96/100
5 Stars
Huon Hooke
Deep, youthful colour for its age, and a very ripe, very bright, bold, youthful bouquet - which is also how it tastes. It's rich and deep, fruit-sweet and deliciously fruited, powerful and concentrated and not at all leafy as Pichon can be. Superb flavour, power and length. And many years to go. (12.5% alc.)
Tasted: 24/04/2019
Drink: to 2029
90 Points Robert Parker
Somewhat austere but very successful for the vintage, Pichon-Lalande’s 1988 has a dark garnet color and an intriguing nose of compost, earth, black currants, licorice, and weedy tobacco. The wine is medium-bodied with a sweet, relatively expansive mid-palate and slightly rugged tannins in the increasingly attenuated finish. This wine has reached full maturity and should be drunk over the next 5-10 years. Anticipated maturity: Now-2008. Last tasted, 5/02.
Published: Jan 01, 2003 Drink 2003 - 2008.
Source: Robert Parker. Reviewed by: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
note: this bottle may seep a bit during shipping, which is normal for older or ullaged bottles