The 1998 Gigondas has closed down completely since bottling. It offers a healthy dense ruby/purple color as well as a structured, powerful personality with moderately intense cherry and blackberry fruit intermixed with smoke, minerals, and truffles. Elegant, dense, moderately high in tannin, and well-delineated, it will be at its best between 2003-2015.Importer: World Shipper and Importers, Philadelphia, PA; tel. (215) 732-2018