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1989 Château Gruaud Larose
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- St. Julien
Community Tasting Notes 326
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Paul D wrote: flawed
February 22, 2024 - This had a very odd, slightly musty nose and weas stripped and short on the finish.
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Vinumming & Ahhing wrote: flawed
February 22, 2024 - 1989 Bordeaux Horizontal - London (Piccolino, Exchange Square): This bottle is not right, there's something very lactic about it. It had an iffy cork but not certain the problem is TCA.
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ohne_musik wrote: 92 points
November 22, 2023 - Nice, but I was expecting more. Reconditioned at the chateau in 2018. Masculine, old school Bordeaux on the nose, leather sofa, cassis, and cedar. More classic St Julian flavors, still plenty of fruit and life, a splash of green, and a bit of drying wood tannin. A decent amount of brett, enough to interfere a bit. Was also expecting a bit more amplitude in the middle palate, and while it definitely improves over 2 hours, it never really kicks into another gear.
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wconnolly Likes this wine: 91 points
November 21, 2023 - Drank side by side with a 1995 Gruaud LaRose and the 1989 was the preferred wine. Nicely balanced, well aged Bordeaux. Full bodied with some residual but nicely integrated tannins. I tasted some blackberry, some dark cherry, light oak, leather and some herbs.
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DoubleMagnum Likes this wine: 94 points
November 17, 2023 - Bottle is good. Consistent notes as last time.
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By Jeb Dunnuck
Up From The Cellar No. 20, 2/4/2023 (link)(Chateau Gruaud Larose) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Neal Martin
Cellar Journal – Bordeaux to Start… (Jul 2018), 7/18/2018 (link)(Gruaud-larose Gruaud Larose Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Ian D'Agata
February 2013 (link)(Chateau Gruaud Larose Saint Julien) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
12/17/2012 (link)(Ch Gruaud Larose St-Julien Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
4/11/2008 (link) 94 points(Château Gruaud Larose) Tasted in a flight with the '82 and '86 Gruaud Larose: dark red violet; big cassis and oak nose; youthful and luxurious cassis and tart red fruit, cherry palate with leather edges; medium-plus finish
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By Richard Jennings
4/22/2007 (link) 93 points(Château Gruaud Larose) Herbal, piney, tobacco nose; mature tobacco and tart black fruit palate with olive edges; medium-plus finish 93+ pts.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1989
- Type Red
- Producer Château Gruaud Larose
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation St. Julien
- UPC Codes 071570013721, 087000307650, 087000308947, 087000313804, 087000336810, 3511068945242, 3609050035870
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 72 (1%)
- In Cellars 3,331 (58%)
- Consumed 2,335 (41%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
Braised short ribs, Burgers and dogs, filet mignonette., flank steak, Roast duck, Tenderloin of beefWho Likes This Wine
99% Like It 91 votes
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- ProducerChâteau Gruaud Larose
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationSt. Julien
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