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The Chateau Pavie Decesse from a different year. Ours is 1999.
Every Sunday at 7:30 am I'm going deep
into my wine cellar to pull out the last of
some very great bottles. I promise rare wines
for the cellar- builder in very limited
quantities, gems of astonishing quality
carrying highly pedigreed labels that will
tempt the most temperate among us.
So, don't hit the snooze! These wines will be
gone, gone, gone, quickly.
"Gonna Party Like it's 1999!"
Yes! I'm releasing some 1999
Bordeaux
Whoopee! These Bordeaux are 10 years old and
you know how I feel about 10-year-old
Bordeaux - rounded gorgeous beauties whose
tannins and fruits are making real nice with
each other.
And the best news of all? You can uncork all
of these tonight! You don't have to stroke
their lovely wooden crates and dream. Get the
crowbar out! Of course, if you want to wait,
they will be there for you for another 5 to
15 years.
It's important for you to know that these
wines have been in temperature-control (55
degrees) since they arrived from the Chateaux
in France. They have been stored in perfect
conditions for 10-year-old wine, that is
important and rare.
For this list, I chose reference wines
from St. Emilion, that Right Bank
paradise at the heart of winemaking
innovation where Merlot and Cabernet Franc
are king. The wines are lush here with
incomparable smoothness.
I have included the Parker reviews and notes.
Chateau Pavie-Decesse - 93 Parker - 24
bottles left - 6 Bottles $660, 12 bottle case $1199,
($99/bt)
"This is a strikingly delineated St.-Emilion
with an opaque ruby/purple color, and aromas
of black currants, blackberries, and wet
steel/liquified minerals. The layered, rich,
intense 1999 possesses superb fruit purity
and medium to full body. This is one of the
most concentrated and potentially
longest-lived wines of the vintage.
Anticipated maturity: 2007-2025."
Chateau Pavie - 95 Parker - 15 bottles
left - $399/bt, 12 bottle Case $4700
"The 1999 Pavie is a candidate for "wine of
the vintage". It boasts an opaque ruby/purple
color in addition to gorgeous aromas of
crushed minerals, smoke, licorice, cherry
liqueur, and black currants. The wine is
exceptionally pure and multilayered, with
stunning texture and overall balance. The
tannin level suggests 3-4 years of cellaring
is warranted; it should age gracefully for
25+ years. If readers are wondering why Pavie
has become so much better under the
administration of Chantal and Gerard Perse,
keep in mind that yields are one-third of
what they were under the previous owners."
Drink 2005-2027.
Ch. Figeac - St Emilion - 89 Parker - 30
bottles left - 12 bottle case $749 Case
$65/bt
"Complex aromas of figs, ripe plums, sweet
cedar, tobacco, and new wood jump from the
glass of this Burgundian-like St.-Emilion. It
is medium-bodied, lush, and elegant, rather
than powerful. The wine possesses supple
tannin and a distinctive personality.
Although it will not make old bones, it will
offer graceful, well-balanced drinking over
the next 12 years."
Drink 2002-2014.
Chateau Monbousquet - 94 Parker - only
6 bottles left - $594
$99/bt
"The dense ruby/purple-colored 1999
Monbousquet exhibits a port-like bouquet of
super-ripe black cherry and black currant
fruit intermixed with scents of coffee,
tobacco, and vanilla. Tipping the scales at a
whopping 14% alcohol (extremely high for
Bordeaux), this wine, which spends 18 months
in 100% new oak and is bottled unfined and
unfiltered, is a blend of 60% Merlot, 30%
Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon.
It was cropped at an amazingly low 30
hectoliters per hectare. It possesses an
amazing texture, a mid-palate that you could
get lost in, and a sensational 40-45 second
finish. The exotic aromas, incredible
texture, and abundant fruit are reminiscent
of Pomerol's renowned micro-cuvee, Le Pin.
The 1999 is even better from bottle than it
was from cask. It is a remarkable effort for
the vintage, Anticipated maturity: 2005-2017."
Chateau Quinault l'Enclos - 91 Parker - 30
bottles left - 12 bottle case $899, $79 per
bottle
"This elegant, exotic, lush, medium-bodied,
Burgundian-styled St.-Emilion boasts great
complexity along with an enticing perfume of
blueberries, blackberries, and flowers.
Although it does not possess a great deal of
weight, it offers pure fruit, sweet tannin,
and no hard edges. This is a textbook example
of Bordeaux at its richest and most elegant.
It will be delicious in a few years, and
evolve gracefully for 14-15 years." Drink
2005-2017.
Chateau Gracia - 91 Parker - 4 bottles
left - $75 per bottle
"The 1999 Gracia is made from a blend of 90%
Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. The wine is
aged in 100% new oak and is bottled without
fining or filtration. There are approximately
425 cases produced. The dense, gorgeously
perfumed 1999 boasts notes of jammy cherries
infused with licorice, smoke, and minerals.
It possesses layers of concentration, low
acidity, and tremendous purity as well as
length. It is nearly as glorious as the 1998
and 2000. Anticipated maturity: 2003-2020."
Good Morning! Cynthia Hurley
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