The guide to the best wines of the 1962 vintage
Want to find a wine from 1962 to celebrate a birthday or mark an important date? La Bouteille Dorée offers you a little practical guide to find your way around the 1962 vintage, a vintage that is more than 50 years old.
Bordeaux 1962
1962 is a good vintage in Bordeaux, often underrated due to the exceptional 1961 vintage that preceded it. After a cold and rainy first half of the year, good weather returned in June with a hot summer that continued during the harvest. The best châteaux of the Médoc and Graves gave very good wines as well as those of Saint-Emilion and Pomerol, with wines with a strong fruit and a beautiful tannic structure. The Grands Crus of Sauternes also offer rich and harmonious wines.
Burgundy 1962
After a mediocre start to 1962 and a late flowering, the ripening of the grapes was very good in Burgundy. The great red wines of Burgundy, especially from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Beaune, offer a lot of elegance with a medium structure. The white wines were particularly successful with a very good concentration, especially in Corton and Meursault.
Rhône 1962
The Rhone Valley produced good red wines in 1962, especially in the Côte-Rôtie appellation and in the south, in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, where the wines have achieved a nice balance and offer good ageing potential.
Other successes of 1962
Among the great successes of 1962 were the wines of northernItaly: 1962 is an excellent vintage in Piedmont and Tuscany with concentrated and intense wines, especially Barolo and Brunello wines with long ageing potential.
The natural sweet wines of Roussillon, Maury and Rivesaltes also offer, thanks to their very long ageing potential, beautiful sensations.
Find all the bottles of 1962 currently on stock
Find all the bottles of 1962 currently on sale at La Bouteille Dorée. All these wines from 1962 are in stock in our cellars and can be delivered in 24 hours throughout France and even within the day in Paris and 48 to 72 hours in most european countries. If you are looking for a particular bottle in the 1962 vintage, do not hesitate to contact us at info@labouteilledoree.com or at 01.46.22.29.79.