About Us Club Benefits Club Levels Recently Featured Wineries Wine Reorders Gift Memberships

Celebrated Cellar Clearance Sale

We're making room for new arrivals.  Shop our Cellar Clearance category below and save up to 71% on expertly crafted wines priced as low as $6.99.

Half, full and mixed cases okay. Final order quantities must be in 6 or 12 bottle increments please. Sale prices cannot be applied to previously placed orders or combined with any other discounts.  Cellar Clearance ends 06/14/2013.

Chappellet Winery 1998 "Signature" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Aged 14 Years - Color is holding but the edges of the glass show some brackish hues...

Chappellet Winery 1998

About this wine

  • Year: 1998
  • Winery: Chappellet Winery
  • Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Region: Napa Valley
  • Bottle

Retail Price: $84.00
Sale Price: $42.00

Add to Cart


  Pin It

Aged: 14 Years

Color is holding but the edges of the glass show some brackish hues. There is still plenty of life to the color. Aromas of herb, cedar and cigar box develop with air to chocolate, coffee and briary black berry. Oak adds sweetness to the nose. The overall character is more like aged Bordeaux than California Cab. Black berry and cherry flavors are surprisingly concentrated in the mouth. Olive and bay leaf adds the same Bordeaux like signature to the flavors. The palate is still solid and well structured with firm tannins that quickly soften with air. The wine remains supple and well textured long after opening.

Wine Spectator (Web only, 2009): “1998 California Cabernet retrospective,” “…holds onto a nice core of dried currant and berry fruit that’s mature, intense and balanced."

Customer Reviews

Have you tried this wine? Write an online review!

Michael Retherferd testimonial.