| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | France > Bordeaux > Right Bank > Pomerol |
| Colour | Red |
| Type | Still |
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The 1999 is an excellent, textbook Pomerol with notes of roasted coffee, mocha, cola, and black cherry liqueur. This lush, sexy, tasty, medium-bodied offering is low in acidity with plenty of ripe tannin. It is ideal for drinking over the next decade.
Made in a soft, low acid, plump style, this dark plum/purple colored, corpulent Pomerol exhibits abundant quantities of fudge-infused black cherry fruit aromas displaying a touch of toffee/caramel. Medium-bodied with low acidity, it offers a hedonistic mouthful of nicely-textured, fruit-driven wine. Anticipated maturity: now-2011. Under new ownership, this once moribund estate is producing their finest wines in more than thirty-five years.
The 1999 is a very good effort in a vintage where many Pomerols lack concentration. Approximately 50% of the crop made it into this ripe, dark ruby/purple-colored wine with scents of prunes, cherries, toasty oak, and smoke. Low in acidity, with chocolate ice cream, expresso beans, and sweet cherry flavors, this lush, straightforward yet mouth-filling, consumer-friendly Pomerol should be drunk during its first 8-9 years of life.
