1988 Krug Champagne Clos du Mesnil

Community Tasting Notes (75) Avg Score: 96.4 points

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  3/26/2024 - jfpwine Likes this wine: 94 Points

  High-end Rhone Dinner at a friend's house. (Hollywood): Dark yellow gold color. Initially quite funky on the nose, but it blew off fairly quickly. Nose of ripe lemon, blood orange, apricots, mango and roasted nuts. Medium+ body, with really good acidity. Long finish.

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  1/28/2024 - aquacongas wrote: 100 Points

  Krug Lover Dinner with Olivier Krug (Daniel Dal Ban 1876 (Tafelspitz) Düsseldorf): not blind
  One of my top 3 all time champagnes ever. from a great cellar. Still young. Lemon peel, saline. fresh and precise. At least 10 more years. 100

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  10/24/2023 - clayfu wrote:

  I swear these 1988 Krug Clos Du Mesnil are getting younger and younger 🤣
  
  One of my favorite champagnes of all time, the last few have felt like they are re-emerging from their evolution and Benjamin Buttoning on us
  
  This bottle was so focused and acid driven for the first couple of hours. While there were some aged notes of hazelnut and warm yellow fruit it seemed to be limited in comparison to the powerful and bright profile left by the acidity and texture. With air it started to all integrate more, but it definitely needed way more air than prior bottles to get there. By the end of the night it was a glorious integration of a champagne and the pinnacle of what these Krug Mesnil have to offer.
  
  Usually with older bottles of Krug I find it needs oxygen to express itself from a closed state opposed to needing oxygen to tame itself.

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  7/17/2023 - sdr Likes this wine: 92 Points

  From a well preserved bottle purchased many years ago from Crush, the ‘88 Mesnil is definitely alive. Moderately dark color. A few straggly tiny bubbles when first poured and a bit of prickle. Lovely dark pit fruit flavor with a delicate touch of caramel. Perhaps more elegant the the standard ‘88 Krug but the difference becomes less as the wines enter old age. Holds up well. Interesting but not compelling.

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  4/13/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points

  Maybe not the most perfect bottle, but still so much fun. Dark color, and seemingly tired aromatic start. But so rich and complex on palate, this brought together honeycomb, baked apple, underripe apple and so much more in an enticing combination.

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