1999 Domaine de la Charbonniere Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes
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From a classic vintage, the 1999 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Vieilles Vignes is a beautiful wine that I’d happily drink today. It has a healthy ruby, mature color to go with lots of dried garrigue, dried earth, licorice and ripe black fruits. Still textured and enjoyable on the palate, it’s certainly fully mature, and then some, but it’s a beautiful wine that will keep nicely on its balance and harmony.
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Robert Parker
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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The 1999 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes possesses a mineral-laced, black cherry, and plum-scented perfume. Full-bodied, with exceptional purity as well as abundant tannin in the finish, it is a layered, serious vin de garde, especially for the vintage. Anticipated maturity: 2004-2017. ||Rhone wine enthusiasts need to jump on Domaine de la Charbonniere's band wagon before the estate becomes better known. Proprietor Michel Maret is doing everything right, producing wines with individual character from low yields and bottling without filtration. It is one of the most serious Chateauneuf du Pape estates, and, fortunately, has good representation in the USA.||Readers should also note that Michel Maret is fashioning competent white Chateauneuf du Papes (generally an innocuous category). He uses approximately 40% Roussanne in the blend. Wine Advocate.December, 2001
Bright ruby-red. Sweetly perfumed aromas of cherry, raspberry and cedar. Sweeter, riper and more supple than this estate's other '99 offerings; this pliant wine really expands on the palate. Thick and creamy but nicely delineated, with a faint liqueur-like quality. Finishes with big but suave toothcoating tannins and a slightly medicinal character.