Corton Pougets, Louis Jadot 1999

The medium to dark ruby-colored 1999 Corton-Pougets (domaine) has a magnificent nose of intensely sweet cherries. Medium-bodied and dense, it is crammed with blackberries, cassis, cherries, and firm yet ripe tannin. This wine will require cellaring. Anticipated maturity: 2006-2012+.

The 1999 Corton “Pougets” from Maison Jadot is still a young wine, but is starting to stir nicely and is now showing lovely transparency and red fruity complexity, to go along with still a fair bit of reserve. The already complex bouquet wafts from the glass in a lovely blend of cherries, red currants, orange peel, Corton spices, a lovely base of soil, smoked meats, bonfire and cedary oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and soil-driven, with a lovely core of fruit, still a firm chassis of ripe tannin, tangy acids and excellent focus and grip on the long and beautifully balanced finish. All this excellent wine needs is further bottle age. 2028-2100.