From the outstanding 1998 vintage & scoring 87/100 Parker points, The 1998 Cotes du Rhone Villages Rasteau (70% Grenache & 30% Mourvedre) offers chocolate along with rustic tannin, & a stemmy, tree bark characteristic that undoubtedly comes from the Mourvedre component. Dense, with good fatness & ripeness, it is a structured, rustic, earthy style of Cotes du Rhone that should drink well for 5-6 years. Drink now
- 2014. This vintage wine is shipped in a deluxe silk lined wooden presentation box with four wine accessories (corkscrew, wine pourer, drip stopper & wine thermometer) [worth £17.99] at no extra cost.