{"product_id":"chateau-gruaud-larose-saint-julien-1994","title":"Chateau Gruaud-Larose, Saint Julien, 1994","description":"Thirty-two years is exactly what a firm, classically built 1994 needed. Gruaud-Larose is one of the five 2nd Growths of the 1855 Saint-Julien classification, an estate of more than 80 hectares on deep gravel soils, Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant in the classical style of the commune, vinified parcel by parcel and aged in French oak. 1994 was a rain-hit year on the Left Bank: a promising summer undone by a soaking September, which produced wines that were austere and tightly wound in youth. Gruaud's deep gravel and firm frame were well suited to that kind of vintage, and time has done the rest, resolving the tannins and moving the wine into its cedar, tobacco and dried-herb tertiary phase. (The Merlaut family bought the estate in 1997, so this bottle predates their tenure.) Fully mature: decant gently off the sediment and drink it the same evening.","brand":"Private","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50673991843897,"sku":"NYC-[PVT]-PCSOCTOB1026-100626-5-2","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/IMG-4937.jpg?v=1791580985","url":"https:\/\/nyc.flatiron-wines.com\/products\/chateau-gruaud-larose-saint-julien-1994","provider":"Flatiron Wines \u0026 Spirits NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}