Had a bottle of this last weekend.

Killer wine. Overpowering leather, violets, and beef on the nose. Medium bodied and silky on the mouth. When you drink it, the leather/beef fills the back of your throat and caresses the olfactory bulb. On the finish, the floral characteristics linger for nearly a minute. LONG finish. Superbly yummy. I completely disagree with current professional reviews of this wine. I give it a 94.

Noone, WS and Tanzer rated 1990 Mouton over 90 points.

I recently saw a WS review of this wine in the mid 80's...

Yep, I found it here

Ah, the 1990 Mouton. A classic underperformer in an exceptional vintage. I was relatively new to wine when this was in the market and definitely was not up to spending the kind of money a first growth cost, even back then. I remember this wine being permanently on sale at a local merchant here in Dallas for $60/btl. I finally broke down and bought exactly one bottle. It resided in my cellar all these years, until last year. I took it to a friends home for dinner. It was the only mature bordeaux I had. He did not open it. Rather, he put it in his cellar. He did serve another first, a Lafite, not sure of the vintage.

I wish I had it to do all over again. I would easily buy a case at that price. Now I guess I will never taste the wine.

I have not attempted to replace the bottle. It has been available here at a local merchant at $399, such a deal.

This wines seems to garner all types of opinions, and perhaps much bottle variation.

In a blind tasting, I would have thought my bottle to be much older. Both the color and weight of the wine made me think 30+ years, not less than 20.

A very nice nose of cedar, leather, spice and tea. A medium bodied wine offering wonderful balance of black currant, spices and tea on the finish.

Not a blockbuster style, but elegant and pleasing I thought.

If pressed for a score, 92+.