1988 Clos du Marquis

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 89.4 points

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  10/14/2023 - cvst wrote:

  This bottle was clearly gone or maybe flawed. There was a sour, acidic and very unpleasant scent and flavour overshadowing the pleasant elements from last bottle, which again were detectable in the background. One bottle left. Hopefully it will shine again

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  4/14/2023 - cvst Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Managed to remove a mouldy cork in whole although in three pieces. Nose of graphite and forest floor. The wine initially presented rather funky but then developed more complexity after about an hour. Clearly tertiary but very clean and fresh with notes of bell pepper, tomato and tobacco leaves with still some black currant and blackberries in the aftertaste slowly turning to more earthy and herbaceous flavours. Beautiful wine with incredible balance. Enjoyed with some mature cheese

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  9/30/2022 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 93 Points

  A private dinner (Restaurant De Lage Vuursche, Lage Vuursche, NL): Classic Saint-Julien in optima forma. Mature but fresh, pure and precise, ripe but leafy, gravel and spice, silky berry fruit and ditto tannins, perfect balance and weight (12.5% ABV), very good length. Unusual charm for 1988. A perfect bottle.

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  6/6/2022 - pabernatchez wrote: 90 Points

  Perfectly mature, with textbook notes of soot, cold smoke, pencil shavings, blackcurrant, tomato leaf.
  Silky smooth, drink up now, over the next 2 to 3 years to enjoy the fruit that is still present.

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  12/15/2021 - Zweder wrote: 91 Points

  Gang of 4 in Covid19 times; Bordeaux, St. Julien: Mature bouquet with autumn forest and chocolate, but also still cassis. On the palate cassis, red berries, coffee, chocolate, bell pepper, rustic impressions, firm acidity and still slightly sticky tannin. Amazing and still very beautiful wine.

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