A Vintage of Transition

A retrospective tasting of 1999 Côte-Rôtie

The 1999 vintage in Côte-Rôtie is one of the best in recent memory. Only 2005, 2003 and 1990 are in the same qualitative class, though each has a very different style. The '99s combine the structure of.....

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