1999 Chateau Palmer

On a recent special occasion we had this 1999 Chateau Palmer with dinner. I remember having Chateau Palmer and blogged about it in 2012, but that bottle was a 1989 Chateau Palmer.
This bottle is 10 years old now but still drinks like a young wine. I tasted beautifully ripe fruit, red raspberries, dark bing cherries and a hint of spice.
On the Chateau Palmer Website, the 1999 notes says that the wine is composed of a blend of 46% Merlot, 48% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6% Petit Verdot. In addition, the Chateau notes mentioned that the 1999 harvest of the Cabernet Sauvignon broke all records for sugar level. The wine can be drunk between 2015 - 2035.

The wine went beautifully with dinner. My husband has perfected the art of slowly smoking a steak on our grill. He puts some hickory chips into aluminum foil and pokes holes into the foil. The pouch then goes onto the grill which is heated. The burner is turned off on the side that the steak is on and the steak is slowly smoked. Depending on the thickness of the steak, it will smoke in the covered grill for any where from one hour to one hour and thirty minutes. My contribution to this meal was the twice baked potato and blanched haricot vert.