1998 Grosset Gaia Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc Merlot

Notes sourced from Grosset.

The 1998 Grosset Gaia is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (75%), Cabernet franc (20%) and Merlot (5%). It spent sixteen months in French oak from two of that country's best coopers: 45% of the barriques were new and the remainder one and two years old.The 1998 Grosset Gala has brooding aromas of dark fruits with some cedary oak notes in the background. It is soft and deceptively approachable with vibrant Satsuma plum, dark cherry and blackcurrant characters, a silky texture and fine, ripe and substantial tannins. This is an opulent red with great concentration and depth of flavour, impressive weight and a firm structure. While deceptively approachable now, it will improve over the next five years and, well cellared, will live for ten or more.