Domaine Pierre Usseglio et Fils Chateauneuf-du-Pape 1999
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Product Details
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Vintage
1999
Size
750ML
Features
Collectible
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Fabulous. Deep and rich, very sweet and ripe, a complex wine, with roasted game, plum, blackberry, smoke, leather and grilled meat. Full-bodied, with a long-lasting finish.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Now bricking throughout, the 1999 Chateauneuf du Pape offers up notes of sous-bois on the nose, yet it remains full-bodied, generous and rich on the palate. An undestemmed, foudre-aged blend of 65% to 70% Grenache, 15% Syrah and the rest a mix of other permitted varieties, it's the poster child for why so-called "off" vintages in the Southern Rhône shouldn't be ignored by collectors, as they can sometimes provide excellent drinking when mature.
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In 1931 an Italian Francis Usseglio left Italy and went to Chateauneuf du Pape in France. Here he got a job at some winegrowers. After the war he got his own property - in 1948. He had two sons Pierre and Raymond. Pierre Usseglio got his father's property and Raymond established another estate. Today the 3. generation is in charge. The sons of Pierre Usseglio, Jean-Pierre and Thierry run Domaine Pierre Usseglio and Stephanie runs Domaine Raymond Usseglio.
Today Domaine Pierre Usseglio consists of 21 ha. divided in 15 different parcels in the appellation. Half of the vines are about 60 years old and the rest is about 30 years old.
VIN39805_1999 Item# 40289