Ducru Beaucaillou 1990

Two bottles of the 1990 Ducru-Beaucaillou, both purchased from a local retailer, exhibited a damp, musty, cardboard component in the nose that obliterated the wine's fruit. The color was a healthy deep ruby/purple, and the wine possessed moderate weight and length, but, as I have written in the past, too many bottles seem musty, giving the impression of being corked. Interestingly, a bottle served at a friend's house on New Year's Day was unquestionably a 90-point wine, exhibiting no off aromas.

Score: 90

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 1999-2015 28 February 1997