Terrific effort from the not so great 98 vintage

[jock]

The weener is right IMHO. I have had some sensational 98 cabs, especially from Napa. 98 seems to have been a tough vintage for many varietals including Zin, Pinot NOir and Chard. But so far I have a lot of great cabs. The Miura is better than ANY 97 I have had so far (I've had most of the big and really big guns). The 98 Rudd Jehrico Canyon is superb too.

The 97 CdV Georges III which should have been very good was hard, sharp and lacking fruit. I'm looking forward to the 98 because Clos du Val usually does much better than they did in 97.

P.S. I love it when the press screws-up and seriouslu underrates a wine or, even bette, a whole vintage. My guess is that there may be some crow on the table when it comes time to evaluate the 98 Napa cabs.

[This message has been edited by jock (edited 05-06-2001).]