Pavie Macquin 1999 Magnum white flowers and licorice

white flowers and licorice

rich Petrus displays far more intensity and complexity than most expected given the difficulties in Pomerol in 2003

Its high carbon content enables intense heat

Giacosa may also have been prompted to skip an average year for his wines based on the exceptional juice he put into the bottle in the surrounding 2004

Pavie Macquin 1999 Magnum white flowers and licoriceThe dense plum purple colored 1999 offers up aromas of truffles, underbrush, espresso, black cherries, and roasted meats. The wine is powerful and muscular with high extract and mouth searing tannin, it is an atypically backward effort for the vintage. Patient connoisseurs who admire wines with this level of intensity will be handsomely repaid for their discipline.