1999 La Conseillante
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Tasting Notes
Delicious red, with plum, cherry, raspberry and milk chocolate character. Medium body. Soft tannins and a silky texture. Drink now. 5,415 cases made. James Suckling, Wine Spectator 2002
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The dark ruby-colored 1999 is a beautifully complex, evolved, seductive style of La Conseillante. The wine exhibits sweet black raspberry and cherry liqueur notes intermixed with cedar, toasty oak, licorice, new saddle leather, and dried herbs. It is medium-bodied with no hard edges, extremely pure, and almost sweet (from ripe fruit, not sugar). This is a lush, delicious La Conseillante that merits its reputation as "a Burgundy from Bordeaux." Anticipated maturity: now-2012. Apr 2002, www.robertparker.com
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About the producer
Château la Conseillante was built in 1750 and named after the proprietor, Libourne business woman Catherine Conseillan. The reputation of the wines quickly grew and her wines became some of the most expensive in the region.