1988 Bordeaux Tasting

Walnut Creek, Ca.
Tasted Friday, May 31, 1991 by bestdamncab with 73 views

Introduction

Chance to taste petit chateau tonight.

Flight 1 - 6 Bordeaux from the 1988 vintage (6 Notes)

  • 1988 Château Sociando-Mallet 89 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc

    Nice fruit with hints of young raspberries on the nose, very bright red color in the glass, brilliant color, tastes of earth, dust and fruit, lots of tannin and fruit on the finish, nice wine, medium/big body, nice finish.

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  • 1988 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 85 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien

    Nice, rich, fruity nose, with hints of acid, bark, earth, and dusty fruit in the mouth, finish is earth and woody but pleasant, bigger wine than peers tonight.

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  • 1988 Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion 83 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Nice, rich, ripe fruit, bark on the nose, medium body, open, fruity, bark in the mouth, nice dusty finish, good but not great.

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  • 1988 Château Gloria 83 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien

    Warm, rich, ripe berry fruit, almost fruit forward, lovely nose, sweet/sour grapes in the mouth, medicine like taste, big body, long, intense finish of fruit and bark, not my style, very closed and tight tonight.

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  • 1988 Château Grand Mayne 80 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

    Softer, riper, more fruit forward on the nose than peers tonight, more ready too drink, pleasant medium finish with touch of coffee.

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  • 1988 Château Langoa Barton 75 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien

    Big, rich fruit with wood and bark, lots of forward fruit, open, medium/big body, little short on the finish.

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Closing

Sociando-Mallet was the WOTN

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