{"product_id":"chateau-cure-bon-la-madeleine-1975","title":"Chateau Cure-Bon La Madeleine Saint-Emilion 1975 AOC 0,75l","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe label no longer exists. Curé Bon la Madeleine was five hectares on the limestone plateau of Saint-Émilion, ringed by Ausone, Belair and Canon — about as good an address as the appellation has — and in 2000 it was bought by Château Canon and absorbed into it. Every bottle carrying this name was made before that date, and nobody will make another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vines sat on the same limestone the town itself is quarried from, with ageing cellars cut straight into the rock beneath. The wine was Merlot-led, firm and mineral, and made in such small quantity that it went mostly to people who already knew about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1975 was the hot, dry, deeply tannic vintage that ended a run of poor years in Bordeaux. Half a century later, this is a modest price for something genuinely finite: a classed-growth Saint-Émilion from an estate that has been erased from the map, carrying one particular year on the front.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProducer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Château Cure-Bon La Madeleine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVintage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1975\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Saint-Émilion 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 A top-shoulder fill from a hard vintage means it may still be holding, but treat it as a collector's bottle rather than a dinner wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho it suits.\u003c\/strong\u003e Under a hundred euro for a genuine 1975 classed growth, which makes it the sensible choice for a fifty-first birthday or for building a set of bottles across several years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition.\u003c\/strong\u003e The label is intact and the fill is at top shoulder, meaning a little has evaporated over fifty-one years, which is entirely normal.\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 Cure-Bon La Madeleine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58326598091096,"sku":"ANNO-000529","price":85.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/6505\/6856\/files\/chateau-cure-bon-la-madeleine-1975_c3a5e3d6-d733-4a27-9461-70e451776f09.jpg?v=1790767183","url":"https:\/\/anno.wine\/products\/chateau-cure-bon-la-madeleine-1975","provider":"ANNO","version":"1.0","type":"link"}