Deep burnished yellow. Fabulous aromas of petrol, flowers, and mixed apple and more tropical fruit rather than the usual stone fruit. Medium weight that seemingly fleshed out with air-not as delicate as it initially appeared. Intense, dry flavors of the fruit, great acidity, minerality at the back end, and a distilled spirit quality as well. This continued to grow through the last drop and has evolved into an outstanding Clos Ste. Hune.

Opened and poured, tasted blind to the vintage side by side with the 1989. Deep, even ruby without a trace of maturity; everyone identified this as the 1990 by the saturation of color alone. A transient whiff of alcohol and port, but then a multidimensional nose of dark flowers, most blue fruit, and herbs. Big wine but surprisingly light on its feet due to orange zest and excellent acidity underpinning fresh blue and dark red fruit, spice, a bit of brambliness, and round, chocolatey tannins. Continued development and improvement over 3 hours. This wine has it all, and the silky, sappy mouth feel alone is to die for. Compared to a magnum tasted last year, this was much more forthcoming and multifaceted, but that said, it still has decades to go. Amazing.

Opened and poured, tasted blind to the vintage side by side with the 1990. Noticeably lighter ruby/garnet color than the younger wine. Very different nose that is dominated by sharper stemminess and pine resin, not nearly as ripe. The more assertive elements did integrate over time, showing more red fruit. Medium weight, not nearly as glycerine as the 1990, crunchy dark red fruit, more savory and mineral. More savage expression of French Syrah. It has a much cooler vintage profile than its younger sib even though both of these vintages were warm and ripe. This showed good staying power over 3 hours and definitely improved, but in the end did not reach the height of quality achieved by the 1990.