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Regions: Rhone Red
Vintages: Between 1998 and 1998
| Producer |
Vint. |
Wine |
Price |
Qty |
Order |
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| Ch. d' Ampuis (Guigal) |
1998 |
Cote Rotie  |
$139 |
6 |
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JD 95 (5/2010): In a whole other league than the straight Côte-Rôtie, the 1998 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie Château d'Ampuis seems to be just now entering its drinking window and has serious, complex and rich aromatics of cassis, smoked meats, bacon and minerals. This medium+ bodied wine is balanced, rich and beautifully structure, it should continue to drink well over the next 10 years.
VM 92+ (2/2002): (bottled the week prior to my visit; the wine's six major components are assembled only just prior to the bottling) Full medium ruby. Explosive aromas of cassis, brown spices, tar, mocha, spearmint and crushed pepper. Sweet, spicy and highly concentrated, with black fruit and pepper flavors given clarity and grip by solid underlying structure. Very long and aromatic on the back end, with pepper and spicy oak notes. Perhaps the best vintage yet for this bottling, which was inaugurated with the excellent '95.
JLL **** (4/2006): refined, white pepper aroma, touch of game; suave black flavour, nicely oily, getting juicy, good mix cooked fruit/ripe tannins. Mineral/prune end. Nice character, good autumn wine.
WA 92-95 (4/2002): The extraordinary 1998 Cote Rotie Chateau d'Ampuis is more structured, powerful, and concentrated than the 1997. My ratings for the component parts ranged from a low of 90-92 for La Grande Plantee, to a high of 94-96 for La Pommiere and Pavillon Rouge. All revealed huge colors, earthy, smoky noses with bacon fat and black currants, and various degrees of tannin. This is unquestionably a vintage for patient connoisseurs as it requires cellaring. It is dense, chewy, and muscular. This wine will be at its finest between 2007-2020. |
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| Ch. de Beaucastel |
1998 |
Chateauneuf du Pape (12x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$1,483.98 |
1 |
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JD 95 (3/2011): A slightly finicky wine that has shown a smidge erratically over the past 5 years or so, the 1998 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape showed brilliantly in this tasting, possibly hinting that it’s starting to enter early maturity. Beautifully fresh and clean, with gorgeous underlying structure and depth, yet still youthful and meaty, with hints of complexity, this should continue to evolve positively for another 3-5 years, at which point it should show well for another decade or more.
WS 95 (9/2007): Very youthful, with a juicy blast of red plum and fig fruit flavors on a racy frame, this also has plenty of spice, tar, plum cake and mineral in reserve, as the finish shows more structure and slowly darkens with time in the glass. Only just starting to hit its stride.1998 Châteauneuf-du-Pape retrospective. Drink now through 2027. 15,000 cases made.
JLL ***[*] (7/2013): Magnum: mature robe, a plum colour, nice depth. The nose is centred on rather tight plum fruit, a note of leather and cinnamon. It has a mineral 1998 note. It is pretty much half way between youth and older age. I detect a wee note of Brett which is putting-off. The palate starts well, on a free run of red berry, mature berry fruit with floral traces in it. The texture slips along nicely, before a cluster of grainy, licorice-tanged tannins on the finish. The aftertaste is clear, has cut. Grounded, earthy notes circulate here. It won’t please the white coat drinkers (after 75 minutes), and after 90 minutes becomes leathery, Brett on top.
WA 93 (8/2015): The atypically Grenache-dominated 1998 Chateauneuf du Pape is fully mature and gives up tons of kirsch, garrigue, licorice and a touch of gaminess in its full-bodied, layered and ripe personality. More rounded and sexy than most vintages, it has no hard edges, plenty of mid-palate depth and a great finish. I see no reason to delay gratification, but it will certainly hold for 5-10 years.
VM 93 (1/2001): Bright saturated ruby. Confectionery aromas of cherry liqueur and roasted meat. A wine of extraordinary density; incredibly thick but, in comparison to the basic '98 Beaucastel bottling, this has more shoulders. More black fruits than red. Finishes with great, lush tannins and explosive berry and cocoa powder flavors. Among the longest wines of my tour of the Rhone Valley. This is "only" 14.2% alcohol. Stephen Tanzer. |
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| Dom. Font de Michelle |
1998 |
Chateauneuf du Pape |
$59 |
12 |
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WA 90 (10/2000): The 1998 Chateauneuf du Pape has turned out to be a seductive, gorgeously classy example of the appellation. Notes of cured olives, herbes de Provence, leather, soy, smoked meats, and black cherries soar from the glass of this complex, evolved wine. In the mouth, there is a combination of strength, elegance, full body, and purity. It is a sexy, complete, generously-endowed, plump effort to drink over the next 12-14 years.
WS 90 (9/2007): Another of the regular cuvees that is on form, with sweet plum cake, currant paste, fig, spice and sandalwood notes that make for ideal drinking now. The finish is plush and smoky.--1998 Châteauneuf-du-Pape retrospective. Drink now through 2012. 6,665 cases made.
VM 90 (2/2001): Good ruby-red. Cool aromas of redcurrant, red cherry, plum, licorice and spices. Broad, fat and ripe but with good flavor definition despite the lowish acidity. Finishes with big, tongue-coating, even tannins. |
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| Paul Jaboulet Aine |
1998 |
Hermitage La Chapelle Lightly Bin-Soiled Label |
$179 |
1 |
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VM 92 (2/2001): Red-ruby. Expressive nose combines currant, roast coffee, chicory, underbrush and smoke. Suave yet penetrating in the mouth, with complex flavors of redcurrant, iron, minerals, smoke and tobacco. Finishes with dusty tannins and excellent length, though there still some acidity to be absorbed. This is showing well now, though its slightly more advanced aromatics suggest it will not be as long-lived as the '99.
WS 96 (12/2000): What a great wine. Full-bodied, with crushed berry, smoke and grilled aromas, all presented quite subtly. Stands out for its natural, down-to-earth taste of clean, pure, shining fruit. A pleasure to drink. Tempting now. Best from 2003 through 2015. |
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| Ch. Rayas |
1998 |
Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve Torn and Taped Capsule; Signs of Old Seepage |
$1,050 |
2 |
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JLL ****** (4/1999): Most imposing, beautiful wine in prospect. A rare bounty, with harmony to the forefront, but the rarity of excellent, silken packing within as well - the symphony starts early this year, thanks to its great balance.
WS 93 (9/2007): This continues to evolve, and always benefits from a lot of air time in the glass (or decanter), which allows its lilting, perfumy aromas and light color to become more concentrated and darker. Cherry, rose petal, pine forest, spice and mineral notes hang on the supple frame with deceptive grip on the finish. Drink now through 2017. 1,250 cases made.
VM 92 (8/2007): The only wine that seemed a little out of place was the 1998 Châteauneuf-du-Pape. It offered attractive suggestions of sweet licorice, underbrush and herbs, but didn’t have the depth of fruit of the wines that would follow. Antonio Galloni.
WA 89 (6/2010): The 1998 Rayas has sweet kirsch liqueur notes, the color is disturbingly light, which doesn’t normally bother me, but there is also burgeoning orange and rust at the edge. The wine is medium to full-bodied, displays loads of cedar, loamy soil notes, balsam wood, pepper, and garrigue. There is nothing wrong with this wine, and if you haven’t had any of the really great vintages of Rayas (1981, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1995), readers would probably think it’s a super wine. However, I have had great ones, and drink them quite frequently, so for me this is just a good, not profound Rayas. Moreover, I think it needs to be consumed over the next 5-7 years before it loses any intensity. |
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