1988 Château Duhart-Milon

Community Tasting Notes (27) Avg Score: 90.2 points

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  12/23/2023 - grandvin100 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  I opened this bottle spontaneously, not expecting much, was extremely surprised! The wine was wonderful, ripe, fine soft tannins, forest floor, chocolate, cigar box, balanced and got better and better over time. This is such a bottle where you were just lucky, has matured perfectly!

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  5/27/2023 - AllRed wrote:

  4th Saturday Group: Old & Young (J&S): Blind. Old brownish red color with notes of cedar, tea leaves and forest floor/detritus. The palate is slightly better than the bouquet suggests it will be, with tea and mushroom but also some fruit.
  
  Clearly our bottle, which came as a bit of a surprise as when I double decanted off its sediment only 75 minutes prior to this flight being served, the bouquet was very much enjoyable and I couldn’t quite believe the wine deteriorated to such a degree in a relatively short time. Oh well, c’est la vie.

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  12/6/2022 - godx wrote: 91 Points

  Quite a classic nose displaying old-school Bordeaux notes as you would expect from 1988. Fully mature with pencil lead, darker fruits and fine dusty tannins. At peak with no real upside to hold longer.

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  10/14/2022 - GrapeScott wrote: 90 Points

  Drank over several evenings, this was at its best on the last glass. A bit stern and one-dimensional at first, this shows the old-school and slightly rustic character of the vintage (one of my personal favorites), though with a bit more elegance and restraint. Tobacco, cassis and pencil lead with uncharacteristically fine tannins for the vintage. Drinking well now with plenty of life ahead.

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  12/21/2020 - alankingbowden@gmail.com wrote: 90 Points

  Classic leather cigar box on the nose, dark fruits on the palate not much length but still a good wine. The drink by 2014 should be extended to 2021 at least.

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