1999 Wine and Port Vintage

20 Year Old Tawny Port

Announcing the arrival of Palmer 20 year old Tawny Port - exclusive to VWP.

Tasting Notes: The Palmer 20 Year tawny has a pronounced aroma intensity that is very rich with nuts and baked cherry. There is further complexity of nutmeg and cream. On the palate the wine is very balanced between acidity and sweetness that gives a luxurious mouthfeel. Lovely richness of fruitcake, fig, baked plum, caramel and toffee. There are also notes of plum, cherry, cooked strawberry. This port has a lovely, rich long finish.

STORAGE
The wine is ready to drink and does not require decanting. The bottle should be kept upright protected from direct sunlight. …
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Price: $32.05 USD
Stock: 41 in Stock

20 Year Old Tawny Port

A rich yet elegant combination of flavours - dried apricots, honey, nuts, spices, vanilla - creates an endlessly complex wine that unfolds smoothly and develops in the mouth.

Sandeman Porto Tawny 20 Years Old is produced by the traditional Porto Wine method. The hand-picked grapes undergo stalk-removal and crushing before fermentation, under controlled temperature, with skin maceration so as to extract the best components. The addition of wine alcohol at the ideal moment sets the balance between the wine´s body and bouquet. This moment is chosen by the winemaker following strict control of fermentation temperatures and densities, the later depending on the vine variety, maturation stage and the final sweetness required. …
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Price: $44.83 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

2x75cl bottles of 1999 Sandeman Vau Vintage & Offley Colheita Port (presented in a double leather gift box)

This lovely gift set comprises of two bottles of fine 1999 port and shows the diversity of the port styles. It includes a vintage port and a barrel aged port, both presented in a double dark mocha leather effect gift box as illustrated. One to drink and one to keep!

<1999 Sandeman Vau Vintage Port
Deep red, opaque and inky with intense, fresh red fruit aromas. In the mouth it has rich plummy flavours with hints of strawberry supported by firm tannins giving a firm backbone and which will allow it to age superbly over several years. It is a superb match for desserts and mince pies.

1999 Offley Colheita Port
Elegant structure, …
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Price: $106.56 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Tawny Port (Comes in original Calem gift box as illustrated)

Cálem 20 Years Old has been aged in small oak casks for an average 20 Years. It has an orange-tawny colour with tinges of green- characteristic of ageing in wood. It has a complex bouquet of almonds and citrus and on tasting it is smooth, silky and light with lots of finesse. Ideal on its own or with patés, cream cheeses and fruit tarts.
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Price: $44.90 USD
Stock: 27 in Stock

Tawny Port (Includes Graham's Gift Tube as illustrated)
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***92 Points critics' Score, Aggregated***

Graham's 20 Years Old represents superlative quality. Its principal attributes are great complexity and harmony.
With an amber, golden tawny colour, denoting considerable age, Graham's 20 Years Old has an excellent bouquet, with a characteristic 'nutty' character (almonds) and delicious mature fruit with hints of orange peel, exquisitely mellowed by careful ageing. Rich, sweet and smooth on the palate, it is perfectly balanced, with a long and lingering finish. This is an excellent alternative to Vintage Port at less formal occasions and will keep for some weeks after opening. …
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Price: $43.61 USD
Stock: 79 in Stock

Tawny Port (Includes original thick Carton Box as illustrated)

Tasting notes:
With a well-defined tawny hue with orange-like hints, its aroma is intense and complex, with notes of vanilla, cinnamon, pepper, ginger, exotic wood, cedar, plum and hazel. On the palate, its fine structure and balance between sugars and tannins stand out. the finish is delicate and lingering.

Production method
Hand-picked grapes undergo stalk-removal and crushing before fermentation, under controlled temperature, with skin maceration. The addition of wine alcohol at the ideal moment sets the balance between the wine's body and bouquet. Ageing in wooden casks in the cellars of Vila Nova de Gaia, the final blend results from a selection of wines between 15 and 40 years. …
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Price: $44.90 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Son Vi Negre de la Terra de Mallorca

Son Negre is only launched into the market in exceptional vintages. This wine comes as a result of a collaboration with the artist and close friend Miquel Barceló, who designs an exclusive label for each of the Son Negre’s vintages, similar to Mouton Rothschild. The wine has cult status in Spain, with only very few bottles produced.

The 1999 Son Negre shows a very expressive aroma of toasted bread, violets, tobacco, black cherries and black raspberries on the nose.Very rich in the mouth, with layers of fruit and spices and a very long finish.
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Price: $501.00 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Contratto - Solus Ad

Barbera d'Asti is a wine of prestige, rich colors that refer generally to the ruby purple, just what clothes cardinals; the bouquet is ample and composite, with fruity notes of blackberry, cherry, strawberry and red fruit jam and spicy aromas reminiscent of cinnamon, vanilla, green pepper.
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Price: $37.25 USD
Stock: 9 in Stock

Michele Chiarlo - Tortoniamo

Barolo lies just south-west of Alba in Italy's north-western Piedmont region. It is considered one of the finest and longest-lived wines, often referred to as 'the king of wines and the wine of kings'. Wine production is strictly limited to the vineyards located on steep hills around the towns of Barolo, La Morra, Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga d'Alba and Monforte d'Alba, Despite the different characteristics of these wines due to the varied terroir, they do display similar traits. These include a garnet color, powerful structure, firm tannins and high levels of acidity and alcohol, with the capacity to age for many years. …
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Price: $101.48 USD
Stock: 6 in Stock

Malmsey Colheita Madeira (H/Litre, 50cl) Includes gift box as illustrated

Blandy’s Malmsey 1999 Madeira was aged for 16 years in seasoned American oak casks and as with all the family’s vintages, this wine started its ageing process in the warm high attic floors of the lodge in the centre of Funchal. Over the 16 years, the wine passed down from the warmer top floor of the Blandy’s Wine Lodges, the “Sotão de Amendoa” where it spent the first 5 years, to the second floor for 7 years and finally to the cooler first for the remaining 4 years. The art of finding the right balance between concentration and the freshness of the wine lies in the winemaker’s decision when to transfer the wine to the lower cooler north facing floors of the lodge. …
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Price: $70.59 USD
Stock: 6 in Stock

Castiglion del Bosco

Brunello de Montalcino is one of Italys most famous and most expensive red wines. It is produced in the vineyards surrounding the town of Montalcino located about 70 miles (110 km) southwest of Florence in the Tuscany wine region. Brunello, roughly translated as "nice dark one" is the unofficial name of the clone of Sangiovese used in production.
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Price: $114.33 USD
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Villa Poggio Salvi

Brunello de Montalcino is one of Italys most famous and most expensive red wines. It is produced in the vineyards surrounding the town of Montalcino located about 70 miles (110 km) southwest of Florence in the Tuscany wine region. Brunello, roughly translated as "nice dark one" is the unofficial name of the clone of Sangiovese used in production.
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Price: $114.33 USD
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Villa Pampini

Cabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every wine-growing country in the world. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedar wood.
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Price: $50.10 USD
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Firrilato

An outstanding wine from Sicily

Camelot’s elegance is the result of lengthy research, over more than 20 years, which Firriato has dedicated to guaranteeing the best climate and soil conditions for growing Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. The Baglio Sorìa vineyards, located at an altitude of 120metres above sea level, with their vicinity to the Trapani coast and the uniqueness of their terroir, contribute to determining the ideal conditions for the cultivation of these two vines. The red marl in its soils allows the earth, during the hotter months, to remain compact and not crack. This maintains constant humidity in the subsoil which favours a balance between the ripened fruit’s sugar levels and its polyphenols, …
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Price: $70.59 USD
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St Julien 4me Cru Classe

Deep ruby, low in acidity, ripe, round, fruity, and precocious, this medium-bodied, supple wine is very tasty and displays the cedary, black currant fruit so common in the wines of St.-Julien.
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Price: $121.97 USD
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3ème Cru Classé Saint Estèphe

This supple 1999 is an elegant, lighter-styled Calon-Segur, particularly when compared to the 2000. It exhibits an evolved color, sweet cherry and dusty berry fruit, and hints of dried herbs. It is a spicy, cherry-flavored effort with a style reminiscent of a Beaune premier cru. The blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and 10% Cabernet Franc has resulted in a wine of elegance and finesse rather than one with a lot of stuffing and power.
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Price: $114.33 USD
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Fronsac MAGNUM 1.5 Lt

Red currant color still holding on, with bricking around the edges. Nose has that old world charm with stewed dark fruit, musk, and earthy tones. Palate is tart cherry which is fading, acid showing strongly with black olive. Mouthfeel is very soft, tannins fully integrated. Medium/plus finish.
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Price: $89.86 USD
Stock: 11 in Stock

Pessac-Leogan Cru Classe

Form the excellent 1999 Vintage, this de Fieuzal has olive, cedar, earth, charcoal, and smoky characteristics are present in this light to medium-bodied, attractive, soft, well-made 1999. It is captivating.
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Price: $60.31 USD
Stock: 5 in Stock

St Julien 2me Cru Classe

** 91 Points - Robert Parker **

The deep purple-colored 1999 Ducru Beaucaillou, which represents 60% of the crop, offers aromas of crushed stones, raspberry liqueur, and black currants. This sweet, pure, and harmonious wine possesses elegance, finesse, and multiple nuances rather than power, concentration, and structure. This is Bordeaux at its finest.
*Robert M. Parker, Jr., The Wine Advocate 2002*
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Price: $217.10 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Pauillac 5th Growth Classification

From the very good 1999 vintage, the Grand Puy Ducasse
'This elegant, soft Grand Puy Ducasse should be no surprise for followers of this reasonably priced classified growth. A dark ruby/purple color is followed by aromas of sweet, smoky cassis, licorice, and dried herbs. Round and ripe, this 1999 displays more stuffing than many of its peers. (April 2000)
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Price: $62.95 USD
Stock: 8 in Stock

Sauternes

The 1999 la Tour Blanche is medium gold in colour with quite an earthy, savoury nose giving up perfumed notions of orange blossoms and honeysuckle over preserved apricots, apple pie and allspice hints. It's wonderfully elegant, sophisticated and beautifully balanced in the mouth, with oodles of layers and epic length.
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Price: $88.70 USD
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Margaux Grand Cru Classe

The 1999 Lascombes has a deep garnet core with a thin tawny rim. The nose is open-knit, forward, a little muffled with notes of soy and liquorice. The palate is expressive and forward, lacking real vigour. Soft tannins, a little diffused with notes of blackberry, soy and a touch of pain grille. It is an enjoyable, fully mature wine.
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Price: $77.01 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Haut Medoc

This wine from the excellent 1999 vintage has a luminous garnet red color with some translucency. Quite expressive and somewhat earthy nose with aromas of ripe blackcurrants, and a little bit of mushroomy sous-bois. The wine is dry, austere and medium-bodied on the palate with moderately high acidity and flavors of woody spice, blackcurrant-driven crunchy dark berries. The structure relies mainly on the acidity, as the tannins feel pretty soft and well-manicured.
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Price: $51.32 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock

Margaux Premiere Grand Cru Classe

94 Points - Robert Parker
95+ Points - Wine Journal

"The sexy, dark plum/purple-colored 1999 Margaux is already revealing complex aromatics. This surprisingly charming and round offering is reminiscent of a vintage such as 1985. Although neither a blockbuster nor a heavyweight, it grows in the mouth revealing tremendous length as well as purity. Administrator Paul Pontallier prefers it to the more austere 1998, as do I. This is an archetypical Chateau Margaux of richness, finesse, balance, and symmetry. It can be drunk young, but promises to age nicely for two decades. Extrapolating backwards, it would probably have something in common with the underrated 1962 Medocs. …
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Price: $507.42 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

St Estephe 2nd Growth Classification

90 Points (outstanding) Robert Parker - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

"The black/purple-colored 1999 Montrose offers up notes of pure black fruits intermixed with minerals, smoke, and earth. It is extremely concentrated, surprisingly powerful and dense, with moderate tannin. Its size, strength, and medium to full-bodied personality are atypical for the vintage. Anticipated maturity: 2006-2025."

Château Montrose is located in the east of St Estèphe (the northern most of the great Médoc communes), just north of the hamlet of Marbuzet, on a gravel knoll only 800 metres from the Gironde estuary. …
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Price: $152.87 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock