Maucoil's medium ruby-colored 1999 Chateauneuf du Pape is a fully mature, fruity offering with notes of plums, pepper, and cherries, medium body, and a round, pleasant, mainstream style. Drink this user-friendly Chateauneuf over the next 3-5 years.
Note: This cuvee is bottled with no fining or filtration for the American market by French wine broker Alain Corcia. Tasting the 1999 cuvees for sale in Europe and elsewhere revealed wines meriting 2-3 points lower, providing further evidence that unfiltered wines possess more bouquet, texture, and flavor.
An Alain Corcia Selection, various American importers, including Charmer Industries, NY; tel. (718) 726-2500, Southern Wine and Spirits, CA; tel. (510) 487-3332, Premier Wines, CA; tel. (510) 237-6284, and Calvert Woodley Wines, Washington, DC; tel. (202) 966-4400