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1999 RED BURGUNDY – A VINTAGE YEARGuest Speaker: Peter Wearing, Small Winemakers' CollectionNotes on the Wines
The 1999 Burgundy vintage is one of the best of the 90's with a perfect summer four-week period over August and September resulting in a decent harvest with wines that will wow you - the Pinot's are very fruity and drinking beautifully."The 1999 wines are distinguished by their purity and balance," pronounced Pierre-Henry Gagey, the BIVB's president (winegrower’s association of Burgundy. ". . . The reds are fine in colour, full-bodied, with a pronounced character expressed through some truly luscious fruity notes." (Jon Henley, The Guardian, Monday November 22 1999.)The wines are generally deeply coloured, quite fleshly, with soft, rounded tannins and a lovely purity of fruit. The lesser villages will develop fairly quickly but the better Premier Crus and Grand Crus should hold for ten years.This vintage in Burgundy has been touted as “very good”, “great”, “most exciting I’ve ever tasted”, (Jancis Robinson), “one of the best in 20–30 years”, “a cracker’, exceptional . . . we could go on and on but, really, is that necessary because we’d be repeating ourselves? 1999 will be regarded in the years to come as a great red wine vintage and we will be drinking these wines at their peak. So please join us for an exceptional evening of exceptional wines and good company.This will be a popular tasting and likely to sell out. Our last tasting sold out and a few members were disappointed because they couldn’t get in so don’t delay in registering!
The Wines1999 Savigny-Lès-Beaune Aux Vergelesses, 1er cru, Simon Bize. $45 The most sophisticated of all the Savignys. Very lovely, classy, intense fruit. Fullish body, long and complex; very fine. Clive Coates, MW, The Vine, March 2001.
1999 Volnay Santenots, Domaine Matrot. $49
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