1947
The vintage year 1947 was marked of a very hot summer. The blood phase went really well, the grapes showed an enormously high sugar content. The temperatures increased in the direction of the autumn furthermore, there were almost tropical temperatures in Bordeaux. This caused the winegrowers considerable problems since the grape good and the fermenting containers overheat ! The vintage is indicated by masculine wines with a high degree of volatile acid. The wines have turned out from Pomerol and St. Emilion exceptionally well. Chateau Cheval Bland 1947 is regarded as millennium wine with a furthermore unbroken potential. Chateau Peter is a legend and gets maximum marks of the wine experts today certainly, too. In addition, chateau Margaux has to be mentioned in the Belgian Vandermeulen filling. A wine of crazy elegance and complexity. The search for 1947s wines still is in an interesting way and good bottles still jut out for some decades. The wine enthusiast should grasp it here.
However, of 11 port houses the vintage declared, very good quality became still rarer to find today.
Very high quality also in the German wine cultivable areas. Heat waves provided fully ripe grapes. Today, the noble sweet wines are still a drinking pleasure. The search is worthwhile today certainly, too. Successful at the Moselle and in the Rhine district.
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