1999 Wine and Port Vintage
Vintage Summary and Recommendations: A short summary of the fabulous 1999 Vintage with our top recommendations Visit our 1999 Wine and Port Offer Page 1999 Wine and Port
If you were born or have a special anniverary in 1999 - then you are very lucky. A 1999 wine from Italy, Bordeaux or Portugal will make a perfect 25 year old wine gift. The 1999 vintage produced some fabulous wines from Bordeaux and North Italy as welll as some fine Ports. Any of these will be drinking very well and will cellar for many years to come.
Our Wine Expert currently recommends the following wines for this year:
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Bordeaux: A very good vintage that produced low acidity, ripe wines which have matured quickly and are drinkable now. However, they should last for years to come. The weather during the growing and harvest season was excessively wet and hot and in earlier times could have been disastrous. However, those Chateau that adopted modern selection and processing techniques produced wines of good quality. Those that did not fared less well, a discrepancy reflected in the wide variation in quality across the region.
Italian: The Barolos and Barbarescos are very good and are reminiscent of the 95s in style and structure. 1999 was the third top vintage in a row in Tuscany. Despite the wet weather in most of Italy, the region remained hot and dry for most of the growing season, although there was intermittent rain during the harvest. Those who picked before the September rains have produced deeply coloured wines that are brimming with rich, ripe fruits.
Portugal: 1999 was not a general declaration of vintage, however some vineyards produced small quantities of outstanding single quinta wines. These make a great 25 year old wine gift for a birthday or anniversary.
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Tarragona, 1999
Tinto Crianza - Villa Solimar Muller
A Grenache grape based 1999 red wine from Spain, this should show a garnet colour and aromas of strawberries and generally juicy, ripe red fruit punctuated with spicy notes of cinnamon and a violet-like floral bouquet.
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Price: $50.19 USD
Stock: 17 in Stock
Chateau Laforge, 1999
St Emilion Grand Cru Classe, Bordeaux
From another of the properties of cult/boutique winemaker Jonathan Malthus, the 1999 Laforge is largely dominated by its unfiltered, old vine Merlot component. With dark chocolate, raspberry and espresso notes, sweet cassis, loads of earth, spice, and medium to full body, this is an attractive, bigger-than-usual style for Laforge, with some tannins still to resolve. It can be drunk now or cellared for another 10-15 years." (Robert Parker- 2015)The Wine Advocate
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Price: $77.15 USD
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Quinta do Passadouro, 1999
Vintage Port, Douro
Niepoort 1999 Quinta Do Passadouro is probably Niepoort’s best Quinta Do Passadouro effort, yet in a not “fully declared” year. The hallmarks remain, with sumptious ripe fruit and silky tannins. First produced in 1992 when it was highly acclaimed by Robert Parker. 100% foot trodden and fermented in lagares without destemming.
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Price: $64.28 USD
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