1998 Beaucastel - Chateauneuf du Pape Rhone Blend - France - Southern Rhone - Chateauneuf du Pape - Red

Peak drinking. Proposed to Jowie with this bottle.

Bottle Breathe for 1 hr. Filled with honey and sweet tannins, very enjoyable now! lovely!

Great. Has some years.

deep red/purple. Nose cassis and red fruits. Palate smooth tannins great acid balance, peppers, plums chewey smoke great length excellent

Retail purchase, opened on delivery. Perfect cork. Beautiful nose - resin, warm stone, and red dried cherry. Medium bodied, taut and linear. Nice length, love the evolution of this 1998. Not a rich deeply fruited bottom, but very satisfying, like a lean fire grilled flank steak. Still evolving. Love it.

Surprisingly alcoholic, seems off-kilter, after several bottles

Lots of fruit on the nose. High in tannin. At around the 1 hour mark, the fruit began to die and the tannins really revealed themselves. Excellent wine, would last another 10 years.

Very nice, well balanced, smooth, but with a slightly pruny aftertaste that is a touch sweet for me. Shows no sign of fading

Had two bottles last night. there was moderate bottle variation even thought they were from the same and stored in the same place, We structured, fruit forward with a long finish. Very good mouth fee. One bottle had significantly less fruit on the nose with less mouth feel.

drank 12/25/2007. Very good.

A stark contrast to the ?95, this vintage?s pleasure driven personality is exuberant and explosive w/ just about every sensation a Grenache thrill seeker could ask for. Ripe, luxuriously rich notions of black forest cake, kirsch liqueur soaked Provencal herbs and roasted figs command the taster?s attention immediately. The wine is full and decadent in the mouth, w/ plush, boisterous character that would fool just about any Beaucastel purist in a blind line-up. A total knock-out,