The guide to the best wines of the 1994 vintage
Are you looking for a wine from 1994 to mark an important date or celebrate a birthday, the 30th birthday of a loved one for example? La Bouteille Dorée offers you this short guide to help you find the bottle from 1994 that will really please its recipient.
Bordeaux 1994
After 3 years of difficult climatic conditions, the Bordeaux vineyards experienced a hot, sunny and dry summer in 1994, promising an excellent vintage. However, the heavy rains that fall in September drown the vineyard and most of the wines today are quite austere and lack elegance. A few wines stand out from the crowd, on the right bank in Pomerol and Saint-Emilion where the Merlot was harvested earlier, on the left bank in Pessac-Léognan, mainly white wines and more generally the châteaux who have been able to sacrifice a significant part of their harvest to produce more concentrated wines with longer ageing. The sweet wines of Sauternes and Barsac are not of great interest for the most part.
Burgundy 1994
Quite similar climatic conditions in Burgundy, with a hot and dry summer and a month of rainy harvests, resulted in fairly light wines, generally lacking structure. The estates that harvested at the beginning of September or at the end of the month fared better.
Rhône 1994
Beautiful climatic conditions in the north of the Rhône Valley gave very good red wines from Hermitage, Cornas and Saint-Joseph in this vintage. In the south, Châteauneuf-du-Pape offers a welcome fine vintage, after the superb 1990 and then three difficult years.
Champagne 1994
Poor vintage in Champagne and few or no great vintage champagnes in 1994.
Alsace 1994
A vintage also disrupted by the rains in September but a very good success for the Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Tokay Pinot Gris in late harvest and selections of noble grains.
Other successes of 1994
Among the best successes of the 1994 wines are:
- The great red wines of Rioja in Spain with slow maturation, which offer excellent ageing potential. Very good vintage.
- The great red wines of Tuscany in Italy: if Piedmont has experienced similar conditions to the south of France, the great Tuscan wines and Super Tuscans blended with Cabernet and Merlot, grape varieties that were harvested later than Sangiovese offer great successes.
- The red wines of Cahors.
- The natural sweet red wines of Roussillon (Rivesaltes, Maury).
Find all the bottles of 1994 on sale now
Find all the bottles from 1994 currently on sale at La Bouteille Dorée. All these wines from 1994 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 of the 1994 vintage, do not hesitate to contact us at info@labouteilledoree.com or at 01.46.22.29.79.