1998 Chateauneuf du Pape
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Beaurenard's 1998 Chateauneuf du Pape (70% Grenache and 10% each of Syrah, Mourvedre and Cinsault aged in small barrels and foudre) is a beautiful, fully mature red that offers lots of coffee bean, roasted herbs, garrigue and sweet, almost chocolaty fruit. Nicely balanced, medium-bodied and textured, it opens up well with air and is drinking at point.
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Robert Parker
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The regular cuvee from the Coulon family of the 1998 Beaurenard displays loads of licorice, black currant, and chocolate, and is close to full maturity with its medium to full-bodied flavors. Dark plum/garnet, with a savory, open-knit, fleshy mouthfeel, it is delicious, seductive, and ideal for drinking over the next 4-5 years. Robert Parker, Wine Advocate # 189 Jun 2010
Good saturated red. Smoky, roasted, somewhat high-toned aromas of redcurrant, maraschino cherry, mocha, coffee grounds and earth. A bit tight in the mouth, with an odd mixture of exotic and green components. A bit medicinal and tough on the finish. Showing very much as it did a year ago from barrel.
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Grenache/ Garnacha , Syrah / Shiraz, Mourvedre/Monastrell/Mataro
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Dry