1988 Wine

Wine Spectator, 93 points: A solid wine, with wonderful structure for aging, but still closed and not giving much at this stage. Dark-ruby color, with smoke, berry and cherry aromas and flavors. Loads of velvety tannins, full body and a long...

Wine Spectator, 92 points: Gold color. Loads of dried pineapple and apple with honey and melons as well on the nose. Full-bodied medium sweet with lots of dried fruits on the palate. Long and lively. Almost exotic. Drink now. -JS

Wine Spectator, 91 points: Fragrant and generous, with beautiful rose petal-scented raspberry and red cherry aromas and flavors that linger enticingly on the long finish. A graceful wine. Best after 1994. 200 cases made.

Wine Spectator, 95 points: Wow. Really youthful on the nose, with currant, blackberry and hints of vanilla bean. Full-bodied, with chewy tannins and lots of mint and fruit. Goes on for a long time. Surprisingly youthful. Give it a couple of years...