{"product_id":"chateau-larrosee-1983","title":"Chateau L'Arrosee Saint-Emilion 1983 AOC 0,75l","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe label on this bottle no longer exists. In 2013 Château L'Arrosée was bought by the owners of Haut-Brion and folded into their Saint-Émilion property, Château Quintus, so every bottle carrying the L'Arrosée name is now a finite thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe estate sat on the côtes just south-west of the town of Saint-Émilion, clay over limestone, and it held a quiet cult reputation through the 1970s and 80s under François Rodhain — a Grand Cru Classé that regularly outperformed properties ranked above it. The blend was unusual for the right bank: Merlot leading, but with a serious proportion of both Cabernets, which gave the wines a firmer frame than their neighbours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1983 was a warm, humid, difficult growing season in Bordeaux, kinder to the right bank than the reputation of the year suggests. Forty-odd years on, a bottle like this is no longer about power. It is about what a mature claret smells like when it has been left alone in a cellar since the year on the label.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProducer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Château L’Arrosée\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVintage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1983\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 At forty-three years old this will be fully tertiary — dried fruit, undergrowth, soft tannin — and while L'Arrosée had the structure to last, any bottle of this age depends on its cork.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho it suits.\u003c\/strong\u003e For someone born in 1983 and turning forty-three, or a couple marking forty-three years together, and particularly for anyone who likes owning a label that no longer exists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition.\u003c\/strong\u003e The merchant grades the bottle's overall condition as good, which at this age means an intact label and capsule with normal cellar wear; we check and photograph it again before the bottle ships.\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 L’Arrosée","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58394790756696,"sku":"ANNO-023527","price":179.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/6505\/6856\/files\/Chateau-LArrosee-Saint-Emilion-1983-AOC-075l.jpg?v=1790729703","url":"https:\/\/anno.wine\/products\/chateau-larrosee-1983","provider":"ANNO","version":"1.0","type":"link"}