A sleeper estate emerging as a source for high quality Chateauneuf du Pape, Fontavin's dense ruby/purple-colored 1999 Chateauneuf du Pape offers a big, sweet bouquet and flavors of plums, black cherries, pepper, herbes de Provence, and earth. Concentrated, full-bodied, and layered, with considerable volume, density, and silky tannin, it will drink well for 7-8 years. Importer: Exceptional Wines, Atherton, CA; tel. (650) 322-1067