In 1988 there are 575 cases of Romanee - Conti. Consumers should be deliriously

happy, considering there were only 225 cases in 1987. It is more backward

than the 1987, 1986, or 1985, and is one of the fullest and most tannic examples

of Romanee - Conti I have tasted this decade. It may even outlive the otherworldly

1985. It is staggeringly concentrated with a bouquet that almost defies

articulation. There is no doubting what it is and who made it. It is a flashy, dramatic

wine with astonishing length and mystique. I would not dare touch a bottle

before the mid - to late nineties./RP /Jan 1990