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Wednesday, December 21, 2022 - Nose: espresso roast, tobacco, leather, game, menthol, guinea fowl, blue berry, puer tea
Notes: The 89 La Landonne offer a silky finish and a dynamite palate. The tobacco and smoked meat/gamey flavor puts this amongst some of the top wines immediately. The complexity and depth to this wine is unrivaled across the world. It is impossible to dislike a well made and vintaged la la la. Tasted side by side with the 1988, it does feel like the tobacco is the dominant flavor in the 89 while 88 probably had a bit more showing of different notes thus the nose of the 88 is more attractive and less overwhelming. This 89 has some resemblance of the great 1989 Haut Brion in fact. Although this wine is great by itself but I must say this underperformed against the 1988. The 1988 was a clear winner in this situation although I think that the 1989 can probably age much longer than the 1988. Drank over 4 hours and this wine was excellent.
Drink: now - 2055
Rating: 92

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