On Nov 15, 9:17*pm, DaleW <Dwmi...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Nov 15, 8:59*pm, cwdjrxyz <spamtr...@cwdjr.info> wrote:
>
> > The wine was Bonnes-Mares 1990, Comte de Vogue, bottle # 00624. There
> > were no cork issues, and the fill was quite high. *The wine is still
> > rather full colored. It is now mature, but it might improve a bit more
> > and likely will last many more years. The bouquet is quite intense
> > with cherries, a hint of strawberries, and something floral coming to
> > mind. Tannins are resolved. There is plenty of fruit in the taste, and
> > the acid level is correct. The finish is fairly long. While perhaps
> > not the red Burgundy of the vintage for 1990, it is not very far
> > behind the very best. Unfortunately I only bought this one bottle
> > shortly after it was released. I do have a few bottles of de Vogue's
> > 1990 Musigny VV, and hopefully it will be a bit better than this wine,
> > but one could hardly complain much if it is not and is only just as
> > good as the Bonnes Mares.
>
> I hope for your sake that the Musigny rocks! But in interest of full
> disclosure,it seems to be the one of the most heralded underachievers
> of the last 20 years. For a VERY expensive wine, lots of people have
> found it...lacking. I hope that your bottles show better. I look
> forward to your notes (I always do, actually!)

I have not seen any recent tasting notes for de Vogue's 1990 Musigny.
However Clive Coates, as mentioned in his book Cote d'Or, tasted it
four times early on and he says all of his notes agree that this is
one of the wines of the vintage and he gives it his rather rare 20.0
point out of 20 points rating. He suggests drinking from 2000-2030. Of
course this does not prove that the wine will have developed as well
as expected - only tasting of the mature wine will tell. I agree that
some Musigny from this estate has not been up to what is expected for
the vintage in some years. For example, La Tache seems to be more
reliable, but then it costs much more than even the de Vogue Musigny.
Of course in the early 1990's neither of the mentioned wines was as
extremely expensive as popular recent vintages have been.