Peter Michael Belle Cote Chardonnay 1999
Three Chardonnay clones bring a unique complexity and character to this single vineyard estate-grown wine.
Actual bottle from our inventory is pictured. These bottles are in excellent condition, from their original case and all fills are into the neck. All bottles are as good or better than the bottle pictured.
Also available:
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Wine Spectator
Rich, elegant and buttery in texture, offering complex pear, fig, melon and honeysuckle flavors before fanning out nicely on the finish to reveal even greater depth and richness.
Score: 93.
—James Laube,
July
31,
2001.
International Wine Cellar
Slightly hazy appearance. Highly aromatic nose combines lime skin, flower blossom, oak spices and an exotic note of orange oil. Sweeter and fatter than the Carriere, but with sound acids giving the lush flavors a penetrating quality. Long and satisfying.
Score: 91.
—Stephen Tanzer,
May
2001.
Wine Enthusiast
In this fine offering from one of this tasting’s most consistent performers, a nutty, pineapple-ginger nose opens to a lively mouth of citrus, hazelnut and spice. The feel is firm, elegant. This handsomely constructed wine finishes long with subtle white peach notes, with dashes of tangy spice and chalk.
Score: 90.
July
01,
2001.
Wine Advocate
The fourth vintage for this estate's Belle Cote Chardonnay, the 1999 was produced from three clones of Chardonnay (the Old Wente, Rued, and See). Most of the fermentation was by indigenous yeast, and the wine was aged in 53% new French oak prior to being bottled with neither fining nor filtration. It reveals gorgeous aromas and flavors of tropical fruits, lemon zest, pears, and minerals. This authoritatively rich, complex, elegant Chardonnay is medium-bodied, well-delineated, and beautifully concentrated, with exotic floral and spice notes in addition to well-integrated oak. It should drink well for 4-5 years.
Score: 90.
—Robert Parker,
December
2000.
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