Château de Sales 1999

Readers seeking a Burgundian-styled wine with gobs of black cherry fruit, an expansive, savory texture, sexy aromatics, and loads of glycerin and fruit should check out this medium-bodied, lush Pomerol. It should be drunk over the next decade.

Clean and fruity, but rather diluted and light. Still, it's a nice little drink. Drink now. 6,250 cases made.

Very pale color, with a wide watery rim. Herbaceous, vegetal bouquet, with little typicity. On the palate, lean, with fairly fine tannins, a soft texture, and a dull cellar note on the finish. Where is the pleasant, food-friendly de Sales from earlier days?

00: Unappealingly pale color, with a wide watery rim. Herbal, vegetal bouquet with little typicity. On the palate, it is lean; the tannins are quite fine, the texture is soft, with a dull cellar note on the finish. Where are the pleasant, food-friendly de Sales of earlier times? 13/20 2003 – 2010

Deep red color. Medium intensity. Nose of medium intensity. Subtle. Soft, fruity and light, the palate is nevertheless flavorful on the finish and not very tannic. A wine to taste in 2 to 3 years. Simple in terms of length. Seems better balanced to me than it used to be!