French wine map shows the best vintage, from 1978 to 2011. Top years include 1990, a year in which eight of the nine regions are given full marks, and 2005, when Loire, Alsace and the reds from Burgundy and Bordeaux are each awarded a ten. Other years are more mixed, while 1984 was a "pretty terrible" vintage in the major European regions - hence its absence from Berry Bros and Rudd's wine ratings, and the chart above. Of course, vintage charts are summaries that may hide exceptional wines from poor years - and occasionally the opposite. Many of the best quality wines can take years to fully mature, and this depends on the characteristics of the region and the different grape varieties.
Some Bordeaux reds, for example, might take twenty or thirty years to reach their peak. Fowler said: "In a brilliant vintage, such as 2010, everything tends to over perform. "In poorer years, the wine is by no means the same quality - it might lack extract or fruit. "As a rule, stick to the more established vineyards in a poor year. " Map note. Marions-les! Annuaire des vins vinup.com : comment rechercher un vin, trouver un producteur, viticulteur, vigneron, distributeur. Ecce vino. Vitineris. BottleDB. Toutlevin. Guide Hachette des vins. Bettane et Desseauve. Gault & Millau. Vinogusto. Accord Mets et Vins. Vindicateur.
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