wines. It is produced in the vineyards surrounding the town of Montalcino located about 70 miles (110 km) southwest of Florence in the Tuscany wine region. Brunello, roughly translated as "nice dark one" is the unofficial name of the clone of Sangiovese used in production.
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    Brunello di Montalcino, 1970

    Fattoria dei Barbi

    Brunello de Montalcino is one of Italys most famous and most expensive red wines. It is produced in the vineyards surrounding the town of Montalcino located about 70 miles (110 km) southwest of Florence in the Tuscany wine region. Brunello, roughly translated as "nice dark one" is the unofficial name of the clone of Sangiovese used in production.
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    Brunello di Montalcino, 1970

    Fattoria dei Barbi

    Brunello de Montalcino is one of Italys most famous and most expensive red wines. It is produced in the vineyards surrounding the town of Montalcino located about 70 miles (110 km) southwest of Florence in the Tuscany wine region. Brunello, roughly translated as "nice dark one" is the unofficial name of the clone of Sangiovese used in production.
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    Cabernet, 1970

    F.lli Pedrotti

    A classic red Italian wine made from the Cabernet Sauvignon grape of the 1970 vintage. The wine has aged to produce a garnet core with a clear rim. Lots of oak, leather and soft tannins remain.
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    Cabernet, 1970

    Fedrigotti Conti Bossi

    A classic red italian wine made from the Cabernet Sauvignon grape of the 1970 vintage. The wine has aged to produce a garnet core with a clear rim. Lots of oak, leather and soft tannins remain.
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    Cabernet, 1970

    Cantina Soc Ormette
    Clearance Offer | Was £69 Now £40

    Very forward nose of leather and cherries, liquorice wild strawberries, ripe plums and pencil .The palate is very nice balance of sweet fruit and acidity.
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    Calem Port, 1970

    Vintage Port

    From the excellent 1970 vintage, the Calem has a dense, even, opaque crimson colour, with a very rich, dark well of black fruit and floral aromas, with all sorts of mineral and delicately spicy nuances. On the palate this has a beautifully focused sweetness, with a supple, svelte quality of black fruits, that is pure and very long and silky through the mid palate. There are fine chocolaty tannins adding plush depth, and the spirit is nicely integrated. This wine has lovely balance too, with excellent length, emphasising the harmony and structure of the wine.
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    Carema, 1970

    L. Bertolo

    Carema is a red winemaking zone and boasts the king of Italian red grapes, Nebbiolo, as its leading varietal. The wine must comprise 85% of this variety, the remainder made up of a maximum 15% of authorized Piedmont red grapes. Ageing requirements are 36 months, of which 24 must be in wood, while the riserva must spend an extra six months in oak. Carema is a small mountainous area neighboring the Aosta Valley in the far northern corner of Piedmont, in north-western Italy. This unique viticultural landscape is situated in the province of Turin and was awarded its DOC classification in 1967. Similar to the steep,
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    Chateau Brane Cantenac, 1970

    Cantenac Margaux 3rd Growth Classification

    Scoring an excellent 85 parker points, the 1970 Brane Cantenac is deep ruby in color, with a spicy, herbaceous, earthy scent and medium bodied, with a soft, relatively concentrated finish.

    Château Brane-Cantenac is a renowned wine estate situated in the Margaux appellation of Bordeaux, France. With roots tracing back to the 18th century, the estate has earned a reputation for crafting exceptional red wines. Encompassing approximately 75 hectares, the vineyard benefits from gravelly and sandy soils, ideal for cultivating Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot grapes.
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    Chateau Canon la Gaffeliere, 1970

    St Emilion Grand Cru Classe

    The 1970 Château Canon-La-Gaffelière is a wine that offers a glimpse into the history of Bordeaux and the evolution of Saint-Émilion wines. While it may not have the power of more recent vintages, it can still provide a rich and nuanced drinking experience, particularly for those who appreciate the complexity that comes with age. If you have the opportunity to taste this wine, it represents a connection to a storied past and the enduring quality of Bordeaux craftsmanship.

    The 1970 Château Canon-La-Gaffelière is a vintage wine from a renowned estate in the Saint-Émilion appellation on the Right Bank of Bordeaux.
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    Price: £89.00
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    Chateau Climens, 1970

    Barsac, 1st Growth
    Sweet White Wine
    Half Bottle 37.5cl

    The 1970 Climens has a lovely nose of mandarin, orange-blossom and a touch of peach. A little “smudged” by alcohol. The palate has a ripe, citrus and mandarin inspired entry, vibrant palate with good depth, touches of quince and barley sugar towards the finish. Good length. Neil Martin Wine Journal 88 Points
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    Chateau Climens, 1970

    Barsac, 1st Growth
    Sweet White Wine
    Half Bottle 37.5cl

    The 1970 Climens has a lovely nose of mandarin, orange-blossom and a touch of peach. A little “smudged” by alcohol. The palate has a ripe, citrus and mandarin inspired entry, vibrant palate with good depth, touches of quince and barley sugar towards the finish. Good length. Neil Martin Wine Journal 88 Points
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    Chateau Croizet Bages, 1970

    Pauillac 5th Growth Classification

    Dark ruby, with significant browning at the edges, the wine has an open-knit, fully mature, spicy, oaky, plummy, toffee-scented bouquet, moderately rich, soft, fruity flavours, and a supple, velvety finish.

    About Chateau Croizet Bages:
    Château Croizet-Bages is a renowned winery located in the Pauillac appellation of Bordeaux, France. The estate is part of the larger Bordeaux wine region, which is famous for producing some of the world's most prestigious and sought-after wines.

    History: Château Croizet-Bages has a long and storied history, dating back to the 19th century. The estate was originally part of the larger Lynch-Bages estate, which has a history that can be traced back to the 17th century.
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    Chateau de Sales, 1970

    Pomerol

    Chateau de Sales is Pomerol's largest vineyard, and produces this well-rounded, approachable and early-maturing wine. With a medium weight on the palate, the wine has plenty of savoury-sweet fruit and well-polished tannins, accompanied by aromas of caramel and earth.

    About Chateau de Sales Château de Sales is a historic wine estate located in the Pomerol appellation of the Bordeaux region in France. Distinguished as one of the oldest family-owned vineyards in Bordeaux, it has been in the hands of the same family for over five centuries. The estate spans approximately 90 hectares, with 47.5 hectares dedicated to vineyards, making it the largest in Pomerol.
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