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1999 Quintessa (1.5L)
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Vintage: 1999
Format: 1.5L
Wine Name: Quintessa
Vineyard:
Designation:
Appellation: Rutherford
Producer: Quintessa
Varietal: Red Bordeaux Blend
Type: Red
Country: USA
Region: California
Sub-Region: Napa Valley
Tasting note: Intense, vibrant and concentrated, with firm, complex currant, cedar,
anise and black cherry fruit. Tightly wound, with chewy tannins, it can
stand short-term cellaring. Best from 2004 through 2014. (91pts. JL, Wine Spectator)
Tasted: Feb. 28, 2003
Score: 91
Drink: 2004-14
Tasting note: The 1999, an 8,000-case blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot,
is a delicate, elegant, restrained, polite effort with pretty red and
black currant flavors intermixed with licorice, soil overtones, and
subtle spicy oak. It is neither big nor flamboyant. This is a polished,
exceptionally refined offering, particularly for a Napa Cabernet
Sauvignon. Although somewhat understated, one has to respect its
integrity and intention. It should age nicely for 10-15 years. (89pts. Robert Parker)
Tasted: Aug. 2002
Score: 89
Drink: 2002-17
Tasting note: Bright red-ruby. Highly aromatic nose
combines currant, cherry, spicecake, bitter chocolate, marzipan and a
floral topnote. Lively, intensely flavored and light on its feet, with
perfumed flavors of red cherry and rose petal and slightly intrusive
oakiness. Grew silky as it opened in the glass. Finishes with fine but
firm tannins that call for at least a few years of additional bottle
aging. (90+?pts. Stephen Tanzer)
Tasted: May 2002
Score: 90+?
Drink: N/A
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