Seppelts St Peters 99 or 2000

grahamg · Post by **grahamg** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:34 am

Yesterday I was buying 2 bottles of Seppelts St Peters. I had to make a choice between the 99 and 2000.
I went with 2000 based on Australian Wine Annual giving the 2000 95pts and the 99 90pts.
But afterwoods found that the Penguin guide gave the 99 5 cups and the 2000 only 4 cups.
Is there a misprint in one of the guides or is it just differences in the tasters opinion?
What do others here think of the 99 versus 2000 or any other vintages?

camw · Post by **camw** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:45 am

I would suggest it is just a difference in opinion.

My opinion is that they are both really good wines, with the '99 drinking slightly better now but the '00 to be better in time.

Andrew Jordan · Post by **Andrew Jordan** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 2:14 pm

Graham,

Have not had either of these vintages of this wine. However, from memory their was a fair bit of discussion regarding undesirable levels of Brett in some of the bottles of the 2000 release.

Popov · Post by **Popov** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 5:23 pm

Andrew Jordan wrote:Graham,

Have not had either of these vintages of this wine. However, from memory their was a fair bit of discussion regarding undesirable levels of Brett in some of the bottles of the 2000 release.

I had heard the same but the only bottle I had was fantastic with no noticeable level to me. FWIW - I have the 99 but not the 2000.

Cheers
Popov