1989 Red Wine

Decanter, 98 points: 1989 was an early year, with flowering three weeks ahead of usual. Now at 30 years old, a floral aspect curls out of the glass, with touches of roses and peonies, followed on the palate by bilberries and blackberries...

Jancis Robinson's Purple Pages, 90 points: (17/20) Bright bricky garnet. More evidently leafy than the Langoa, and that makes it smell younger, still of blackcurrant leaves and capsicum, even lavender, though there is a light meatiness. Not as long as the Langoa...

Wine Spectator, 97 points: Perhaps the greatest Beaucastel ever produced. Has the class and structure of a great vintage of Mouton-Rothschild. Deep inky in color with intense herb plum game and spice aromas this full-bodied wine has an explosion of...

Vinous, 93 points: The 1989 Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses 1er Cru has a fragrant bouquet with lovely floral/incense and iris aromas that combine beautifully with the black cherry and boysenberry scents, a little iodine emerging later...

Wine Spectator, 91 points: Dark-ruby in color, with strawberry, blackberry aromas. Medium- to full-bodied, adding silky tannins and a long, truffle and berry aftertaste. A beauty. This wine continues to mellow.--1989 Bordeaux horizontal. Best after...

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, 91 points: Tasted at Chateau Marquis de Terme. Deep garnet core with a light tawny rim. What a wonderful bouquet! Much more cohesive and youthful than the 1990, decayed mulberry fruit, a touch of clove, chestnut, real warmth...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: Deep garnet-brick. Dark chocolate covered cherries, espresso, cinnamon, rose petals, tree bark and loam. Medium to full body with layers of concentrated fruit and spice flavours supported by crisp acidity and a medium+...

Wine Spectator, 93 points: Dark-ruby in color, with wonderful berry, cherry and grapey aromas. Full-bodied, loads of tannins and tons of fruit. Still closed; needs time. Biggest Poujeaux I have ever tasted, except for the 1928.--1989 Bordeaux...