{"product_id":"chateau-branaire-ducru-1979-2","title":"Chateau Branaire-Ducru Saint-Julien 1979 AOC 0,75l","description":"\u003cp\u003eBranaire began in 1680, when the Beychevelle estate was broken up and a man called Braneyre took a share of it. The vineyard still sits opposite Beychevelle's gates, scattered in parcels across Saint-Julien, and the wine has a house style that is easy to recognise: dark, faintly chocolatey, carrying less obvious weight than its neighbours and more polish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1979 the property was in the hands of the Tapie family, who owned it from the 1950s until 1988. That was a quieter period than the one which followed, but 1979 was a genuinely good Médoc year — a very large crop picked late in a cool autumn, giving firm, well-drawn wines rather than rich ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003eFourth Growth\u003c\/strong\u003e Saint-Julien with forty-seven years behind it is a serious object. It has lasted far longer than most wine made in 1979 was ever expected to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProducer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Château Branaire-Ducru\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVintage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1979\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Saint-Julien AOC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e 75cl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bordeaux, France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Red\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere it is likely to be now.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is at the far end of its life: expect a mature, softened claret of medium weight, sound if it has been well kept but with no reserve left for further ageing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho it suits.\u003c\/strong\u003e A considered present for a 47th birthday or a forty-seventh wedding anniversary in 2026, where the recipient values a proper Saint-Julien over a famous name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition.\u003c\/strong\u003e The merchant's report reads simply good — label, capsule and level all as they should be for 1979 — and the bottle is checked here again before it leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance.\u003c\/strong\u003e Bought to order from a professional European merchant. We check fill, label and capsule when the bottle reaches us and photograph it before it ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelivered in 7 to 10 working days, tracked. Transit cover can be added at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSold as a collectible item, as seen. No guarantee is given on drinkability.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!--anno-tpl-3--\u003e","brand":"Château Branaire-Ducru","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58326650978648,"sku":"ANNO-000452","price":129.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/6505\/6856\/files\/Chateau-Branaire-Ducru-Saint-Julien-1979-AOC-075l.jpg?v=1790689450","url":"https:\/\/anno.wine\/products\/chateau-branaire-ducru-1979-2","provider":"ANNO","version":"1.0","type":"link"}