The medium to dark ruby-colored 1999 Beaune Teurons has a smoked bacon and blackberry-scented nose. This wine has excellent depth of raspberry, cherry, mineral, stone, and black currant fruit, yet it also possesses copious amounts of hard tannin. Anticipated maturity: now-2006+?
Importer: Robert Kacher Selections, Washington, DC; tel. (202) 832-9083.