1999 Providence Family Matakana

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 86.5 points

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  8/11/2009 - Alex H wrote: 82 Points

  Dinner at Lee Kui: Minty eucalpytus with sweet date and cherry showing. Suckling fruit. Aged cherries, and berries with some interesting pandan leaves. Still fresh though.

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  8/6/2009 - Paul S wrote: 91 Points

  Cold Crabs at Lee Kui (Lee Kui (Ah Hoi) Teochew Restaurant, Mosque Street): Really interesting wine. Merlot, Cab Franc and Malbec. Started out clearly new world, and then became increasingly more right-bank like as it sat in the decanter through the night. The nose started out with plenty of vanilla and pandan leaves, clearly showing quite a but of new French Oak, along with some sweet parsnips and preserved plum tones, along with prange peel, blueberries, smoke a touch of eucalyptus. The green faded with time, and more and more deep plummy tones and touches of smoke and spice came to the fore. Great balance on the palate, with no new world-ly heat, but plenty of freshness wed to good concentration, with red dates, sweet cherries, orange peel and a minty, menthol note. Lip-smackingly satisfying finish as well, with more sweet cherries rounding the wine off. More St Emilion than Pomerol I thought, but certainly close enough to Bordeaux by the last glass to fool many. Very nice.

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