Very mature but still vibrant with good intensity and grip. Mature flavors of smoky nuts, minerals, caramel and brown spices grace the palate and the finish is very complex. Time to drink up!
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In fine condition with great precision and perfect intensity for a 33-year old bottle of Champagne. Very fine bubbles with a great, complex finish with notes of steely copper minerals and hints of butterscotch and caramel. Lovely and very ready.
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The best 88 Champagnes from 1988 Part 3/3 Prestige Cuvees from Magnum (L'assiette champenois): Magnum, not blindly Nosewiese it reminds me to an old dry Riesling. Not the typical roasted nuts, vanilla and toast notes. Blindly not detectable. Later some yuzu and tea leaves. Still dominated from the primary notes. Incredible concentration and in this bottle size at least 20 more years ahead. The winner in this huge flight. 98
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10/22/2022 - dream Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very mature but still vibrant with good intensity and grip. Mature flavors of smoky nuts, minerals, caramel and brown spices grace the palate and the finish is very complex. Time to drink up!
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6/15/2021 - dream Likes this wine: 93 Points
In fine condition with great precision and perfect intensity for a 33-year old bottle of Champagne. Very fine bubbles with a great, complex finish with notes of steely copper minerals and hints of butterscotch and caramel. Lovely and very ready.
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1/23/2021 - Benoit Hardy Likes this wine: 93 Points
I've drunk this wine about 5 times. It was a great champagne. I am saying "it was" because the last bottle had clearly passed his peak.
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8/6/2019 - dmalcolm wrote:
Deep golden coloured with faint mousse. Heavily oxidized and a little tired, this bottle showed 10 years older than one would expect from an '88.
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10/14/2018 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 98 Points
The best 88 Champagnes from 1988 Part 3/3 Prestige Cuvees from Magnum (L'assiette champenois): Magnum, not blindly
Nosewiese it reminds me to an old dry Riesling. Not the typical roasted nuts, vanilla and toast notes. Blindly not detectable. Later some yuzu and tea leaves. Still dominated from the primary notes. Incredible concentration and in this bottle size at least 20 more years ahead. The winner in this huge flight. 98
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