1998 Proprietary Red H Block
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Score 86/100 · Drink 2016, Antonio Galloni, Vinous, May 2017
The 1998 Red Wine H Block is fully mature, dried out and faded. Flattened by new oak, the 1998's best days are long behind it.
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88
88/100
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89
89/100
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
86
86/100
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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89 points
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Score 89/100 · Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, Jun 2011
(a 60/40 blend of cabernet franc and merlot): Medium red-ruby. Plum, maple syrup and a whiff of leather on the rather subdued nose, with just a trace of incipient maderization. A juicy, attractively sweet midweight that avoids the greenness that plagues most North Coast reds in 1998 yet shows the difficult vintage in its rather narrow shape. I'd drink up in the next year or two.
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