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Search Flickinger Wine Inventory
Inventory updated: Sat, Feb 21, 2026 12:48 PM cst
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Regions: Rhone Red
Vintages: Between 1998 and 1998
| Producer |
Vint. |
Wine |
Price |
Qty |
Order |
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| Dom. Font de Michelle |
1998 |
Chateauneuf du Pape  |
$59 |
10 |
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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.
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. de la Gardine |
1998 |
Chateauneuf du Pape (1.5 L) OWC; Slightly Raised Cork |
$125 |
1 |
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| WA 90 (10/2000): The 1998 Chateauneuf du Pape boasts a dense, saturated purple color, as well as an enticing, sweet nose of black fruits, licorice, and violets. Full-bodied, moderately tannic, and impressively concentrated, with a long finish, it will be at its finest between 2003-2016. |
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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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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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