1988 Cos d'Estournel

1988 Château Cos d'Estournel;
(Served blind) Ruby with garnet rim. Bell peppers, herbs, Cab F nose, dark berries behind. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, lively, nuanced, good length. 90

I was on a very nice Chinon, something like Clos de la Dioterie from Joguet. This wine needed four hours in a decanter to start to smell like a real Bordeaux, the day after, I wrote the following note:

Ruby, garnet rim. Herbs, cassis, bell peppers, spices, anice, some leather and a touch of cigars and fine sweet tobacco. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, lean and quite elegant body, long. 90