Thread: TN: Musigny Vieilles Vignes 1990, Comte de Vegue, bottle No. 00099

On Dec 3, 6:37*am, cwdjrxyz <spamtr...@cwdjr.info> wrote:
> I bought 3 bottles of Musigny Vieilles Vignes 1990, Comte de Vegue at
> auction shortly after release and have stored it properly. This is my
> first bottle of it or any top 1990 red Burgandy to open. There were no
> cork or other issues.
>
> The wine is still young, but quite ready to drink. It likely will
> develop a bit more complexity with 10 or 20 more years of proper
> storage. It still shows nearly no evidence of age around the rim, and
> the color is still deep for a red Burgandy. It has an intense, clean
> bouquet and taste of dark and red fruit with hints of flowers and
> spices. The tannins are fairly soft and under control. I rate it near
> the top of red Burgandy I have had at this stage of development. I
> also have some of the 1988 which I have given tasting notes here in
> the past. It has matured considerably more slowly than the 1990, but
> the 1988 could equal or exceed the 1990 with 10 to 20 more years of
> age.

Interesting. I have a couple of bottles of Vogue Musigny VV 1990 that
have serial numbers under 100 also.