Château Pichon-Longueville-Baron - Pauillac 1989 (750ml)
Price: $400.00
| Producer | Château Pichon-Longueville-Baron |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Pauillac |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 1989 |
| Sku | 114930 |
| Size | 750ml |
Wine Spectator: 95 Points
What a nose here from crushed mulberry to tanned leather to tar. Full-bodied with big velvety tannins that are soft and caressing like cashmere. This is so tight and powerful still; it seems to be holding back. Be patient because it will open with another five or six years of bottle age. Hard to wait. So why do it??'89/'99 Bordeaux blind retrospective (2009). Drink now. 20000 cases made.
Wine Advocate: 95 Points
Both the 1989 and 1990 vintages exhibit opaque dense purple colors that suggest massive wines of considerable extraction and richness. The dense full-bodied 1989 is brilliantly made with huge smoky chocolatey cassis aromas intermingled with scents of toasty oak. Well-layered with a sweet inner-core of fruit this awesomely endowed backward tannic prodigious 1989 needs another 5-6 years of cellaring; it should last for three decades or more. It is unquestionably a great Pichon-Longueville-Baron.
Vinous: 94+ Points
Impressive saturated ruby color. Pure classic Pauillac aromas of black cherry bitter chocolate menthol and flowers. Very intensely flavored precise and penetrating with an extremely primary flavor of cassis. Almost magically light on its feet owing to its rather strong acidity. A very young extremely long wine with great tensile strength. May yet merit a higher score with another six to eight years of bottle aging. 2006 to 2025.
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