Château d'Ampuis, Côte-Rôtie, 1998 Wine Accessories Mourvèdre

Mourvèdre

you'll just need to keep turning in the same direction and the cork will be pulled free

Flaring from its base like the trunk of a tree and resting on a solid disk of stainless steel

89 points Robert Parker

the Jacquère is slow pressed using an old manual Champagne press that sits in the upper level of an old barn

Château d'Ampuis, Côte-Rôtie, 1998 Wine Accessories MourvèdreThe extraordinary 1998 Cote Rotie Chateau d'Ampuis is more structured, powerful, and concentrated than the 1997. My ratings for the component parts ranged from a low of 90 92 for La Grande Plantee, to a high of 94 96 for La Pommiere and Pavillon Rouge. All revealed huge colours, earthy, smoky noses with bacon fat and black currants, and various degrees of tannin. This is unquestionably a vintage for patient connoisseurs as it requires cellaring. It is