E. Guigal 1998 Hermitage - Rhone, France
Score B+
Nose - Deep and rich layers of raspberry, cigar smoke and
tar.

Taste - Starts off initially sweet then turning dry on the finish
with strawberry, a little pepper and hints of licorice.

This is a solid wine from a world class winery.  Marcel
Guigal was heralded as the greatest winemaker in the world
in the year 2000.  Of course, some of these wines that the
critics were referring to were his lavishly expensive wines
like Cote Rotie.  This wine would be very food friendly or
perfect to sip all on it's own.
Between $35.00 and $40.00