Le Tastevin - 1999 Bordeaux, Part II - November 20, 2013

    Starter

      2000 Château Carbonnieux Blanc
        65% Sauvignon Blanc, 35% Sémillon:
        RP 87; WS -89; WE 86-90

    Saint-Estèphe

      1999 Château Cos D'Estournel
        60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot
        JR 17
      1999 Château Montrose
        65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc
        RP 87-90; JR 17

    Saint Julien

      1999 Château Leoville-Poyferre
        65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot, 2% Cabernet Franc
        JR 16; WS 90; WS 91
      1999 Château Leoville-Barton
        72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc
        WE 88-92; WS 91
      1999 Château Gruard Larose
        57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, 7.5% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot, 1.5% Malbec
        RP 89-91; JR 17; WS 90
      1999 Château Leoville-Las Cases
        65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot
        JR 17; RP 91
      1999 Château Monbousquet
        6o% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon; 18 months in 100% new oak, unfined and unfiltered; 32 hectares, vine age averages 28 years, soil is sand and clay on an ironrich subsoil, sandy gravels, sandy clay
        ST 91; RP 94; WS 89

    Pomerol

      Right bank, limestone

      1999 Château Pensees De Lafleur
        Second label of Lafleur, 11 acre estate, 50+ year-old vines, 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 50% Merlot
      1999 Château Trotanoy
        80% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, 10% Petit Verdot and some Malbec
        22 acres, vines 30-40 years old, 65 % new oak
      1999 Château Vieux Château Certan
        60% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon; 32 acres, 45-year old vines, 50% new oak
        WE 89-93
      1999 Château Clos L'Eglise
        60% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Franc; 15 acres

    Margaux

      Left bank, gravelly alluvium

      1999 Château Palmer
        55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and Petit Verdot; 3rd Growth
        No filtration, 22-28 months macertation; JR rated Palmer one of the four best Bordeaux wines of 1999 vintage
      1999 Château Margaux
        75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Merlot, 5.5% Petit Verdot and 3.5% Cabernet Franc; 1er Grand Cru Classé
        262 hectares, 50 year-old vines, 100% new oak; 22 months in 100% in new oak; soils are gravels on a subsoil of limestone and clay

Dessert

      1963 Croft Vintage Port
        JR 19; WS 91

 

 

 

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