1981 | Chateau Laroze | Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

Red Wine: 1981 | Chateau Laroze | Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

It presents itself with great elegance and charm with precise aromas, imposing but very fine tannins and great length.

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Producer: Chateau Laroze

Vintage: 1981

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13.5%

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red

Country/Region: France, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

It presents itself with great elegance and charm with precise aromas, imposing but very fine tannins and great length.

Producer Information

Chteau Laroze is a Saint-milion Grand Cru Class wine estate situated on the Saint-milion plateau just over two kilometers (1.2 miles) northwest of Saint-Emilion town, between Chteau Yon-Figeac, further to the northwest, and the Clos des Jacobins and Chteau Franc Mayne properties to the southeast, back towards the town. This estate itself was established in 1882 when Georges Gurchy and his wife bought and combined three small vineyards totaling 15 hectares (37 acres). The chteau building and cellars were built three years later in 1885. Decades later, Georges Gurchy’s granddaughter married Doctor Meslin, and the estate remains under the ownership and management of the Meslin family. The estate was named a Grand Cru Class in the original 1955 Saint-milion classification. It has retained this status throughout each successive iteration (the classification is reviewed roughly every decade) of the classification. The estate now encompasses 27 hectares (67 acres) of vines on silica-clay soils surrounding the chteau. Plantings are 68 percent Merlot with 26 percent Cabernet Franc, and six percent Cabernet Sauvignon. The estate wines are fermented and aged in a mix of concrete cuves, stainless steel tanks and oak barrels. Aging for the grand vin takes place in cuve and barrel, 70 percent of which are new oak. As well as the eponymous grand vin, a second wine La Fleur Laroze is produced. A third wine, Lady Laroze, was introduced with the 2010 vintage to celebrate the owning family’s 400th anniversary making wine in Saint-milion.