Burgundy and Champagne

Timed Online Auction, 28 August - 9 September 2024

Additional Finds
About the Session

Additional finds, featuring wines from a Private Seller. The selection is an eclectic offering from California. Highlights include Opus One, Harlan Estate, Ridge Monte Bello and Pride Mountain Vineyards. We have curated a few mixed Chardonnay parcels from Steele Wines offering further variety and very good value.


  • Pride Mountain Vineyards; Cabernet Sauvignon; 1998; 1 (1 x 1); 750ml


Lot Estimate
ZAR 1 800 - 2 500

About this Item

1998 Cabernet Sauvignon
1 (1 x 1) 750ml

Provenance

Private Client

Critics Ratings

'Deliciously ripe and complex, overflowing with layers of exotic spice, mineral, sage, currant and blackberry, and finishing with a burst of flavor. Tannins are well-integrated. Drink now through 2010' - James Laube, Wine Spectator, 93/100 (Dec 2000)

'The outstanding 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon boasts a dark ruby/purple color as well as surprising opulence for a wine from this vintage, admirable elegance, abundant black currant fruit, a dense, chewy mid-palate, a fleshy texture, low acidity, and a tannic finish. It is a classic Cabernet Sauvignon with medium weight, as well as outstanding ripeness, richness, and balance. Drink it over the next 12 years.' - Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, 90/100 (Dec 2000)

'Saturated, bright ruby-blue. Sappy, spicy aromas of cassis, blackberry, blueberry and roast coffee. Powerful mountain-style cabernet, with intense flavors of black fruits, licorice, shoe polish and wintermint, and strong underlying backbone. Here, too, the tannins are less sweet than those of the extraordinary '97 yet coat the entire palate. Not quite as superripe or generous as the '97, but then not many wines are.' - Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, 91+/100 (May 2000)

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