Bandol, Domaine des Olivettes, 1998

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They only had 2 left of the 98, so it won't be the wine for Christmas dinner. I picked up a bottle of Bandol Domaine du Gros-Noré 2000 ($19) while I was at it. In the meantime I had found that the WS had given the Olivettes 98 a 90, and the Gros-Noré 00 a 91. The Gros-Noré was good, but not nearly as good as the Olivettes for my taste. It did not give out much whether on the nose or the palate, even though the little it did give was good - maybe that's what they mean when they say a wine is "temporarily closed", I don't know. It did taste it could age, but I will probably not find out, it did not seem quite case-worthy to me.