1988 Château d'Arche Sauternes

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 89 points

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  9/19/2020 - vagrantone Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Half bottle.
  Cork barely holding up.
  At full maturity and seems to have declined a little since last tasting, also in half bottle.
  Nice texture and richness, lacking a little in aromatic precision and in acidity to give it a little more life. Honey, candied fruit, decent length from this great Sauternes vintage.

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  1/14/2020 - Renevin Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Robe ambrè, nez expressif. En bouche, belle rondeur et longueur

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  9/2/2018 - senesd Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Not much nose - golden color with honey and peach flavors in the mouth. Still good acid fruit balance. short finish. Al in all a nice wine given its age

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  1/11/2017 - vagrantone Likes this wine: 88 Points

  From a half bottle, base neck fill level.
  Fairly deep color, best described as caramel. At this point the aromas seem slightly muted. There is still a decent amount of complexity and the botrytis element is still evident. However, the intensity of this wine is clearly on the decline. The sweetness and the VA over-power the botrytis. The texture of the wine is still nice, but overall this wine should be consumed in the near future.

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  1/17/2015 - pilot360 wrote:

  Much of the nose fruit has gone, modestly sweet, with light tropical hints.

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