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Vintage | Wine 1988 |
Region | Bordeaux |
Appellation | Haut Medoc |
Colour | Red |
Volume | 0.75 l |
Country | France |
Château | Château Sociando Mallet |
Country | France |
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 1988
Pauillac
Champagne
Saint Emilion
Saint Estèphe
Pomerol
Sauternes
Sauternes
CHÂTEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD 1988
Pauillac
Pauillac
Information on the vintage 1988 red Bordeaux : The first of a trio of very good vintages and the penultimate vintage of a more than interesting decade.This very good vintage is undervalued; but in the end, time and tannin will be jostling for supremacy.
(11-1998) One of the great values of the vintage considering its outstanding quality. Fresh aromas of mint and ripe fruit follow through on the palate. Full-bodied and quite tannic.
(09-2009) Bright crimson. Thick and sweet on the nose. The tannins are a little severe – the four-square 1988 spirit! I can't see this wine ever being truly succulent, but then it might surprise just like the 1975. My suggested drinking dates give it the benefit of the doubt.