{"product_id":"vintage-smagekassen-5-0","title":"Vintage tasting box 5.0","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVintage Wine Tasting Box 5.0: Two reds, one white from Bourgogne, Bordeaux and Piemonte\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eImagine opening three bottles, where the oldest was harvested 35 years ago. That is exactly what the Vintage Wine Tasting Box gives you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWe have handpicked three wines from three of Europe's most iconic wine regions: Meursault, Margaux and Barbaresco. Bourgogne, Bordeaux and Piemonte are the regions the rest of the wine world is measured against. Here you get them side by side, with between 19 and 35 years in the bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe three wines of the box:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e🇫🇷 \u003cstrong\u003eMeursault François Martenot 1991 — Côte de Beaune, Bourgogne\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe white wine of the box and its oldest bottle. François Martenot is a négociant house in Savigny-lès-Beaune. The négociant model was for centuries the backbone of the wine trade in Bourgogne: the house buys grapes and wine from the area's winegrowers and is responsible for aging and bottling itself. Right up until the 1970s and 80s, most winegrowers sold their harvest on in barrels, and Martenot carries on that tradition. 1991 was a rainy and uneven year in Côte de Beaune. It yielded leaner wines with more acidity than the warm years, and it is precisely the acidity that keeps a white Bourgogne alive through three decades. Expect a deep golden color with baked apple, dried apricot, hazelnut, honey and beeswax over Meursault's chalky minerality. Very few people ever get to taste a 35-year-old white Bourgogne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e🇫🇷 \u003cstrong\u003eMargaux Château Segonnes 1998 — Margaux, Bordeaux\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSegonnes is made by Château Lascombes, a Deuxième Grand Cru Classé from the 1855 classification and one of the largest estates in Margaux. In the 1980s, Lascombes began to separate the parcels that did not reach grand vin level, and bottle them under the name Château Segonnes. It is therefore the same vineyard and the same cellar, and the wine is bottled at the château. Lascombes’ modern history begins in 1952. That year, Alexis Lichine bought the château together with a group of American investors and put it back on the map. He was the wine writer who also created Château Prieuré-Lichine. 1998 yielded rich and ripe fruit in Margaux (90 points). The wine is based on Margaux’s classic blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Expect ripe blackcurrant and plum, cedar, tobacco and Margaux’s violet perfume, carried by 28 years of soft and integrated tannins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e🇮🇹 \u003cstrong\u003eBarbaresco Produttori del Barbaresco 2007 — Piemonte\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduttori del Barbaresco is one of the world's most respected wine cooperatives. Its roots go back to 1894. That year, Domizio Cavazza, director of the local wine school, gathered the area's winegrowers into the first cooperative. It was closed during the war and re-established in 1958. Today, 51 members share about 110 hectares, planted exclusively with Nebbiolo and exclusively in the Barbaresco zone. Barbaresco is Barolo's neighbor and represents the more elegant and aromatic side of Nebbiolo. 2007 was a warm and early year in Piemonte, which yielded generous and accessible wines (91 points). With 19 years in the bottle, the wine has entered its mature window: red cherries, dried roses, licorice, tar, leather and a touch of truffle. It is the youngest wine of the box and the one with the most power left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded in the box:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetailed description of each wine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuide to handling vintage wine, including recommended serving order and temperatures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVintage corkscrew\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0646\/3478\/1950\/files\/vintage_tasting_box_5.pdf?v=1791957873\"\u003eDOWNLOAD PDF HERE\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bottles With History","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57594178306374,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0646\/3478\/1950\/files\/Treklassiskevinemedvintagekorktraekker.png?v=1791957619","url":"https:\/\/bottleswithhistory.com\/products\/vintage-smagekassen-5-0","provider":"Bottles With History","version":"1.0","type":"link"}