1988 Henri Bonneau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Réserve des Célestins

Community Tasting Notes (38) Avg Score: 95.2 points

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  1/27/2022 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  La Tablee: Bonneau retrospective (Mercerie): Hello lovely! This is just beautiful as you might expect. Have been lucky enough to try this vintage a few times and it is a favorite of mine. Maybe the only wine of the night that I thought was in perfect drinking window rather than really still too young (although it's not going anywhere anytime soon). Wonderful wine.

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  9/4/2020 - hprphf Likes this wine: 95 Points

  So elegant, so much complexity, just amazing dimensions and structure punching on a class above the rest. Ethereal nose of dried flowers complimented by a toned palate. Still very very young; when this superb wine peaks it will be truly special. 95++

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  9/4/2020 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Double decanted to serve. Green olives, earth, cherry, plum and dried dates. So ethereal and weightless on the palate where the wine carried through seamlessly from the nose to palate. Best Rhone I had this year. 96-97

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  9/29/2019 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  Part of a vertical ('62, '88, '99). This was probably in the best place across the group. Just the right amount of age to add that complexity and make it more interesting. Just the right level of youth, the right level of fruit, the right level of spice and interest. Great wine. Prob the WOTN.

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  4/1/2019 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Complete. Some bret on the finish. Good umami length. Good bottle of this wine. 94-95

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