12 bottles per lot
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Recently removed from excellent cellarage
Château Haut-Brion--Vintage 1989
Pessac (Graves), 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
Tasting note: A wonderful wine. Deep, rich and spicy, sweet, fleshy, well endowed (November 1990). The followning spring, alongside La Mission, superb. Not tasted for another nine years, less deep of course, fairly well developed; a singed, toasted, ripe, nose and flavour: 'roasted coffee beans'. A touch raw and earthy (in a blind tasting of '89s in 1998). At the '10-year' tasting: ruby colour; soft, fragrant, spicy; '89 sweetness and richness, elegant. A slightly tarry, dry finish, 'Richness' is the word noted again (Tokyo 1999). Two notes in 2000, with almost identical descriptions: medium-deep, maturing, its colour soft and mellow; warm, rich, slightly earthy nose and taste. Bouquet opening up beautifully; soft mellow repeated, sweet, full, rich, lovely flavour but with teeth-gripping acidity. Most recently, a double magnum: rich, fruity but with a slghtly astringent finish already noted. Last tasted at the Eigensatzs' Hotel Eden-Parc in Bad Schwalbach, Nov 2001 ***(**) 2010-2025 Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
12 bottles per lot
Recently removed from excellent cellarage
Château Haut-Brion--Vintage 1989
Pessac (Graves), 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
Tasting note: A wonderful wine. Deep, rich and spicy, sweet, fleshy, well endowed (November 1990). The followning spring, alongside La Mission, superb. Not tasted for another nine years, less deep of course, fairly well developed; a singed, toasted, ripe, nose and flavour: 'roasted coffee beans'. A touch raw and earthy (in a blind tasting of '89s in 1998). At the '10-year' tasting: ruby colour; soft, fragrant, spicy; '89 sweetness and richness, elegant. A slightly tarry, dry finish, 'Richness' is the word noted again (Tokyo 1999). Two notes in 2000, with almost identical descriptions: medium-deep, maturing, its colour soft and mellow; warm, rich, slightly earthy nose and taste. Bouquet opening up beautifully; soft mellow repeated, sweet, full, rich, lovely flavour but with teeth-gripping acidity. Most recently, a double magnum: rich, fruity but with a slghtly astringent finish already noted. Last tasted at the Eigensatzs' Hotel Eden-Parc in Bad Schwalbach, Nov 2001 ***(**) 2010-2025 Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
12 bottles per lot
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