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Mouton's seem to be falling out of the sky lately... the 1988 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild was faily light, but still the classis graphite & cocoa bean nose. Not very intense, certainly more to the elegant side. A bit tannic? While it had the typical Mouton notes, the power was not there - but clearly from the 1988 vintage. The 1999 Louis Jadot Chambertin-Clos de Beze had finally opened and was an incredible wine... lovely clove and earth with exotic spices - lovely cherry and wild strawberry fruit as well.