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Chateau Ste. Michelle Syrah Reservetext
90POINTS
16½/20

Chateau Ste. Michelle Syrah Reserve 1998

Columbia Valley, Washington, United StatesAttractive vanilla and spice nose (oak barrel nose) mixed with coffee and coconut. We like the elegance here and the styling not to mention the black cherry fruit. Lovely wine but at this point the smoky oak and vanilla is obscuring the true syrah varietal flavours. Hold another year or two.Tasted: 01 March 2001Tasted by: Anthony Gismondi and Stuart TobePrices:
BC$54.95750ml 
Producer: Château Ste. MichelleDistributors: Dandurand
Grape: Shiraz/Syrah