{"product_id":"chateau-gruaud-larose-saint-julien-1999","title":"Chateau Gruaud-Larose, Saint-Julien, 1999","description":"A Second Growth Saint-Julien from 1999, a year the château itself calls a very good vintage, thanks to a hot, sunny summer and a dry run-in to harvest. The season started early, with budburst at the end of March. A very wet start to May gave way to a dry second half and a quick, even flowering, and from 10 August to 12 September the weather stayed hot and dry. The blend leans on Cabernet in classic Saint-Julien fashion: 61% Cabernet Sauvignon and 31% Merlot, with Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc and a single percent of Malbec, all grown on 82 hectares of Garonne gravel laid down more than 600,000 years ago. Picking was done by hand, parcel by parcel and variety by variety, over more than three weeks, and the grapes were sorted three times before they reached the vats. One detail we like: the team tasted through the press wines and chose four of them for the barrels, where the wine spent 16 to 18 months in French oak. At 12.9% alcohol, this is Left Bank claret in its classic, moderate register.","brand":"Private","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51047936458809,"sku":"NYC-[PVT]-NC11026-110226-52-8","price":139.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Chateau-Gruaud-Larose-Saint-Julien-1999-Red-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1793696462","url":"https:\/\/nyc.flatiron-wines.com\/products\/chateau-gruaud-larose-saint-julien-1999","provider":"Flatiron Wines \u0026 Spirits NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}