Conrad Green

9.2

Oily and intense. Really packed with flavor and quite blocky. Some nice refined notes — a month ago

with Paul and Ara

Andrew Cullimore

9.3

Medium straw colour , quite fine relatively persistent perlage . Quite discreet at first with some orange peel , meaty porcini , still quite fresh and lively though , delicate touches of toasted brioche, white chocolate . On the palate this is quite refined and delicate in style , fruit peel , orange pith , porcini , brioche, touch of hazelnut . Good grippy acidity , saline , with decent , lightly toasty finish . This is fully mature and probably still at peak , not perhaps the longest or most complex DP, but perfectly well balanced and proportioned. Now and over the next few years , don’t think this will improve much from here . — 4 months ago

Jay Kline

9.6

Double decanted the night before. The 1998 pours a deep garnet purple with a opaque core; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is vinous and imbued with an incredible perfume of ripe black cherry, black plum, purple flowers, pipe tobacco, cocoa, a mix of organic and inorganic earth, and fine warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. This is a wine in its prime and it’s a beauty. Drink now with some time for it to breathe before service and this should drink well through 2048. — 6 months ago

Tom Garland

9.5

+1 hour decant(decent chunky/fine sediment). A splendid medium dark ruby red color with bricking. On the nose: Tantalizing perfumed notes of stewed plum/cherry, worn leather, smoke, forest floor, stewed meat, cedar, eucalyptus. Taste: creamy, elegant, with power and depth wine...plum, currants, smokey earth, graphite, saline, dusty crushed gravel, tobacco leaf, and a nice medium plus finish. YUM!! — 10 months ago

with Brenda

Ron Siegel

9.3

Dark fruits, berry, plum, spice box, leather, menthol & tobacco leaf. The 98 right banks are drinking well — a year ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

Always the best way to finish! — 3 years ago

jesus g

Hospitality Schramsberg Vineyards

10

just a special day — 2 months ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.5

From magnum — 3 months ago

Christian Fischer

9.8

This is an amazing year and continues to be in such an amazing state of balance. It is such an amazing champagne. — 5 months ago

Steven Heydemann

9.3

Showing beautifully. On release the 98 was not rated that highly. With time, it exceeds expectations. — 6 months ago

Ron R

9.5

This producer is in a class of its own.
No signs of maturity. Pure notes of saddle leather and oak on the nose. A pure expression of Bdx with balance and power. Mid palate displays mature cherries and a hint of olives. Grainy tannins play second fiddle to prominent acidity.
My mental shortcut here is; GET SOME!
Thanks Rick. — 10 months ago

with Andrew and Rick

John Van Trijp

9.7

Bordeaux 98 is getting better and better — 2 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

Classic & perfect with the dry aged ribeye from Lobels showing lots of dark berry fruit with spice & tobacco notes. — 3 years ago

Roman Boudou

9.8

“Why is your wine so fucking good!?” — 2 months ago

Jay Kline

9.9

What a special treat to have an entire flight dedicated to the one and only Noël Verset. All three wines were opened prior to dinner and serially enjoyed over the course of a few hours. Stylistically, all three wines were similar and most importantly, sound! The 1998 pours a garnet color with a transparent core; medium viscosity with light staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is vinous with ripe and slightly desiccated, wild red bramble berries, dried purple flowers, cracked black pepper, black olive, garrigue, spiced meat, coffee, old leather bound books, exotic eastern spices and inorganic earth and minerals. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. Bro…this bottle left me speechless. It has all of the things I could possibly want in Cornas plus, it has the staying power of Barry White. For me, this was the wine of the flight (and WOTN), overshadowing the more heralded 1999 and giving more than the relatively demure 1992. Drink now through (???). This has the characteristics of an immortal. — 4 months ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.5

Beautiful fruit, soft mousse. Round and creamy. Lovely! — 8 months ago

Alexandre Pagliano

9.3

Oh sooo good !!! — a year ago

with Jose, veronique and 1 other

Phil Kessling

9.0

Drinking well. Big, bold and tannic. — a year ago

Ron Siegel

9.5

One of my favorite vintages from Chave that is open & expressive with red cherry, berry, black fruits, meat, smoke, licorice, earth, crushed rock & violet. — 2 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.7

Davila y jp raigoso
10/29/21 — 3 years ago