Amazing to have this again 6 years later, brownish rim, pepperish, graphite, humus, mushroom, some bitterness in the aftertaste due to tannins I suppose, nice (re)discovery, anyhow this bottle being very good
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Just a splendid long-tailed cab. Lots still going on on the nose and tongue. Fading at the edges so wouldn't leave it too long. For years thought that this was the most overhyped wine ever (sorry, I know that's not true even as a write it). Later releases were tasted and quickly forgotten and this was the last of the modestly priced vintages - after this year the price tripled as I recall.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Amazing that at one time 13.5% Cabernet Sauvignon seemed so uncommon! The 99 Don Melchor shows a bell pepper, leather, and ripe plum profile, augmented on the palate by something vaguely savory, almost prosciutto like. This is relatively well balanced, though there’s some heat on the palate. Pleasant enough EC 91, but perhaps best for consumption in the near term.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.
3/21/2023 - rekkie58 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Amazing to have this again 6 years later, brownish rim, pepperish, graphite, humus, mushroom, some bitterness in the aftertaste due to tannins I suppose, nice (re)discovery, anyhow this bottle being very good
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
3/18/2020 - Magic Slim wrote: 93 Points
Just a splendid long-tailed cab. Lots still going on on the nose and tongue. Fading at the edges so wouldn't leave it too long. For years thought that this was the most overhyped wine ever (sorry, I know that's not true even as a write it). Later releases were tasted and quickly forgotten and this was the last of the modestly priced vintages - after this year the price tripled as I recall.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
3/3/2020 - englishman's claret wrote: 91 Points
Amazing that at one time 13.5% Cabernet Sauvignon seemed so uncommon! The 99 Don Melchor shows a bell pepper, leather, and ripe plum profile, augmented on the palate by something vaguely savory, almost prosciutto like. This is relatively well balanced, though there’s some heat on the palate. Pleasant enough EC 91, but perhaps best for consumption in the near term.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
11/2/2019 - G_H wrote: 95 Points
Gravy some leather, tons of umamiand extremely long. Either this is an extraordinary bottle or this wine just rocks.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
9/24/2019 - maxima wrote: 87 Points
Semble réduit, fané, encore sur le bois et
un peu de cassis.
Assez long et capiteux, relents de fumée.
Ordinaire, au mieux.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment