Wine With Bok - 9/10 Stars
I had the pleasure to drink this 89 and 90 side by side last night, of course in a blind format. This 89 was decanted for almost an hour, so when the sommelier served me the glass, I was able to tell this was my bottle, as the other bottle just arrived without the benefits of being decanted. Loads of vanilla rushed to my nose, along with really ripe fruits. Same goes to the palate, voluptuous and rich, not a sign of weakness, almost a perfect wine to go with my Florentine steak! Thumbs up! (1/2017)
Vinous - 96 Points
The second part of this tasting kicks off with the 1989 Pichon Lalande. Off the charts aromatic intensity, silky tannins and exceptional finesse give the 1989 much of its considerable allure. Crushed flowers, sweet red fruit, tobacco, cedar and incense are some of the many notes that waft from the glass, but it is the wine’s textural finesse that elevates it into the realm of the profound. Wonderfully alive and delineated in every way, the 1989 is one of many highlights on this magical afternoon. (10/2017)
John Gilman - 95 points
Paired up with the 1990 at our vertical tasting, the more powerful and flamboyant side of the 1989 comes through rather dramatically. Along with the magical 1982, this is my favorite vintage of Pichon-Lalande from what must be its most successful overall decade in its long and illustrious history. The bouquet is pure, still sappily youthful and oh, so promising, soaring from the glass in a blend of sweet dark berries, a hint of plumminess, menthol, cigar smoke, coffee bean, gravelly soil tones, chocolate and toasty new oak. On the palate the wine is deep, pure and plush on the attack, with a great core of fruit, lovely mineral drive under the layers of fruit, ripe, buried tannins and outstanding focus and grip on the long, beautifully balanced and nascently complex finish. The last time I drank this wine it seemed like it was really starting to enter its plateau, but here at our vertical, paired alongside of the à point 1990, the relative youth of the 1989 is more apparent and I would be inclined to still give this great vintage of Pichon a few more years in the cellar to further unfurl. I clearly underestimated its potential longevity the last time I drank a bottle of this wine, as it has decades and decades of life still ahead of it! (10/2019)
Specifications
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Sub-Region | Pauillac |
| Classification | 2nd Growth Medoc |
| Vintage | 1989 |
| Grape | Cabernet / Merlot |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Bok Rating | 9/10 Stars |
| ABV | 12.5% |
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