1988 Haut Brion - Wine Spectator - Web Only - 2009: What a beautiful and complete wine, with dark chocolate, crushed blackberry, cedar and raspberry on the nose. Full-bodied, with supersilky tannins and a beautiful licorice, tar and fruit aftertaste. Long and complex. Will improve with age, but delicious now.—'88/'98 Bordeaux blind retrospective (2008). Drink now. –JS