Chateau Rose D'Ars Haut Medoc Vintage 1961

Chateau Rose D'Ars Haut Medoc Vintage 1961Historical records suggest that "Rose D'Ars" was a secondary label or a specific parcel associated with Chteau dArsac The name "Ars" refers to a 14th century knight who lived on the lands where these vineyards are located. The bottle is an English bottling by Peatling Cawdron who were a fine wine merchants based in King's Lynn. The 1961 vintage is legendary for being one of the best vintages of the 20th Century. Typical blend, Cabernet Sauvignon,

Production stoped for a while and  restarted on the arrival of André Mentzelopoulos in 1977 and at first greatly increased in order to improve the quality of the first wine

This wine combines grapes grown in the McLaren Vale and Hunter Valley

Chateau Cissac is firmly a Wine Cru favourite

They also own Chateau Leoville Poyferre in Saint Julien

lush and imposing

which is quite unusual for a Bordeaux property

For this wine he buys grapes from several vineyards like Eola-Amity in Oregon

With roast lamb

I thought this was lovely and in a very good place

Tinta Roriz Touriga Nacional

but Latour has a reputation of performing well in the lesser vintages

This was confirmed by the harvests that were spread out for the various grape varieties