The medium-bodied 1999 Chassagne-Montrachet La Romanee is a flower, talcum powder, and spice-scented wine with a medium body, and excellent depth of spicy fruit that suffers from a short, tight finish. Drink it over the next 6 years.
Importer: Vineyard Brands, Birmingham, AL; tel (205) 980-8802. In addition, Vincent Girardin sells many of these same wines under the Baron de la Charriere label to European Cellars, Eric Solomon, New York, NY; tel (212) 924-4949.