1989 Wine

Wine Spectator, 92 points: Exotically perfumed violet and rose petals burst on your palate accompanied by dried apricot lemon and honey flavors. Gorgeous and subtle glowing on the finish.

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...

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...

Wine Spectator, 90 points: Aromas of blackberry cherry and wood. Full-bodied with velvety tannins and a ripe fruit aftertaste. Needs time to mellow and open. Big and rich for Duhart.--1989 Bordeaux horizontal. Best after 2001. –JS

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+...

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...

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...

Wine Spectator, 92 points: Delivers lots of tanned leather and spices, with very ripe fruit, from dried strawberry to raisin, turning to jam. Full-bodied, offering a very fresh palate of exotic fruit, currant and raisin as well as silky and...