Something was wrong with the Vougeot Premier Cru, as it tasted vegetal, had extremely pale color, and seemed to be the product of very young vines; it should have been sold off to a negociant or declassified rather than bottled under Hudelot's name. Alain Hudelot is a serious winemaker, but he falls victim to the practice of filtering his wines too vigorously at the time of bottling. He has made very good 1987s, but one suspects these scores would be from 2 to 5 points higher had there not been such a traumatic filtration.