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Saint Julien
DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI Marey Monge 1998
Romanée Saint Vivant
Saint Julien
CHÂTEAU GRAND PUY LACOSTE 1998
Pauillac
CHÂTEAU LEOVILLE BARTON Magnum 1998
Saint Julien
Margaux
DOMAINE PEYRE ROSE Clos Syrah Leone 1998
Coteaux du Languedoc
Cornas
DOMAINE DE LA GRANGE DES PERES 1998
VDP Hérault
Modern-style red, with powerful, extracted cassis, plum, toast and briar notes. It's muscular and dense, but balanced, even though the oak shows prominently on the finish for now. Impressive '98; should develop nicely.