From the very good 1999 vintage and scoring 90100 parker points the 1999 chateauneuf du pape a strong powerful offering requires 1 2 years of cellaring unusual for this vintage a blend of 70 grenache and equal proportions of syrah cinsault and mourvedre it exhibits a healthy rubyplumpurple color as well as a big sweet nose of black fruits intertwined with resin seaweed and earth there is marvelous concentration a firm tannic underpinning a seriously extracted style and a ti