1988 Mouton Cadet

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 85.4 points

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  11/23/2022 - Eurofrag Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Not a wine that should’ve been stored for over 30 years, but it was definitely an interesting experience.
  My bottle had been stored in a cold but dry cellar most of those 30 years, so that might have helped.
  First 2 glasses immediately after opening were closed, but after that the wine opened up showing a great structure with adequate complexity, and at its peak perhaps even a note of what might have been cherry 10 years ago. After about 40 minutes, the wine started declining, and especially the final note suffered.
  
  All in all a fascinating experience, seeing a wine on its deathbed flourish and then disappear all in the span of an hour.
  
  If you find a bottle, or get one for cheap at auction, definitely drink it as soon as possible, as you might still find something there.
  
  The wine looks brick colored. The legs are slow. There is heavy sediment in the bottle. It smells like vanilla, cherry and oak. The body is medium. The wine has leathery texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has low acidity.

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  3/11/2017 - ferrarisforme Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Drank this bottle January 2017 having had it in my cellar for decades. This is not a wine which should ever have been stored, but since I had a magnum I ended up storing it for way longer than intended. I wanted to bring it to a dinner out but thought based on its age it would certainly be pure vinegar so my partner and I decided to open it at home and have it with cheese and pate. So why the high rating? We had just drank a Comtesse de Lalande the night before and let me tell you - age did wonders for this wine; so much so we would drink it over the C de L any day of the week if we could and if we had access to more bottles. It was that good! It was drank at the peak of perfection and if I ever find a bottle this old at auction I will certainly snap it up as it was absolute perfection

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  1/3/2017 - MarshPDX wrote:

  gone

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  6/18/2008 - tbailey540 wrote: 83 Points

  Past it's prime but still pretty good

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  1/4/1992 - buckeye76 wrote: 84 Points

  NICE FRUIT, BLACK CHERRY, AND CIGAR BOX IN THE AROMA WITH BLACK CHERRY FLAVOR. SHORT TO MEDIUM FINISH. NICE DRINK

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