1999 Louis Latour Marsannay

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 87 points

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  9/17/2021 - Baron Slick wrote: flawed

  Earthy and musty, with the slightest trace of cork taint. It's either flawed or over the hill.

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  3/20/2011 - Mh33 wrote: 87 Points

  Nice, easy with raspberry on nose but just past prime

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  5/28/2008 - sweetstuff wrote:

  Louis Latour Marsannay (Rouge) (Marsannay-la-Côte) (www.louislatour.com); 13.5 pabv; $16/750 ml--Jerardi's Little Store; Dayton, OH. Imported by Louis Latour, San Francisco, CA. The reverse label states the vintage as 2000, not 1999.
  
  The wine is the typically dense cherry color with a pinkish edge. When first opened it wasn't very impressive; I didn't decant it. It seemed a clumsy, confused sweet, warmish wine with plum the most evident scent and flavor, with not much finish.
  
  After 24 hours, the nose is a spicy cherry pie with hints of allspice and browned pastry crust. It breathes mint and has good depth.
  
  On the palate it echoes the nose; it's Marsannay sturdy but not clumsy, with a little meaty soupiness added to the finish. Tannins are fine and there is good mouth-filling grip. Excellent value and typicity, although I'm confused about the vintage. If there ever was a Burgundy that would make an excellent picnic wine, this is it.
  
  [Marsannay is the first main town going south out of Dijon as one enters the Cote-de-Nuits. All wines (rouge, blanc, et rosé) are classified no higher than the Village level, although some might appear with a regional appellation (Côte-de-Nuits Villages). The reds usually have the broad-shouldered, muscular, almost rustic style of the northern end of the Côtes, similar to Fixin.]

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  2/1/2005 - Mh33 wrote: 89 Points

  Soft, rasberry. A little weak but fine when in the mood for something a little laid back.

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  6/3/2002 - Kuban wrote:

  Dark plum, very clear throughout. Good legs. Stewed red/black fruit and slight veg. Nice. Good acidity and balance, good fruit, slight pepperyness. Nice tannin, and good length. Very good.

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