Chateau La Gaffeliere 1998 St. Emilion Grand Cru ($70, WS 92 points) – I picked this up from LDB in 2008 when they released wines from 10 years ago. It was No. 69 of the Wine Spectator Top 100 wines of 2001. You cannot get this wine anymore and don’t confuse it with the Chateau Canon La Gaffeliere that is available now. Since this was a right bank wine, the predominant grape was Merlot. The 1998 right bank vintage was better than the left bank (Lafite, Latour, Margaux etc.), and Wine Spectator indicated that the wine should be opened after 2006. In spite of 13 years in the bottle, it tasted quite fresh and the body was medium to full. That was the last bottle in my cellar, so this was put on the blog for historical reasons.
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