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1988 Billecart Salmon Champagne Cuvee Nicolas Francois Mareuil sur Ay France
Billecart-Salmon is a small, family-owned house known for producing exceptional quality Champagne. Cuvee Nicolas-Francois is their top-of-the-line bubbly made from 45 percent Chardonnay and 55 percent Pinot Noir. This wine has perfect ripeness and purity of fruit, and will be a delight to drink and toast with over the next several years.
Price: $85,00
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1988 Bollinger Champagne Brut R.D. 1.5 L Champagne France
R.D. stands for "recently disgorged" and refers to the process by which the yeast sediment is removed from a bottle of Champagne. During the time the yeast is in contact with the wine, interesting toasty, yeasty flavors are produced and the wine becomes more complex and creamier on the palate. The longer the wine stays in contact with the yeasts, the finer the quality of the wine. Bollinger’s R.D. spends a minimum of eight years on the yeast prior to disgorgement and release to the market. Bollinger’s 1988 R.D. is a lovely wine -- quite full-bodied, dry, and flavorful with hints of toasted bread, nut, and butter.
Price: $375,00
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1988 Bollinger R.D. Brut 3.0L Champagne France
Opening a bottle of Champagne makes any occasion special. When the bottle is a jeroboam (3 liters), it makes it an event never to be forgotten. We have only one bottle of this extraordinary sparkling wine. We recommend you chill it well a day ahead of serving, and at the same time call us to let us know what time to be there! Seriously, a great bottle such as this only requires a few glasses and some great friends. Also available in magnums while supplies last.
Price: $675,00
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1988 Ch. Gruaud-Larose St. Julien France
This second-growth St. Julien is one of the better values among the Bordeaux classified growths and generally needs years of cellar time to fully blossom. The outstanding 1988 Gruaud Larose is definitely built for the long haul (you may cellar it another 15-20 years), yet it may also be enjoyed now.
Price: $89,95
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1988 Ch. Margaux Margaux Premier Cru Bordeaux
A name that fascinates with romantic allure, Margaux is actually not a story book romance but a very serious producer at the very top of its classe. The 1988 is a tremendously age-worthy bottling that will continue to develop nuance and flavor over the next decade. Cellar for at least another 5 years.
Price: $349,00
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1988 Chateau de la Guimoniere Coteaux du Layon Chaume
Owned by the Doucet family in Anjou's famed Rochefort sur Loire village, the Chateau de la Guimoniere is the Coteaux du Layon Chaume appellation's largest producer -- in possibly the greatest sweet white-wine appellation of the Loire Valley. As with superlative Sauternes, the noble-rot affected grapes are hand-harvested in successive tries, or pickings, for this sweet Chenin Blanc. Decadently delicious when young, this multifaceted wine can age gracefully for 50 years or more. Have it the local way as an aperitif, with foie gras, or with chevre or blue cheese. The 1988 vintage needs decanting to divulge its splendid layers of honeyed flavors.
Price: $43,00
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1988 Chateau Petrus Pomerol Bordeaux
The 1988 Petrus is a wine of great strength, concentration and tannin. At 12 years of age the wine is just beginning to soften and reveal its underlying core of sweet fruit. Try this lovely, yet backward, Petrus now or savor in another decade.
Price: $899,00
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1988 Chateau Rieussec Sauternes Bordeaux
The vineyards and chateau of Rieussec are on the second-highest hill in the Sauternes district (d'Yquem is the highest). This allows the grapes to ripen a little earlier and reduces the risk of frost damage. This 1988 Rieussec is a terrific, classic Sauternes marked by intense aromas and flavors, decadent sweetness, tremendous length and the balance to last another 10 to 20 years.
Price: $99,95
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1988 Dom. Romanee-Conti La Tache Grand Cru Burgundy France
La Tache (next to Romanee-Conti, the second-most-famous of all red Burgundy vineyard sites) yielded an exceptional wine in 1988. This is an amazingly long-lived vintage that produced wines with deep, concentrated fruit and rugged tannins. Those tannins are finally beginning to soften in the finest made wines, yet this La Tache should still be held for at least five more years and will it easily hold until 2025. It is a true collector’s gem!
Price: $599,95
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1988 Domaine Leroy Romanee-St. Vivant Grand Cru Burgundy France
Leroy’s 1988 Romanee-St. Vivant is grand cru Burgundy at its finest with tremendous depth, complexity and finesse. At it's peak in 2005 and beyond.
Price: $595,00
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