1998 | Chteau de la Gardine | Chateauneuf-du-Pape

Description

Red Wine: 1998 | Chteau de la Gardine | Chateauneuf-du-Pape

It presented in red a lot of matter and colour, intense and dark dresses and a rich and powerful palate, warm, with aromas of over-ripeness and a tannic structure cut for the guard with a final nevertheless quite fresh.

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Producer: Chteau de la Gardine

Ratings: WA | 92 WS | 94

Vintage: 1998

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13.5%

Varietal: Southern Rhone Red Blend

Country/Region: France, Rhone

It presented in red a lot of matter and colour, intense and dark dresses and a rich and powerful palate, warm, with aromas of over-ripeness and a tannic structure cut for the guard with a final nevertheless quite fresh. Particularly interesting on their evolution, they keep their promises with a mouth of velvet suave, whose round and melted tannins support all the nuances of the aromatic richness.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Big, rich and concentrated, with lots of dark, chocolaty fruit and plenty of meatiness, it has a full, layered mid-palate, sweet tannin and a great finish.

• Wine Spectator: A wonderful, masterful wine. Both firm and opulent, it displays a nice dig into the Rhne terroir as it brings out wet earth, mineral and an interesting, chewy tannin structure. A high-voltage drinking experience, with lots of fruit, spice and mocha.

Producer Information

Chteau de la Gardine is a 54-hectare (133-acre) wine estate in Chteauneuf-du-Pape, acquired by well-known ngociant Gaston Brunel in 1945 and expanded over the decades. Brunel family holdings now also include vineyards in the nearby Rasteau and Ctes-du-Rhne Villages regions as well as the Chteau St-Roch in Lirac. The Gardine estate wines are generally well-regarded and released in a unique bottle. The estate vineyards in Chteauneuf-du-Pape span 52 hectares (128 acres), 48 hectares (117 acres) of which are planted to red varieties and four hectares (10 acres) to white. The property’s terroir is composed of loam, limestone, gravel, and Chteauneuf-du-Pape’s famous galets, or “pudding stones”. It is planted to a range of the appellation’s permitted grape varieties, including Grenache, Syrah, Mourvdre, Muscardin, Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Roussanne and Bourboulenc. The oldest of these were planted in 1925. Red wines from the chteau include the Cuve Peur Bleue, Cuve l’Immortelle, and Chteau de la Gardine Cuve des Gnrations Gaston-Philippe. All three blends are composed of equal parts of Grenache, Mourvdre and Syrah from different terroirs, and are limited production only some 90 cases of Cuve l’Immortelle are produced annually. The estate also makes two Chteauneuf-du-Pape white blends: Cuve des Gnrations Marie-Lonice and Cuve Tradition. The Brunel de la Gardine label is a ngoce range and spans appellations in the wider northern and southern Rhne The Brunel family also produces Rasteau and Ctes du Rhone under the Chteau de la Gardine label, and Lirac from Chteau Saint Roch, a 40-hectare (99-acre) southern Rhne estate acquired by the Brunels in 1998.