64' Vintage

[Innkeeper]

Only thing I know for sure is that the '65 was horrible. Possibly the worst in the century. Was there. They called that summer the "Green Winter." All the seaside resorts closed down. We barbequed on the balcony on the Fourth of July with two sweaters on. The vintage all over France and most of the rest of the continent was a disaster. Nothing ripened.

The thing I know next best is '63. That was pretty bad too. It was the year we got married, which I hasten to add was good. However, when we looked for an anniversary wine a few years later, the only thing anyone could recommend was Latour. We picked up a couple, and held them plenty long, but they were nothing to write home about.

The thing I do remember about '64 is that it was abundent. We drank it practically the whole time we were in Europe ('64-'68) and to our then (and I guess now to some extent) unsophisticated palates, the wines were great; particularly the St Emilions.