The 1999 is easily one of the best wines in the series. It offers rich sensations of spices flowers toasted oak and minerals along with well-delineated layers of ripe dark fruit menthol and eucalyptus flavors finishing with exceptional structure length and freshness. I didn't taste the superb 1989 (see above) at age six but when I tasted this 1999 on a later occasion the first thing that came into my mind was a young version of that wine. The 1999 will require at least a few years of bottle age and will start to be at its best around 2009 after which it should last another decade. 95+ points/drink after 2009