Klassifiziering | Dèuxieme Cru Classé |
Typ | Rotwein |
Marke | Chateau Pichon Longueville Baron |
Jahrgang | 1989 |
Land | Frankreich |
Region | Bordeaux, Pauillac |
Traube | Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Bordeaux Blend |
Inhalt | 0,75 |
Zustand | Aus Original Holz Kiste |
Label | Perfekt |
Vorrat | 0 |
Zustand | Base of neck or better |
Label | Leicht Verschmutzt |
Both the 1989 and 1990 vintages exhibit opaque, dense purple colors that suggest massive wines of considerable extraction and richness. The dense, full-bodied 1989 is brilliantly made with huge, smoky, chocolatey, cassis aromas intermingled with scents of toasty oak. Well-layered, with a sweet inner-core of fruit, this awesomely endowed, backward, tannic, prodigious 1989 needs another 5-6 years of cellaring; it should last for three decades or more. It is unquestionably a great Pichon-Longueville-Baron.
What a nose here, from crushed mulberry to tanned leather to tar. Full-bodied, with big, velvety tannins that are soft and caressing, like cashmere. This is so tight and powerful still; it seems to be holding back.
Rene Gabriel rates this wine 19/20 points.