Offers plum and berry aromas, with sweet tobacco and cedar as well as dried fruits and Christmas cake. Full-bodied, with big, velvety tannins and loads of fruit, with a dried currant, tobacco and tarmac flavor. A bit chewy, but impressive. It's a shame this is no longer made, but it was always a small-production and special wine. Why wait?—'89/'99 Bordeaux blind retrospective (2009). Drink now. — JS

Great, complex, smoky, tobacco, cigar box, campfire and dark red fruit nose. Powerful and concentrated on the palate, but the wine is on the stern, rustic, unforgiving side. Read more at:https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/wine-tasting-note/?vintage=1989&wine=Chateau%20La%20Tour%20Haut-Brion