The Richebourg is very tannic, still relatively closed and hard, but has good intensity, shows excellent ripeness and fine color. It should be cellared until at least 1991-1992 but has the potential to last for at least a decade. 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.