Haut Brion - 1989 (750ml) Mendocino County with the vintage's tell-tale richness

with the vintage's tell-tale richness

(Tasted at BI Wine & Spirit’s annual 10-Year On tasting

sandalwood

the wine appears to be close to full maturity

with ripe tannins which are characterized by a rare persistence

Haut Brion - 1989 (750ml) Mendocino County with the vintage's tell-tale richnessThis continues to be one of the immortal wines and one of the greatest young Bordeaux wines of the last half century. Consistently prodigious and almost a sure bet to top the scoring card of any blind tasting of this vintage as well as other years, the 1989 Haut Brion is a seamless, majestic classic, and a tribute to this phenomenal terroir and its singular characteristics. The wine still has a very thick, viscous looking ruby purple color, a