1998 Domaine Brusset Gigondas Les Hauts de Montmirail

Community Tasting Notes (58) Avg Score: 90.4 points

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  2/25/2023 - Jaaaacccck wrote: flawed

  I believe it was corked about 5 years ago. But, the extra time has mellowed the cork notes out a bit. It has a lot of sediment - like a cup of au-jus that several revelers have shared over a dinner. It’s the same color too. Overall an 89.

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  1/8/2021 - pbaek wrote:

  Surprisingly good, even on day 2. The oak notes are entirely gone and this is rather cool and vertical with marks of red fruit, thyme, lavender, mint. Certainly more enjoyable than 5 years ago in my book.

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  12/30/2018 - Bordeaux_Jon Likes this wine: 91 Points

  From a pristine bottle with a perfect looking cork. This wine seemed very youthful and very modernist style, ie dark in colour with oak. It was not much like other Gigondas I’ve had of similar age. In particular, it was quite different from the 1998 Domaine Brusset Gigondas Tradition Le Grand Montmirail I had recently which seemed to see way less new oak.
  
  The fruit was dominant and much darker black fruit then I’d expect from Southern Rhône along with floral notes. This seemed a bit Bordeaux like. Certainly smooth, fragrant and easy to drink my biggest complaint would be the lack of terroir showing through.

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  2/10/2018 - MikeATL Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Drinking fantastically with crisp red fruit and a tangy herbaceousness, it is quite fresh and youthful and reminds me a lot of a young Gamay from Debize or Souhaut. I had it frequently in its youth and never would have predicted that it would evolve like this.

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  10/17/2015 - raggedy1 wrote: 86 Points

  All of the 98 Rhones I've had were much better at release. I would have better enjoyed these if consumed early. While not bad, aging has done nothing to improve the experience. This is coming from someone who enjoys aged wines.

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