(1988 Vintage) "The nose on the ’88 Clos St. Jacques is outstanding, offering up a mélange of black cherries, fraises du bois, grilled meats, herbs, coffee, sous bois and toasty oak. On the palate the wine is fullish, complex and intensely flavored, with a lovely core of sweet fruit, and a very long, meltingly tannic and bouncy finish of beautiful shape and grip. Just a lovely example of the vintage. 2006-2030...93." John Gilman 4/06