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Friday, January 11, 2019 - Holiday dinner at the French Embassy, Washington D.C. (French Embassy): Tasted after the 1978 LMHB, this comes across as downright infanticide. I am half joking. You have to love the substance here, very youthful and even tight. It opens up nicely over time, and this time, we held on to the glasses for the remaining 90 minutes of the dinner. There is a bit more weight to the Haut Brion 88 when compared to the LMHB 78, but also acidity that keeps it taut. The fruit is more obvious here, with ripe plum and some dark cherry notions, but tertiary aspects are coming to the fore: touches of fresh earth, a bit of leather and some tobacco, too. I would say hold on to you Haut Brion 1988 for a few more years, but it ain't no crime to open one today. Fine length!

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