Hermitage Blanc is a long-lived wine, made from the marsanne and roussanne grapes.
At its best, it is a long-lived wine that takes time to come around.
They wanted to make intense, rich, long-lived red wines, wines that could compete with Bordeaux.
The fact that it was once grown in excellent sites and was considered to give long-lived wines have most likely contributed to the ambition to save this variety for the future.
These three vineyards produce some of the most expensive and long-lived white wines in the world.
In the east are the "flints" that make minerally, long-lived wines.
But the problem was nowhere near as severe as in 1984 and many excellent, long-lived wines were made in '86.
Cissac produces long-lived red wines and is classified as a Cru Bourgeois.
Based on merlot and cabernet franc, St.-Emilion, at its best, is a long-lived red wine with plush, almost sweet, dried-fruit flavors.
Besides, with long-lived wines like these, no one knows how they will develop over the next five years or so.