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Search Flickinger Wine Inventory
Inventory updated: Tue, Jan 27, 2026 04:02 PM cst
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Regions: Rhone Red
Vintages: Between 1998 and 1998
| Producer |
Vint. |
Wine |
Price |
Qty |
Order |
| | Rhone Red |
| Dom. Font de Michelle |
1998 |
Chateauneuf du Pape  |
$59 |
11 |
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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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| 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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