91 pts - Wine Advocate
["One of the vintage's most impressive as well as backward wines, Rauzan-Segla's 1988 still exhibits a youthful, dark ruby/purple color, and a tight but promising nose of black fruits, minerals, and smoke. Full-bodied, powerful, tannic, and rich, this is an intensely concentrated, muscular, brawny wine built for the long haul. Anticipated maturity: 2000-2015. Last tasted 10/97 RP"]
90 pts - Wine Spectator
["Raspberry and dark chocolate on the nose. Full-bodied, with a solid core of fruit and mint, berry and raspberry flavors. A little tight right now. Decant an hour or two before serving. Improving with age still.—'88/'98 Bordeaux blind retrospective (2008). Drink now. 16,000 cases made. — JS (2009)"]
95 pts - Vinous
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