Ira Schwartz

9.0

@Doug Powers as promised . Dry leaves and plums on the nose. In the mouth spices, cherry , earth and good acid . Certainly the magnum format kept this alive. However for me it had not become complex and had a very clipped finish. — 5 days 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. — 9 months ago

Steven Heydemann

9.3

Showing beautifully. On release the 98 was not rated that highly. With time, it exceeds expectations. — 9 months 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. — 3 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.7

Davila y jp raigoso
10/29/21 — 4 years ago

Conrad Green

9.5

Dark cherry, plum, some sour notes, a slight smokiness, violets, iron, graphite. The palate is absorbing- deep and rich but with enough salinity and savory notes to not make it overblown. Seamless, textured like velvet and long and intense. Great stuff. — 5 years ago

romo

10

A real treat as I’m in town for the Rush show. Sourced from his cellar. - at Little Beast — 19 days ago

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 . — 8 months ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.5

Beautiful fruit, soft mousse. Round and creamy. Lovely! — a year ago

Joe DAscoli

9.7

Wow. Just wow

It starts off kinda like a deep and dark Rhône wine with a sweetness and kirsch like flavor but then in the palate it just explodes about 4-5 second later and there is a whole different level of expression.

Wine was best at about 1.5-2 hour decant and actually better without food. — a year ago

Patrice Conxicoeur

8.9

This ages beautifully — 3 years ago

Alberto

9.9

De lo mejor que he probado en mi vida. Game changer en gustos. Probado en anne Sophie pic — 5 years ago

Tom Garland

9.6

1.5 hour decant (decent chunky/fine/cloudy sediment). An amazing dark purplish ruby red color...still looks young. On the nose: Nice big beautiful aromatics of graphite, currants, forest floor, sweet tobacco, creme brulee, and a little green veggie/barn yard funk. Taste: NICE! A smooth, soft, elegant, vibrant medium plus body wine with cedar, leather, blueberry, earth, smoke, and a crushed gravel-pencil lead_medium plus finish. Could drink this all night, but will probably be gone in the next hour. — 5 years ago

with Brenda

David Russell

9.2

13.5% Elements — 3 months ago

Conrad Green

9.2

Oily and intense. Really packed with flavor and quite blocky. Some nice refined notes — 5 months ago

with Paul and Ara

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. — 9 months ago

Phil Kessling

9.0

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

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

Always the best way to finish! — 3 years ago

Joseph Gannon

9.4

still had plenty of life left, could age ten more years probably. lots of great tertiary notes — 4 years ago

with Brooke

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.9

Long time decanting needed, but rewarded
Massive, vintage port like
Unique experience — 5 years ago