90/100 PP
"The exceptional 1999 Monpra is a proprietary blend of 50% Nebbiolo, 40% Barbera, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon aged 18 months in barrel. Its dark ruby/purple color is accompanied by...
88/100 PP
"This charming, full-bodied 1999 is a sleeper of the vintage. It reveals beautiful, sweet fruit redolent with notes of raspberries, black currants, and spicy wood. The wine i...
"This property has come of age over the last five or six years and is now routinely one of the better wines of Pomerol. Its 16-acre vineyard is strategically well placed between Trotanoy and Latour...
"1999 was an exceptional year, starting with a dry winter, leading to a fresh spring and good flowering (although yields were reduced by lack of water). Summer was mild; July and August were cloudy; S...
90-92/100 PP
"One-hundred percent new oak was employed for this blend of 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc. The 1999 l\'Evangile is sweet, with low acidity, ripe tannin, and a seamless, hedon...
95/100 PP
"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 li...
93/100 PP
"The beautiful 1999 Mouton Rothschild may be a modern day clone of their 1962 or 1985. Its saturated ruby/purple color is followed by sumptuous aromas of cedar wood, creme de cass...
96/100 PP
"The dense saturated purple-colored 1999 Hermitage had been bottled only 24 hours before my visit. It is a brilliant effort. The wine exhibits fabulous texture, purity, and swe...