The guide to the best wines of the 1993 vintage
Are you looking for a wine from 1993 to mark an important date or celebrate a birthday, the 30th birthday of a loved one for example? La Bouteille Dorée offers you this little guide to help you find the bottle from 1993 that will really please its recipient.
Bordeaux 1993
After the modest vintages of 1991 and 1992, 1993 offered a breath of fresh air. However, the air was humid because after a sunny summer, the rains were abundant on the vineyard in September. It will be necessary to look for intensity on the right bank, Saint-Emilion, Pomerol, Fronsac and Canon Fronsac, and Graves, whose vineyards were harvested earlier than in the Médoc. For the latter, the wines have remained a little closed but there are some good surprises in the best châteaux. The sweet wines of Sauternes and Barsac are rare in this vintage as the rains in September damaged the grapes.
Burgundy 1993
After a beautiful spring and a dry start to the summer, the rains fell on the vineyard without sparing the harvest period. White and red wines that were pleasant in their youth but which, with a few exceptions, lacked the structure to age well into old age.
Rhône 1993
A vintage with abundant harvests in the north and south of the Rhône Valley, which gave quite light wines, rather pleasant in their youth but now generally outdated.
Champagne 1993
A very early vintage, with a hot and dry summer, which gave an abundant harvest in Champagne and few great cuvées offering great ageing potential.
Alsace 1993
It was also a very early vintage in Alsace where the ripening of the grapes was very advanced after a hot and fairly dry summer. The abundant rains from mid-September onwards have somewhat reduced the quality of the wines, which nevertheless remains beautiful with rather well-balanced wines.
Other successes of 1993
- The red wines of Cahors
- Natural sweet red wines from Roussillon (Rivesaltes, Maury)
Find all the bottles of 1993 currently on sale
Find all the bottles from 1993 currently on sale at La Bouteille Dorée. All these wines from 1993 are in stock in our cellars and can be delivered in 24 hours throughout France and even during the day in Paris. If you are looking for a particular bottle in the 1993 vintage, do not hesitate to contact us at info@labouteilledoree.com or at 01.46.22.29.79.