1998 Wine

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: Pale gold colored, the 1998 d'Yquem features a flamboyant, rock-star nose of allspice, candied ginger, honeycomb and crème brûlée with a core of preserved lemons, mandarin peel and musk perfume plus a waft of potpourri...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 90 points: The 1998 Chateau Musar is a rather prototypical Musar – lots of acidity, some brett, fine structure. It reveals a more gentle style on opening, but aeration proves how much underlying power it actually has. (That is, a...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 98 points: The 1998 Angélus, a blend of 40% Cabernet Franc and 60% Merlot, is deep garnet colored with a touch of brick. The nose is completely...WOW! It has an incredible array of smoked meats, incense, cigar box and dusty earth...

Decanter, 93 points: Heading back 20 years, this is normally seen as a Right Bank vintage but it’s produced a wonderfully rich and deep Prieuré-Lichine. There was more Merlot in the blend at the time and it has softened into a luscious, rich...

Wine Enthusiast, 95 points: This is a beautiful wine, from its onion-skin pink color onward. It is, of course, mature, but still exhibits vibrant red and citrus fruits. It is very dry in style, a paean to delicious acidity. This great wine does not...

Wine & Spirits, 95 points: The contrast of depth and brightness or intensity and weightlessness creates a sense of harmonic resonance in this wine. All the aromatics are potent from the scent of rising bread dough to the red skin of an apple all...

Decanter, 95 points: Rich fruit, gently oaky and very classy on the nose. Medium-full body. Just about ready. Ripe and complex and profound. Very long. Very lovely. Very fine. Now-2020. Read more at...