🏰 【A testament to resilience and careful winemaking in a challenging vintage】, the 1998 Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve emerged from an unusual year marked by extreme weather, including heavy rainfall, frost, and heat spells, yet careful sorting yielded good wines. Expect a bouquet of dusty dried blackberries, black cherry confit, creme de cassis, violets, anise, fennel, mocha, cardamom, bay leaves, sage, tapenade, and forest floor, with subtle dark fruit and hints of cigar and smoke. It's medium-full bodied with a seamless, balanced, velvet mouthfeel and a lingering finish. 🍴 Fantastic with steak, veal chops, and other classic meat dishes like beef, lamb, duck, and game. 🥂 Perfect for a special dinner or for those who appreciate an aged claret, as it is fully mature with plenty of life remaining.