1999 Domaine Robert Arnoux Vosne-Romanée Les Chaumes 1er Cru
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The 1999 Vosne-Romanée Les Chaumes 1er Cru offers dusky red fruit mixed with peat and leathery scents, just a tang of black olive. The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannins, and it is a little chewy and dense, though there is a soft landing on the finish. There's a bit of sinew here, but it works together nicely as a whole. Tasted at David Pope's 1999 Burgundy horizontal at Lorne.
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The light-colored 1999 Vosne-Romanee Les Chaumes has cherry, raspberry, and fresh herb aromas. Medium-bodied and dense, this is a chewy, silky-textured wine with sweet, fresh red cherry flavors. It possesses loads of supple tannin, discernible in its long finish. Drink it over the next 7-8 years. Importers: A Peter Vezan Selection, Paris fax #011-33-1-42-55-42-93, and also represented by Russell Herman, Berkeley Heights, NJ; tel. (908) 771-9082.
Red-ruby color. Deep, slightly reduced aromas of raspberry and game. Fat, sweet and layered, with a flavor of roasted plum. This has very good depth of fruit. Finishes with substantial dusty tannins. Seems considerably more pliant than the '98 was at a similar stage.