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Vintage | Wine 1999 |
Region | Bordeaux |
Appellation | Pomerol |
Colour | Red |
Volume | 0.75 l |
Country | France |
Château | Château Lafleur |
Country | France |
CHÂTEAU GRAND PUY LACOSTE 1999
Pauillac
Côte Rotie
CHAPOUTIER L'Ermite Blanc 1999
Hermitage Blanc
LA CHAPELLE DE LA MISSION HAUT BRION 1999
Pessac Leognan
Saint Estèphe
CHÂTEAU SMITH HAUT LAFITTE Blanc 1999
Pessac Leognan
GERIN JEAN-MICHEL Les Grandes Places 1999
Côte Rotie
CHÂTEAU PAPE CLEMENT Magnum 1999
Pessac Leognan
JOLY N. Clos de la Coulée de Serrant 1999
Savennières
CHÂTEAU LARRIVET HAUT BRION 1999
Pessac Leognan
Tight and rich. Gorgeous, subtle aromas of blackberry, milk chocolate and licorice. Full-bodied, with a good core of fruit and silky tannins. Long and racy. Serious Lafleur.
This wine is a brilliant success, it is one of the stars of the vintage. Lafleur's 1999 is atypically powerful and concentrated, with an inky, saturated purple color followed by a sensational nose of black cherry jam intermixed with liquid minerals, raspberries, and licorice. It is super concentrated, extraordinarily pure, with moderately high tannin. This dense, powerful, impressively endowed wine should turn out to be a classic for Lafleur.