90 Wine Spectator
What subtlety and elegance on the nose, with blackberry, flowers, spices and dark chocolate. Full-bodied, with very fine tannins and an elegant, refined finish. What a turnaround. Much better now.?'88/'98 Bordeaux blind retrospective (2008). Drink now. 16,250 cases made. ?JS
90 Wine Spectator
What subtlety and elegance on the nose, with blackberry, flowers, spices and dark chocolate. Full-bodied, with very fine tannins and an elegant, refined finish. What a turnaround. Much better now.?'88/'98 Bordeaux blind retrospective (2008). Drink now. 16,250 cases made. ?JS
88 Robert Parker
An excellent dark ruby/purple-colored effort, the 1998 offers a classic scorched earth, smoky, black cherry, and currant-scented bouquet. Medium-bodied, with sweet tannin, well-integrated acidity, and excellent flavor as well as richness, it is a complex, textbook Graves. Anticipated maturity: now-2014.
88 Robert Parker
An excellent dark ruby/purple-colored effort, the 1998 offers a classic scorched earth, smoky, black cherry, and currant-scented bouquet. Medium-bodied, with sweet tannin, well-integrated acidity, and excellent flavor as well as richness, it is a complex, textbook Graves. Anticipated maturity: now-2014.