{"product_id":"chateau-talbot-saint-julien-1996","title":"Chateau Talbot, Saint-Julien, 1996","description":"Mature classified-growth Saint-Julien is the bottle most of us mean to cellar and never do, and this 1996 Talbot has already done the waiting for you. Talbot was ranked a Fourth Growth in 1855. Its 111 hectares sit in a single block on hilltops of fine Günzian gravel over clay, on the banks of the Gironde estuary. That gravel was carried down by the Dordogne from the Massif Central and by the Garonne from the Pyrenees, and it drains very well. The grand vin is built around the higher gravel parcels on the plateau. The family story runs deep: Désiré Cordier bought the estate in 1918, and after the death of his grandson Jean, Jean's daughters Lorraine and Nancy took over. (Désiré was also mayor of Saint-Julien, and the signs he put up at the three entrances to the village are still standing.) Stand the bottle upright a day ahead and decant it gently off any sediment.","brand":"Private","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51047938424889,"sku":"NYC-[PVT]-NC11026-110226-63-11\/14","price":169.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Chateau-Talbot-Saint-Julien-1996-Red-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1793696527","url":"https:\/\/nyc.flatiron-wines.com\/products\/chateau-talbot-saint-julien-1996","provider":"Flatiron Wines \u0026 Spirits NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}