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1997 Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Châteauneuf Du Pape

Southern Rhône

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Rhone Blend

Vintages
2022202120192018201720162015201420132012201120102009200820072006200520042003200120001999199819971996
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Jean-Claude Sabon has considered '98 "un tres grand millesime" from the start. "I will make a lot of magnums. It will be a vintage to drink in 20 years-30 in the case of the magnums-with a civet de lievre or civet de sanglier." There will be a Cuvee Papet in '98-one of the appellation's legitimately special bottlings, as this will be the first appearance for the Papet since 1990. Sabon describes this deeply colored, powerfully structured wine as being in le gout Americain though it receives the same elevage as the regular bottling (i.e., mostly in foudres) and struck me as a classic example of Chateauneuf du Pape. (A Peter Vezan Selection; importers include Ideal Wines, Medford, MA; Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; and North Berkeley Wines, Chicago, IL)

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Jean-Claude Sabon, a consistently honest judge of vintage quality, describes 1997 as "un joli petit millesime richer than the '96." On the other hand, says Sabon, 1998 "has all the ingredients for being a great year with a capital G." The blend here typically includes 90% grenache, with what Sabon describes as homeopathic doses of cinsault, syrah, mourvedre, vaccarese, muscardin and counoise.