Like all of the wines from Laurel Glen from the 1992 vintage back, the alcohol level of
the ’89 is under 13.5 percent and the soil tones of the vineyard really show here at the lower
octane level. The excellent and à...
Like all of the wines from Laurel Glen from the 1992 vintage back, the alcohol level of
the ’89 is under 13.5 percent and the soil tones of the vineyard really show here at the lower
octane level. The excellent and à point bouquet offers up scents of cherries, currants, cigar
smoke, a touch of orange peel, a superb signature of soil and a topnote of fresh herbs. On the
palate the wine is full-bodied, complex and just a touch sinewy in personality, with good, but not
great depth at the core, still a bit of tannin and lovely length and grip on the complex finish. The
relative lack of stuffing here gives the wines a slightly firmer edge to the remaining tannins here,
but the wine is long and complex. This was a year with a rain at harvest and not a great year for
north coast cabernet, but the wine has aged gracefully and is not a bad drink today. 2011-2025.