offering intense black raspberry and bitter cherry flavors that unfurl slowly and become sweeter with aeration
The prominent tannins are quite firm but not hard and this finishes with good punch and a mouth coating
This is really quite lovely with a really impressive purity of expression and should age well for years
Malolactic was in new French oak barrels
One of the highlights in this range
Salon, Le Mesnil other_regions offering intense black raspberry andThe 1999 belongs to the family of warm, ripe vintage at Salon. An atypically big, dense wine by Salon standards, the 1999 is somewhat one dimensional and not likely to improve considerably from here. At the same time, the 1999 has more than enough depth to drink well for a number of years. All things considered, the 1999 has held up well. Didier Depond, the houses President, describes 1999 as a year with very hot, sunny weather during the summer and