Discover today our advice on the great vintages of the vintages in 8. We offer you some information to describe the quality of the vintage. Our wine merchant also offers a selection of grands crus available for purchase on the site for each vintage. You'll also find the best-rated grands crus for vintages in 8. 

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Visit 1958 vintage is a vintage whose quality varies greatly depending on the appellation. To begin with, the Bordeaux region has been very difficult, and the wines of this vintage are not wines for laying down, and are therefore no longer good to drink, save them for the collection. EXCEPT for the Sauternes AOC, which has come through with some very interesting wines to taste. It's a great experience to taste an old vintage such as 1958 in Sauternes. What we can recommend, as announced by LARVF Decemberin 1958 the best to taste is a Rivesaltes (Vin doux naturel) from Domaine Cazes (buy this wine here).

 

Our cellarman's selection of 1958 grands crus 

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• We won't press the vintage 1968 because it was very mediocre. However, a number of great châteaux have made fine efforts to stand out from the crowd: Château Cantemerle, Figeac, Château Haut-Brion, Château Latour or Mission Haut-Brion in Bordeaux and the wines of Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

 

 

 

Visit 1978 vintage was difficult at first, particularly in the Bordeaux region. Then, all of a sudden, an incredible anticyclone developed in the south of France. This pleasant event enabled the Bordeaux reds to have a superb vintage, with the Médoc at the top of the list.

A happy winner from this vintage: the Rhônewith its superb, concentrated, tannic wines. Burgundy was also a success, for both red and white wines. This vintage produced great wines for laying down.

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Our cellarman's selection of 1978 grands crus 

For the 1978 vintageour cellarman recommends the great vintages available at Comptoir des Millésimes :

 

Château Laroze 1978 - Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé

Château Villemaurine 1978 magnum - Grand-cru de Saint-Émilion 

Château La Lagune 1978 - Grand-cru de Haut-Médoc

 

TOP 3 best-rated wines of 1978

Guigal Côte-Rôtie "La Mouline" 1978 - 100/100 Robert Parker

Paul Jaboulet Ainé Hermitage "La Chapelle" 1978 - 100/100 Robert Parker

Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape 1978 - 99/100 Robert Parker

 

 

 

Visit 1988 vintage was superb in the French vineyards, with an ideal climate and generous weather that year. However, the vintage demanded patience on the part of the winemakers. The different winegrowers had to wait for optimum ripeness before harvesting, but also to keep a close eye on yields. It was a great vintage for Sauternes.

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Our cellarman's selection of 1988 grands crus 

For the 1988 vintage, our cellarman recommends the great vintages available at Comptoir des Millésimes.

 

Château d'Yquem 1988 Sauternes - 99/100 Robert Parker

 

Château Climens 1988 Sauternes - 96/100 Robert Parker

 

Château Haut-Brion 1988 Pessac-Léognan - 96/100 Wine Spectator

 

Château Latour 1988 Pauillac - 96/100 Wine Spectator

 

TOP 3 best-rated wines in 1988

Visit 100/100 Robert Parker of this 1988 vintage are the Guigal trilogy :

Guigal Côte-Rôtie "La Landonne" 1988

Guigal Côte-Rôtie "La Turque" 1988

Guigal Côte-Rôtie "La Mouline "1988

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Weather conditions varied greatly in 1998. Preceded by a superb mild winter, spring began with frosts in April (including in Languedoc). But late spring stabilized nicely, with warm temperatures and dry weather. Flowering came fairly early in most French vineyards. The vintage got off to a good start, albeit with a cold spell in June. In Bordeaux, it's the year of the Merlot! From Bordeaux to Alsace, ripening conditions were superb. In Burgundy, the reds excelled, particularly in Côte-de-Nuits, with deep, seductive wines. The greatest success of the 1998 vintage was in the Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC! The Gigondas and Châteauneuf-du-Pape were particularly noteworthy.

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Our cellarman's selection of 1998 grands crus 

For the 1998 vintage, our cellarman recommends the great vintages available at Comptoir des Millésimes :

 

Château Cheval Blanc 1998 Saint-Émilion - 96+/100 Robert Parker

Mouton-Rothschild 1998 Pauillac - 96/100 Robert Parker

Château Pavie 1998 Saint-Émilion - 96/100 Robert Parker

Château Haut-Brion 1998 Pessac-Léognan - 96/100 Robert Parker

Château Peby-Faugères 1998 Saint-Émilion - 95/100 Robert Parker

 

TOP 3 best-rated wines in 1998

Chateau Beaucastel "Hommage à Jacques Perrin" 1998 Châteauneuf-du-pape - 100/100 Robert Parker

Domaine Roger Sabon "Le Secret de Sabon" 1998 Châteauneuf-du-pape - 100/100 Robert Parker

Guigal Côte-Rôtie "La Landonne" 1998- 100/100 Robert Parker

 

 

Difficult weather that year. Vineyards from the Loire to the South-West suffered frosts in April. Then came hail and snails, which attacked the vines. Summer was also difficult, cold, grey and wet. Everyone thought it was going to be a disastrous year, but September saved the vines! A very sunny month, which gave rise to some lovely surprises. In Bordeaux, yields were very low, but the quality of the vintage was much higher than in 2007, with some very nice surprises in certain appellations. A fine year for Champagnes. Alsace wines are heterogeneous, but the strong September sunshine enabled late-ripening grape varieties to achieve excellent results. Burgundy also had a rainy summer, but then came the anti-cyclone in mid-September. A big surprise, it's the Happy End for Burgundy winegrowers. The red wines are very fleshy, with beautiful colors. Burgundy whites, particularly Chardonnay, are of a very high standard. Chablis also produced some very fine wines. On the podium for this vintage, we see number 1 Bordeaux sweet wines with the Sauternes appellation, but also the Rhône region.

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Our cellarman's selection of 2008 grands crus 

For the 2008 vintage, our cellarman recommends grands crus available at Comptoir des Millésimes :

Château d'Yquem 2008 Sauternes - 96/100 Robert Parker

Domaine Zind-Humbrecht Riesling Brand Grand Cru "Sélection de Grains Nobles" 2008 - Alsace - 96/100 Robert Parker

Domaine Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris Rotenberg "Sélection de Grains Nobles" 2008 - Alsace - 96/100 Robert Parker

 

TOP 3 best-rated wines in 2008

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti "Montrachet Grand Cru" 2008 - 98+/100 Robert Parker

Château Ausone 2008 Saint-Émilion - 98/100 Robert Parker

Château Lafite-Rothschild Pauillac - 98/100 Robert Parker

 

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