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Saturday, June 6, 2020 - Deep, dark, and cool in tone on the nose, with black cherry and blueberry fruit, roses, menthol, baking spices, and anise. The aromatics are attractive but remain largely primary and the nose was a bit muted at first, but opened up later in the evening with air. On the palate, the wine is very primary with mostly a mass of dark red and black fruit, licorice, menthol, and some balsamic at the back end. While the aromatics and flavor profile of the wine remains very youthful, the tannins are beginning to resolve and the texture showcases both significant concentration and also great elegance, making it surprisingly easy to drink at this stage. Compared to an '02 Monfortino tasted a month ago, I found this bottle of the '99 to be less expressive aromatically and a bit less evolved, but smoother and more resolved on the palate, despite possessing a similar level of power/concentration.

The '99 Monfortino is a beautifully balanced wine but remains very young, and for this bottle at least, a bit austere, but has a great combination of power and elegance that suggests once the aromatics and flavor profile becomes a bit more expressive, this may be a profound wine.

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