romo

9.1

I enjoyed this more than the top cru. If you like oak, you’ll enjoy it even more. — 10 days ago

Dick Schinkel

9.5

From double Magnum!!! — 24 days ago

Jack Krawczyk

10

perfect. still tart with notes of stone fruit. — 2 months ago

Kenneth

9.1

15% alcohol, deep ruby, ripe plum, full body, fruity, black currant, jammy, med tannic, alcohol little over, need breath, high acidity, quite oaky, vanilla, tobacco. $295 good price — 3 months ago

Adam Kincaid

9.2

Birthday year wine for me. So far, I’ve aged better than this bottle but it’s close! The ‘88 is slightly past its prime but still worth tasting. In the garden of earthly delights - dried figs, plums, dates, and mushrooms. Some peat and chocolate. Plenty of spice. Very fun. Happy birthday to me! — 3 months ago

with Jillian

Robert Swart

9.0

Still drinking well! — a month ago

Sipping Fine Wine

8.9

Blend of 90% Sauvignon Blanc and 10% Semillon, bright lemon color with aromas of citrus, stone fruits and flinty floral notes. On the palate flavors of apple, pineapple and citrus with floral notes and herb spice. Medium+ finish, vivid acidity ending with citrus and stony mineral spice. — 2 months ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.1

Medium ruby , garnet rim, touch of terracotta rim . Slightly dusty , animal touch , with leather , spicy and herbal , soy , iodine . On the palate quite strict , grafite , slightly more red fruit , cranberry , then blackcurrant and grafite . Slightly dusty dry tannins , balanced acidity . Slightly spicy , mineral , grafite tinged finish . This needs a bit of time to open but shows quite well , slightly herbal , and perhaps lacks a little charm , but is quite classic in style if not a great 1985. From now and over the next 10 years . On the night this was probably only ahead of the 1977 , and my least favourite of the 1980s vintages . — a month ago

Neil Valenzuela

9.2

Deep purple color. Blackberry, licorice and graphite. Fantastic wine! Loads of blackfruit on the palate and dry finish. — 2 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

The vines of Lilian-Ladouys are found a stone's throw from the Graves of Cos d'Estournel and the Chateau Lafite-Rothschild. Deep Ruby red color, with inky tones, blend of mostly Merlot, with Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot, aged in French oak for 15 months, aromas of black and blue fruit, smoky notes and soft spice. On the palate flavors of blackberry and plum with toasty oak flavors, full body with fine tannins, long finish ending with earthy menthol mineral character. — 2 months ago