Le Tastevin - 1999 Bordeaux, Part II - November 20, 2013
Starter
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2000 Château Carbonnieux Blanc
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65% Sauvignon Blanc, 35% Sémillon:
RP 87; WS -89; WE 86-90
Saint-Estèphe
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1999 Château Cos D'Estournel
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60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot
JR 17
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65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc
RP 87-90; JR 17
Saint Julien
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1999 Château Leoville-Poyferre
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65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot, 2% Cabernet Franc
JR 16; WS 90; WS 91
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72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc
WE 88-92; WS 91
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57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, 7.5% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot, 1.5% Malbec
RP 89-91; JR 17; WS 90
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65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot
JR 17; RP 91
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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
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80% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, 10% Petit Verdot and some Malbec
22 acres, vines 30-40 years old, 65 % new oak
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60% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon; 32 acres, 45-year old vines, 50% new oak
WE 89-93
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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
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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
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1963 Croft Vintage Port
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JR 19; WS 91
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