The medium to dark ruby-colored 1999 Vosne-Romanee Les Beauxmonts reveals a complex nose of violets, roses, and bing cherries. This medium to full-bodied wine has remarkable depth of dark cherries, blackberries, and cassis-like fruit that lasts throughout the long, harmonious finish. It reveals copious quantities of ripe, supple tannin. It is a velvety-textured, extroverted, elegant, and boisterous wine for drinking between 2005 and 2015. Importer: Martine's Wines, San Raphael, CA; tel. (415) 485-1800.

Full ruby-red. Reticent but vibrant nose dominated by black raspberry and spices. Bright, spicy and pure; not as thick as the Brulees but more sharply defined. A serious, deep wine with terrific underlying structure and grip. Very fresh and unevolved. Like the Nuits Boudots, this seems close in quality to its 1998 counterpart. Leroy owns a relatively large 2.62-hectare chunk of this excellent premier cru.