1998 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Retrospective

A watershed vintage for France's Southern Rhône Valley, nine years later

By James Molesworth
Posted: Monday, July 30, 2007

In 1998, the Southern Rhône enjoyed a superlative vintage, with a hot growing season spelled by well-timed rains that allowed Grenache and Syrah, the region's two main red grapes, to ripen under ideal.....

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