1988 Domaine Aleth Girardin Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches

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  10/13/2018 - Bob H wrote:

  A light translucent ruby in the glass. Quintessential Burgundian nose, with earthy red and black fruits and an undergrowth/decayed leaf note as well - the kind of nose where you don't want to taste the wine because in all likelihood it will fall short of this level of sensory pleasure. An autumnal nose, if that makes any sense.
  
  Actually, this is still pretty tasty, albeit not at the level of the bouquet. This is in "drink up" territory if you still have it, but is still a worthwhile glass of wine at this point. I believe I have one bottle left, and it will get consumed sometime over the next six months.
  
  For whatever reason, the '88 vintage tends to get overlooked in both Burgundy and Bordeaux, yet in my experience both vintages have a lot of nice wines that are drinking well today.

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  11/5/2017 - Bob H wrote:

  Light translucent ruby in the glass; beautiful nose, with a forest floor/decayed leaf note and vibrant cherry fruit - quite complex.
  
  Light-bodied on the palate. Still with decent acidity, but the fruit you get so prominently on the nose has faded on the palate. No doubt past peak, and yet still pleasurable as we near it's 30th "birthday".

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  1/23/2008 - ArieS wrote:

  Opened (but not decanted) for about 2 hours before the first glass. Extremely light in color, but that was expected. On the nose sous bois, cherries and a bit of funk.
  On the palate this is fairly simple with red fruits, black tea and a great acidity. Not a memorable finish but fair. Went really well with duck breast in a cherry sauce.

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