The Bottle That Takes Its Time
The rosé is the bottle Dom Pérignon skips in years it does not like, and takes more than a decade to release in the years it does. The 1998 arrived in the shadow of 1996 — and quietly kept the better balance.
Vintage 1998
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The Vintage Napa Wanted to Forget
El Niño gave Napa twice its normal rainfall, eighteen frost nights and a cold bloom. The 1998 Reserve was written off almost on release. At twenty-three years it had the last word.
A Tribute to Chardonnay
Krug's own tasting committee nicknamed the 1998 'A Tribute to Chardonnay' — only the second vintage in the house's history led by that grape. At twenty-two years, it was the Champagne asked to open an evening of serious Burgundy.