{"product_id":"1989-chateau-de-chaintres-samur-champigny-1-5ltr","title":"Chateau de Chaintres Saumur-Champigny 1989 1.5L","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Comic Sans MS\"'\u003eThis wine, from the great 1989 vintage, is truly a transmission from a different era. In those less technologically equipped times, wines like this were more common: wines unabashedly wild and structured, unafraid to intimidate those presumptuous enough to open them before significant cellaring. Far more press wine was used in the final blends back then, contributing a granular, analog heft as well as a boatload of tannins that only years can tame. This 1989 was aged in enormous old \u003ci\u003efoudres \u003c\/i\u003ewhich still line a chamber of the château’s impressive underground labyrinth, and it has been resting in bottle at a constant ambient temperature for nearly three decades. It’s a living testament of Loire Cabernet Franc’s ability to rival in power and longevity its urbane southern cousin, Bordeaux, and its intoxicating swarm of secondary and tertiary aromas is both awe-inspiring and true to its terroir. Perfumed aromas of Mirabelle plum, blackberry, cassis, and fennel are still fresh and abound once you’ve got this in a decanter and breathing. Earthier, classic elements of Saumur-based Cabernet Franc are all there: violets, crushed gravel, sage, red pepper, and allspice with fruit still vigorous and precise. The purity and pleasure of Cabernet Franc fruit is on full display. We literally have a handful of these magnums and they might just vanish by the time you finish reading this! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vins Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46037511373039,"sku":"6835","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7140\/9135\/files\/Chaintres.jpg?v=1731313316","url":"https:\/\/vinsrare.com\/products\/1989-chateau-de-chaintres-samur-champigny-1-5ltr","provider":"Vins Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}