Bernard Faurie

Hermitage, 1999

Name: Hermitage
Brand: Bernard Faurie
Price: 1361.47 GBP

89/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

90/100

Vinous

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all 1999 2015 2016 2017

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1999
12x75cl
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£1,361.47

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Provenance in fine wine

When it comes to purchasing wine, provenance is of utmost importance. A wine’s history – where it’s sourced from and how it’s been stored – can have an enormous influence on the eventual enjoyment it provides. At Justerini & Brooks, we can trace nearly every case back to the domaine, estate or Château it originally came from; we ship from over 200 wine producers throughout the world.

Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

Further Reassurance

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

89/100

Robert Parker,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 1999 Hermitage is more complete than the 2000, with additional fullness. This opaque purple-colored wine reveals aromas of cassis, licorice, spice, and pepper. It is medium to full-bodied, thick, and rich. This is an excellent, possibly outstanding Hermitage to drink between 2006-2018. Importer: Peter Weygandt, Weygandt-Metzler, Unionville, PA; tel. (610) 486-0800

drinking window 2006 - 2018

date of review 04/2002

90/100

Stephen Tanzer,

Vinous

(a blend sold primarily in England, but not shipped to the U.S.; lightly filtered but not fined) Bright full ruby. Sappy aromas of cassis, boysenberry and plum, with lightly roasted and gamey notes; rather Burgundian. Smooth and moderately dense; a fresh, elegant, polished style of Hermitage, finishing with good length and substantial but fine tannins. This is 13.2% alcohol, following a bit of chaptalization, says Faurie.

date of review 01/2002

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.