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Weekly tasting group RWP #347; 1999
@ BS
Tasted October 7, 2019 by Zweder with 207 views
Introduction
Everything was a complete surprise for the participants in this tasting.
But what a lovely surprise it was! :-)
Flight 1 (3 notes)
Red
1999 Hospices de Nuits Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos des Corvees Paget Cuvée St Laurent Nicolas Potel
92 points
Autumn forest, earth, leather and stable smells in a beautiful and mature bouquet. On the palate a juicy wine with mild acidity, earth, tobacco and chocolate. The tannin still has a soft bite. Beautiful and mature wine.
Red
1999 Domaine Pavelot (Jean-Marc et Hugues) Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Aux Guettes
Very mature bouquet with barnyard, soy and iodine. Same on the palate. Quite mature. No score.
Red
1999 Domaine / Maison Vincent Girardin Latricières-Chambertin
93 points
Beautiful and deep bouquet with tobacco, some vanilla and graphite. On the palate fresh red fruit acidity, chocolate, beautifully integrated oak and mild tannin with still a soft and pleasant bite. Great wine.
Flight 2 (3 notes)
Red
1999 Badia a Coltibuono Chianti Classico Riserva
92 points
Beautiful bouquet with stable smells, autumn forest, tobacco, chocolate and leather. Complex and with a beautiful touch of oak. On the palate also a beauty, earth, complex and juicy with a touch of sweetness and red fruit acidity. Mild acidity. The wine developed real quickly in the glass. Just after pouring it certainly deserved a score of 92.
Red
1999 Badia a Coltibuono Sangioveto di Toscana
90 points
The bouquet is not extremely expressive. There are some green impressions beside the earth, mushrooms and autumn smells. Same on the palate, red berries, tobacco and juicy tannin. Still a lovely wine.
Red
1999 Antinori Tignanello
93 points
Complex bouquet with dark berries, leather, earth and rustic flavors as well as some chocolate. On the palate red and dark berries, autumn forest, beautiful acidity, soft acidity and a great length. Completely ready for drinking with still a lovely bite. Great wine.
Flight 3 (3 notes)
Red
1999 Château Lalande
90 points
In the bouquet espresso, dark berries and licorice. Also cedar and salty licorice. Beautiful and complex bouquet. On the palate dark berries, beautifully dosed oak, chocolate, some licorice, juicy and fresh acidity and lovely soft tannin. What a great surprise! This relatively simple wine is in this mediocre vintage still a small feast after 20 years :-).
Red
1999 Château Duluc
90 points
Beautiful and mature bouquet with red and dark berries, sweet spices and well integrated oak. On the palate juicy red berries, chocolate, some earth, bell pepper, autumn forest, beautiful acidity and soft tannin. Fully mature and a great pleasure now.
Red
1999 Château Branaire (Duluc-Ducru)
92 points
Beautiful and complex bouquet with earth, autumn forest and also red and dark berries, cherries and sweet spices. On the palate juicy and complex. Full bodied, autumn impressions, earth, beautiful acidity and round tannin with still a soft bite. Completely ready and delicious.
Flight 4 (5 notes)
Red
1999 Château des Eyrins
89 points
Beautiful and mature bouquet with earth, autumn forest, sweet spices and some green impressions. On the palate still some red berries, sweet licorice, some slightly green impressions again, juicy and fresh acidity and tannin. Really nice wine. What a pleasant surprise!
Red
1999 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
93 points
Beautiful and exclusive, luxurious, complex bouquet with beautiful oak, cedar and autumn impressions. On the palate juicy red and dark fruit acidity, sweet spices, chocolate, coffee, round tannin and an enormous length. Elegant and great wine. No hurry at all.
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Red
1999 Château Montrose
94 points
Beautiful and complex bouquet with well integrated oak. On the palate dark berries like cassis, some sweet licorice, graphite and pencil shavings. Beautiful and fresh, juicy acidity and tannin with still a beautiful bite which promises a future of several years. Great wine in a beautiful drinking stage now and the next few years.
Closing
Bert, many thanks for this wonderful surprise!
And while entering this tasting notes in Cellartracker, I noticed that you poured two Giscours 1999 on a previous occasion. And those were also corked. Really a sad story!