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Southern Rhône's Watershed Vintage
A retrospective tasting of 1998 Châteauneuf-du-Pape
In 1998, the Southern Rhône enjoyed a superlative vintage, with a hot growing season favored by well-timed rains that allowed Grenache and Syrah—two of the region's main red grapes—to ripen under ideal conditions.
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