95/100 PP
"The 1998 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select was produced during a challenging vintage in Napa Valley with an incredible heat wave in mid-July, with temperatures at th...
94/ 100 PP
"While I wasn’t able to taste the traditional cuvee, the 1998 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Chaupin is a smoking effort that’s still drinking beautifully (I still remember tasti...
94/100 PP
"The 1998 Sperss reveals a perfume of black fruits, truffles, earth, and spice box. Dense, massive yet seamless, this beautifully integrated wine possesses low acidity as wel...
92/100 PP
"Bolgheri is the source for some of Italy's greatest proprietary red wine blends of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. No other region in the world (other than Pomerol and St.-Em...
93+/100 vinous.com
"Saturated deep red. Deep but reticent aromas of ripe cherry and spicy oak. Very densely packed but showing less flesh today than Rivetti other '98s. Quite unevolved but...
97-99/100 Falstaff
"Mittleres Grüngelb. Zarte tabakige Würze, gelber Apfel, Honigmelonen, mineralisch und intensiv, toller Sortencharakter. Kraftvoll, vollreife gelbe Apfelfrucht, ungemein...
92/100 PP
"A retasting of the 1998 Hermitage blanc confirmed its brilliant quality. It is an elegant, floral-scented, structured white Hermitage. It boasts fabulous concentration, but is...
98/100 PP
"The 1998 Cote Rotie La Turque may end up being a perfect wine. Its smoky black fruits intermixed with licorice, roasted meats, cassis, and flowers create an explosive, exotic perfu...