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1999 Albert Belle Crozes-Hermitage Cuvee Louis Belle
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1999 Albert Belle Crozes-Hermitage Cuvee Louis Belle

Producer: Albert Belle
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Syrah/Shiraz
Origin: France
Region: Rhone
Appellation: Crozes Hermitage

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88(+?)? Points | International Wine Cellar , January/February 2002

($27) Full ruby. Liqueur-like ripeness just short of raisiny. Large-scaled, rich and dense though not yet especially sweet. A bit warm with alcohol, with the fruit flavors just short of baked. Big chocolatey tannins coat the mouth. Really calls for a good five years of bottle aging, but will this retain freshness?

91 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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