Wine 1999
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The tasting experience of a wine from 1999
When you pour a 1999 wine, you enter a universe of tertiary aromas and a beautifully mellow structure that has taken more than twenty years to build. Weather conditions fluctuated wildly between French regions, creating extremely varied but equally breathtaking expressions across the classic districts. Generally, the best bottles have now reached their full maturity, replacing the fresh, young berries with deep, inviting notes of forest floor, leather and dried fruit.
Bordeaux
In Bordeaux, the growing season presented a challenging climate with a hot summer, unfortunately followed by August rains and violent September storms. To avoid waterlogged grapes, a lightning-fast harvest and extremely careful sorting were required. On the left bank in particular, the best red wines weathered the storms and have since developed into incredibly elegant and welcoming wines, often reaching maturity a little earlier than expected.
Today, you will typically find that a classic red Bordeaux from this year presents a light and soft structure with beautifully integrated tannins. The fully matured bottles now unfold beautiful tertiary aromas of cedar, cigar box, leather and forest floor, which merge with dark fruit notes and give you a complete, rounded taste experience. When we compare with expertly selected wine from 2009 , we notice that the maturation gives different experiences.
Burgundy
Looking towards Burgundy, this year stands out as one of the greatest vintages of the era for red wines, where high yields went hand in hand with excellent quality in the most distinguished way. A sunny and warm summer produced grapes with high sugar levels and flawlessly balanced acidity, which together endowed the wines with longevity and a dense, powerful body.
After decades of cellaring, these wines are now at their absolute peak. The once concentrated fruit has been transformed into a graceful symphony of balsamic notes, spices and sweet wood. The tannins are now silky smooth and the wine displays a breathtaking finesse that makes it an ideal choice for anyone looking for a memorable and harmonious evening.
Rhone
In the Rhône Valley, with a particular focus on the northern part, a dry and warm summer produced a simply fantastic growing season with ideal conditions for the Syrah grape in particular. This has resulted in highly aromatic and powerful wines with solid alcohol levels and a wonderful acid structure, giving them impressive ageing potential.
Prominent wines from renowned areas such as Hermitage and Côte Rôtie are presenting themselves today in incredibly beautiful form. In the glass you will encounter a flavor profile filled with ripe and deep nuances of coffee, truffle, leather and smoked meat, which support the wine's fullness and create a compelling experience, perfect for those big moments. Here we can also compare with our collection of wines from 1989 , which also offers fantastic sensory experiences.
Prominent characteristics of wine 1999
As we delve into the many subtle nuances of the vintage, several sensory and technical details emerge, all of which tell the story of the wine's long, patient maturation. From the changing color in the glass to the refined tannins, your 1999 wine displays a number of captivating characteristics that are clearly expressed in the production of the individual wineries.
- Color development: The once dense, youthful ruby red color has now typically transitioned to a more transparent, garnet red hue, often crowned by a beautiful rusty orange or brick red rim.
- Softened Tannins: Decades of silence in the cellar have polymerized the original tannins into larger, softer molecules. This removes the bitterness of youth and leaves you with a much more silky and supple mouthfeel.
- Development of sediment: As a completely natural sign of age, you will experience sediment in many of the bottles, which occurs when heavy tannins and color pigments slowly bind and settle to the bottom.
- Château Cantemerle: This sophisticated Haut-Médoc wine, primarily borne of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, pampers the palate with ripe dark fruit, soft tannins and familiar notes of cedar and chocolate.
- Domaine des Lambrays: Here you get a brilliant example from Burgundy, where the high yield still gave way to a rich, extroverted and silky wine, which offers intense flavor notes of blackcurrant, blackberry and warm spices.
How we handle old vintages
At Bottles With History, we take pride in ensuring that these historic drops are treated with the utmost respect, from the moment they leave our cellar to the moment they are poured into your glass. We know how crucial gentle transport and proper storage are for wines that have spent more than twenty years developing. That’s why all of our processes are carefully tailored to protect the fragile life of the wine, so you always have a safe and fulfilling experience when celebrating life with an old vintage.
- Optimal storage conditions: We store all vintage wines in dark and precisely temperature-controlled environments. This gives the delicate aromas and fragile structure the absolute best protection during the wine's further maturation.
- Safe and fast shipping: Through our same-day delivery, we use specialized, protective packaging. This guarantees that both the bottle itself, the old cork and the delicate sediment reach you undamaged.
- Focus on customer satisfaction: We are passionate about good and attentive customer service. With a TrustScore of 4.6 out of 5, based on hundreds of reviews, you can feel completely confident in our professional handling of your wine.
