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Sunday, April 26, 2015 - Intriguing wine. In terms of the nose, flavours (mint, cedar, spice, caramel), finesse and complexity it scores 98 or 99. However, as others have noted, this is not a particularly powerful or well structured wine. I can't see it getting better than today but still suspect it will drink well for at least five and probably ten years. It reflects the many other 1999s from Bordeaux I have drank; I think this is a nice, charming vintage but overall on the light side and one that is for drinking rather than keeping.

FYI, I brought this with me and we drank it at the Alyn Williams restaurant at the Westbury in London. Normally they charge £50 corkage fee (typical for top London restaurants) but if you buy another bottle from the wine list this corkage fee is waived, which is commendable and worth noting for people like me who like to bring their own wine. The food, from the tasting menu, was outstanding and a great companion to the Lafite and the other wines we consumed that evening.

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