1998 Cotes du Rhone Villages

[Innkeeper]

A whole bunch of wine in one bottle; 1998 Domaine de Cabasse, Sablet, Cotes du Rhone Villages, Les deux Anges. $13 from www.wine.com , where they featured it in their recent Rhone promotion, and still have it. Ruby red color with purple hues. Pow in the shnozzle with a blast of red raspberries. Full body loaded with layers of concentrated fruit and complex structure with already smooth tannin. Long, delightful finish. A huge hit with the Mrs. Consumed it with lamb steak marinated in a mint, lemon, and olive oil mayonnaise; and gill panned. It was served with an eggplant salad. Excellent. Happily there are five more bottles in the basement.