Community Tasting Notes 12

• Peech Likes this wine: 93 points

  March 8, 2022 - decanted 1 hour after opening and served 1 hour after decanting. Smoke, grilled meats, nice and fragrant nose. Decent but far, far away from a 100-point wine.

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• Peech Likes this wine: 93 points

  October 10, 2018 - opened for 1½ hours, then decanted 15 minutes prior to serving. More smoke on the nose, and almost a little savory. Good depth on the palate and seemed more clean, and certainly more cool fruit. Appeared younger and more reserved than the 98 Célestins.

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• MarceloIdeses wrote: 93 points

  May 25, 2018 - Think of something unique. It's not exactly the style of CDP that I like the most. A brutal wine.
  But there is something special, especially for those looking for a dense experience, with a lot of material, that makes the wine almost chewy.
  Plenty of fruit, alcohol and tannins. Very good, but unconventional.

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• Munch Likes this wine: 91 points

  November 20, 2013 - Chateauneuf-Du Pape, The 1998 Vintage, A 15 Year Retrospective: Medium ruby red, with a somewhat muted nose with some dark berry fruit and prune competing with a touch of volatile acidity. The palate was quite restrained with dark flavors of soy and Asian spices. Supple texture and long finish made for an outstanding wine but my #7 and group's #7 of 8 in a blind tasting.

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• d'Artagnan wrote: 91 points

  July 6, 2011 - Couleur au pourtour orangé. Nez de cannelle, d’acétone et d’anis. La bouche est dense, concentrée, un peu amère, de bonne longueur. Son profil aromatique plutôt animal n’est pas très charmeur. 90-91 pts
  Je remarque qu’en février 2011, à la dégustation Clos des Papes, j’avais été conquis par ce vin en totale aveugle (96 pts alors !). Je me demande donc si je ne suis pas passé à coté cette fois.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1998
• Type Red
• Producer Roger Sabon
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation Le Secret des Sabon
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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• Consumed 32 (24%)

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