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Rosso Conero is a wine appellation in the central part of the Marche region of Italy just south of Ancona on the slopes of Monte Conero. The red wine made here is based on the Montepulciano grape which must comprise 85% of the wine. If another grape is used, it is commonly Sangiovese.
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Pomerol
***94 Points- Neal Martin for the Wine Advocate

***94 Points- Neal Martin for the Wine Advocate, tasted 2016***

"The 1989 Vieux Château Certan has long been one of my favorite wines of that decade. The bouquet shows no signs of relinquishing that title with gorgeous black truffle, bay leaf, warm gravel and briary scents that are simply beautifully defined. The palate is medium-bodied with a fine line of acidity, "warm earth" on the entry, leather and truffle, great depth here with sublime precision on the finish, which is bridled with hints of mushroom and cloves. Maybe this is reaching its peak? Then again, it shows absolutely no signs of reaching the end of its plateau. …
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Marchesi di Barolo

1988 Barolo – Marchesi di Barolo

Vintage & Producer
Marchesi di Barolo is one of the historic names of the region, based in the town of Barolo itself and tracing its origins back to the early 19th century. The estate helped define the classic style of Barolo—long ageing in large oak casks and wines built for elegance and longevity. The 1988 vintage was exceptional across Piedmont, producing ripe, structured wines with great balance and depth that have aged gracefully.

Tasting Note
Now fully mature, this 1988 Barolo shows a warm brick-garnet colour with orange hues at the rim. …
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Fantinel

This 1988 Barone Rosso has developed the soft, mature character of a well-aged Veneto red. The bouquet shows aromas of dried cherry, plum, leather, tobacco, and subtle hints of spice and forest floor. On the palate it is medium-bodied, with softened tannins, balanced acidity, and flavours of stewed red fruit, earthy herbs, and a gentle savoury undertone. The finish is harmonious, smooth, and lingering, reflecting the wine’s evolved character.

Serving Suggestions
For optimal enjoyment, stand the bottle upright for 24–48 hours before serving to allow any sediment to settle. Carefully decant the wine to separate it from the sediment. …
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St Julien, 4th Growth Classification
Bin soiled and stained labels.

1988 Chateau Branaire Ducru. Nose of black cherry, red cherry, cassis and sage, same on the palate, medium/big body, very tasty, held up well but time is short so you should immediately drink up, elegant, and a long, long finish. Cellar Tracker Tasting 2019.

About Chateau Branaire Ducru Château Branaire-Ducru is a renowned wine estate located in the Saint-Julien appellation of the Bordeaux region in France. It is classified as a Fourth Growth (Quatrième Grand Cru Classé) in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification, which highlights its longstanding reputation for quality. The estate spans approximately 60 hectares of vineyards, planted mainly with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot. …
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Gaston Hochar, Bekaar Valley, Lebanon

The 1988 Château Musar is an exceptional vintage from this iconic Lebanese producer, known for its ability to craft wines that evolve beautifully over decades. The 1988 vintage benefits from Château Musar’s signature blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault, and Carignan, showcasing their unique terroir and traditional winemaking approach.

Vintage Overview
1988 Bekaa Valley Vintage: A strong vintage with favorable growing conditions, producing wines of structure, elegance, and great aging potential. Château Musar excels in such vintages, delivering wines with a beautiful balance between ripe fruit, earthy complexity, and vibrant acidity. …
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Gaston Hochar, Bekaar Valley, Lebanon

The 1988 Château Musar is an exceptional vintage from this iconic Lebanese producer, known for its ability to craft wines that evolve beautifully over decades. The 1988 vintage benefits from Château Musar’s signature blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault, and Carignan, showcasing their unique terroir and traditional winemaking approach.

Vintage Overview
1988 Bekaa Valley Vintage: A strong vintage with favorable growing conditions, producing wines of structure, elegance, and great aging potential. Château Musar excels in such vintages, delivering wines with a beautiful balance between ripe fruit, earthy complexity, and vibrant acidity. …
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Price: £199.00
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Ruffino - MAGNUM of 1,5 Liters

Chianti, situated in Tuscany in central Italy, is home to probably the best-known and most iconic of all Italian wines. Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano are primarily made with Sangiovese grape whereas the Vernaccia grape is the basis of the white Vernaccia di San Gimignano.
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Ruffino

This 1988 Chianti has developed the soft, refined character of a mature Sangiovese. The bouquet offers aromas of dried cherry, plum, leather, tobacco, and hints of forest floor, spice, and balsamic. On the palate it is medium-bodied, with softened tannins, balanced acidity, and flavours of stewed red fruit, earthy undertones, and a gentle touch of cedar. The finish is long, harmonious, and savoury, reflecting the wine’s mature Tuscan character.

Serving Suggestions
For optimal enjoyment, stand the bottle upright for 24–48 hours before serving to allow any sediment to settle. Carefully decant the wine to separate it from the sediment. …
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Price: £89.00
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Cantine Prandi

A Traditional Nebbiolo from Piedmont
The 1988 Nebbiolo Cantine Prandi offers a rare opportunity to explore a mature expression of one of Italy’s most revered grape varieties. Cantine Prandi, a traditional producer based in Piedmont, is known for crafting honest, classically styled wines that reflect the purity and finesse of Nebbiolo. This bottling is a true testament to the region’s dedication to authentic, terroir-driven winemaking.

A Vintage of Structure and Balance
The 1988 vintage in Piedmont was marked by a warm and consistent growing season, producing wines with good concentration, ripe fruit, and firm yet balanced tannins. …
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Price: £89.00
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Sanguinetti - Riserva

Nobile di Montepulciano is a red wine with a Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita status produced in the vineyards surrounding the town of Montepulciano, Italy. The wine is made primarily from the Sangiovese grape varietal (known locally as Prugnolo gentile) (minimum 70%), blended with Canaiolo Nero (10%–20%) and small amounts of other local varieties such as Mammolo. The wine is aged for 2 years (at least 1 year in oak barrels); three years if it is a riserva.
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Porta dos Cavaleiros, Dao

Caves S. Joao, established in 1920, became a dominant force in Portuguese wine making in the early 20th century with their houses Porta dos Cavaleiros in Dao and Frei Joao in Bairrada. Given the shifting trends in consumer preferences, Bairrada and Dao fell to obscurity in the 1990s when critical influence drove the demand for bigger, extracted, warmer climate wines. As in all things, however, what comes around goes around! Sure enough, 20 years later savvy consumers and food-conscious sommeliers are looking for finesse and freshness and heading back to Bairrada and Dao. Wines that when young had a vegetal character, …
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Price: £69.00
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Quinta Poço do Lobo - Cabernet, Bairrada

Caves S. Joao, established in 1920, became a dominant force in Portuguese wine making in the early 20th century with their houses Porta dos Cavaleiros in Dao and Frei Joao in Bairrada. Given the shifting trends in consumer preferences, Bairrada and Dao fell to obscurity in the 1990s when critical influence drove the demand for bigger, extracted, warmer climate wines. As in all things, however, what comes around goes around! Sure enough, 20 years later savvy consumers and food-conscious sommeliers are looking for finesse and freshness and heading back to Bairrada and Dao. Wines that when young had a vegetal character, …
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Price: £69.00
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Bertolo

This 1988 Recioto has evolved into a rich and complex dessert wine with a beautifully mature profile. The bouquet is deep and aromatic, showing notes of dried fig, prune, cherry compote, cocoa, and warm spice, with hints of leather and tobacco emerging from long ageing. On the palate it is luscious yet balanced, with gentle sweetness, soft tannins, and flavours of dried fruit, chocolate, and roasted nuts. The finish is long, velvety, and harmonious, reflecting the wine’s noble Veneto heritage and its graceful development over time.

Serving Suggestions
For optimal enjoyment, stand the bottle upright for 24–48 hours before serving to allow any sediment to settle. …
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Price: £119.00
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Pomerol
Good Provenance
Stored at Wine society since original purchase
Damaged Label - see photo

91 points Vinous
The 1988 Vieux Chateau Certan is a vintage that I have not tasted often, something I rue even more having been reacquainted with it. To be honest, for the first five minutes it felt overawed by the 1989. However, it soon gets its act together to deliver and gorgeous nose of black fruit, melted tar and cigar box, unashamedly classic in style, less sensual than the succeeding two vintages and yet extremely well defined. The palate is well balanced with fine tannin, perfectly judged acidity, tobacco and cedar dominating the second half and yet there remains more than enough freshness and length to urge you back for another sip. …
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Price: £170.00
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S. Biagio di Roggero

1987 Barolo – S. Biagio di Roggero (Piedmont, Italy)

A poised, fully mature Barolo that leans into perfume and finesse. Brick-garnet with a broad tawny rim. The nose lifts with dried cherry and cranberry, rose petal and violet, cedar and sweet tobacco, touched by orange peel, tea leaf and a gentle tar/balsamic note. Mid-weight and savoury on the palate: lively, old-school acidity carries red-cherry fruit, dried herbs and subtle leather; tannins are fine and resolved, giving a silky, tapering finish of cherry skin, cedar spice and dried flowers.

Producer note: S. Biagio di Roggero is the Roggero family’s historic La Morra estate, bottling under the “San Biagio” name for generations (first own labels traced to the 1920s). …
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Monte Ducay - San Valero

Carinena is just one of several DO titles used for the wines of Aragon, northern Spain. Winemaking in the area dates back to at least Roman times, and records from that era confirm that locals drank Carinena wines mixed with honey. Many other historical records attest to the quality of the wines from Carinena; King Ferdinand I of Aragon listed it as his preferred wine above all others and the French philosopher Voltaire thought it heavenly. Wine has long been the economic mainstay of the region and a source of great pride and renown.
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Bandol Rouge

The 1987 Bandol Rouge from Caves de la Roque is a red wine from the Provence region of France, specifically the Bandol appellation. Bandol wines are renowned for their robust and age-worthy reds, primarily crafted from the Mourvèdre grape, often blended with Grenache and Cinsault.

Tasting Profile:
Expect garnet colour with aromas of dark berries, earthy undertones, leather, and subtle spice. On the palate it should be full-bodied with firm tannins, flavours of black fruits, and a lingering finish.

There are three different labels of this wine listed on our website, each featuring paintings of French artist Paul Gauguin. …
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Pauillac 1er Grand Cru Classe

About Chateau Latour Château Latour, located in the Pauillac appellation of Bordeaux, France, is one of the most prestigious and historically significant wine estates in the world. Classified as a First Growth in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification, Château Latour is renowned for its powerful, long-lived red wines primarily made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and other classic Bordeaux varietals. The estate's terroir, characterized by its gravelly soils, contributes to the exceptional quality and complexity of its wines. With a history dating back to the 14th century, Château Latour has consistently maintained a reputation for excellence, producing wines that are highly sought after by collectors and connoisseurs. …
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Price: £459.00
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Frei Joao, Bairrada

Caves S. Joao, established in 1920, became a dominant force in Portuguese wine making in the early 20th century with their houses Porta dos Cavaleiros in Dao and Frei Joao in Bairrada. Given the shifting trends in consumer preferences, Bairrada and Dao fell to obscurity in the 1990s when critical influence drove the demand for bigger, extracted, warmer climate wines. As in all things, however, what comes around goes around! Sure enough, 20 years later savvy consumers and food-conscious sommeliers are looking for finesse and freshness and heading back to Bairrada and Dao. Wines that when young had a vegetal character, …
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Price: £69.00
Stock: 117 in Stock

Porta dos Cavaleiros, Dao

Caves S. Joao, established in 1920, became a dominant force in Portuguese wine making in the early 20th century with their houses Porta dos Cavaleiros in Dao and Frei Joao in Bairrada. Given the shifting trends in consumer preferences, Bairrada and Dao fell to obscurity in the 1990s when critical influence drove the demand for bigger, extracted, warmer climate wines. As in all things, however, what comes around goes around! Sure enough, 20 years later savvy consumers and food-conscious sommeliers are looking for finesse and freshness and heading back to Bairrada and Dao. Wines that when young had a vegetal character, …
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Price: £69.00
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Quinta Poço do Lobo - Cabernet, Bairrada

Caves S. Joao, established in 1920, became a dominant force in Portuguese wine making in the early 20th century with their houses Porta dos Cavaleiros in Dao and Frei Joao in Bairrada. Given the shifting trends in consumer preferences, Bairrada and Dao fell to obscurity in the 1990s when critical influence drove the demand for bigger, extracted, warmer climate wines. As in all things, however, what comes around goes around! Sure enough, 20 years later savvy consumers and food-conscious sommeliers are looking for finesse and freshness and heading back to Bairrada and Dao. Wines that when young had a vegetal character, …
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Price: £69.00
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Castiglion del Bosco

1987 Rosso di Montalcino – Castiglion del Bosco (Tuscany, Italy)

A rare, fully mature Rosso di Montalcino showing the graceful, savoury side of aged Sangiovese Grosso. Brick-garnet with a tawny rim, it opens on dried cherry and cranberry, rose petal, cedar and sweet tobacco, with hints of orange peel, tea leaf and a gentle balsamic note. Mid-weight and silky on the palate: lively, old-school acidity carries red-cherry fruit, dried herbs and subtle leather; tannins are fine and resolved, the finish tapering with cherry skin, cedar spice and dried flowers.

Producer note: Castiglion del Bosco is one of Montalcino’s historic estates, rooted on the north-west side of the appellation. …
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Price: £59.95
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Damilano

1986 Barolo – Damilano (Piedmont, Italy)

A classically styled, fully mature Barolo with perfume over power. Brick-garnet with a broad tawny rim. The bouquet lifts with dried cherry and cranberry, rose petal and violet, cedar and sweet tobacco, with hints of orange peel, tea leaf and a gentle tar/balsamic note. Mid-weight and savoury on the palate: lively, old-world acidity carries red-cherry fruit, dried herbs and subtle leather; tannins are fine and resolved. The finish is long and tapering with cherry skin, cedar spice and dried flowers.

Producer note: Damilano is one of Barolo’s historic houses (family roots early 1900s), …
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Price: £149.00
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Luigi Perazzi

1986 Bramaterra – Luigi Perazzi (Alto Piemonte, Italy)

A beautifully mature Alto Piemonte red in the classic Bramaterra register (Nebbiolo with touches of Croatina/Vespolina/Uva Rara): perfumed, mineral and savoury. Brick-garnet with a broad tawny rim, it opens on dried cherry and cranberry, rose and violet, with cedar, sweet tobacco and tea leaf, then the tell-tale iron/hematite and blood-orange lift from the region’s porphyry and volcanic sands. Mid-weight and silken on the palate: lively, cool-climate acidity carries red-cherry fruit, dried herbs and subtle underbrush; tannins are fine and fully resolved. …
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Price: £79.00
Stock: 3 in Stock