1988 Clos du Clocher

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 90 points

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  8/10/2022 - Brain Capers Likes this wine:

  Very nice, opened an hour before dinner,,had to filter the broken cork, but the wine was delicious. Yum, drink up!

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  4/20/2013 - pavel_p Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Interesting to post the first CT note on a '88 Pomerol...
  Bought a case last year for less than $25 per bottle based on Chris Kissack's review here from 10 years ago (thank you Chris!). While I am not convinced about this being a 17.5+ wine, it is fantastic QPR and after the 88 Vieux Chateau Certan some time ago again demonstrates the very solid quality of the 88 vintage in Pomerol.
  Still a medium garnet with slight browning at the rim. Seems a little tired and very soft straight out of the opened bottle, but then, as often seen with 70s and 80s Bdx, gains weight after about 30 min in the decanter. Dark fruit, sous bois, some cedar (unlike many 80s left bankers here the cedar is well integrated and balanced as per discussion with a fellow CTer ;-)), fine tannins. Only the short to medium finish could be longer. Drink now but no need to worry that this is going to fall off the cliff any time soon. 90-91

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