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Community Tasting Notes (62) Avg Score: 95.9 points

  • From an excellent looking bottle with a 2 cm fill, this wine had a purple center and red/orange rims. The high- intensity nose went through a number a phases but generally improved with air. It put forth black cherry, minerals, smoked meat, tan spice, and plum notes.

    In the mouth, this wine was big and bold at first with a bit of an edge on it. After a few hours of air it showed intense fruit, rounded tannin, firm acidity, and great length.

    This wine is still a powerhouse. It needed 5+ hours in a decanter to show its best. This is fantastic wine that needed quite a bit air to come into balance. It will easily last another decade or two.

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  • [Blind] Challenging blind, I was in red Burgundy albeit in a darker more sous bois kind of place with hoisin and spice above darker secondary red fruit. Was thinking Meo Camuzet for the muddled / dark and stormy appearance. Palate is refined and elegant though. Unresolved but softening tannin. Freshened up with more air and added size and weight. I find '89 to be a bit of a roasty vintage across French regions. 93+

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  • Opened in Courchevel. P&P and enjoyed over dinner.

    This was absolutely fantastic - a beautiful Guigal in its prime. Rhone black and blue fruits very expressive, but complimented by red fruits and even hints of tropical fruit like banana. Great structure and body, but was also weightless on the palate, going down very smoothly. Tannins still there amazingly, though not grippy - just adding a slight enjoyable edge.

    Overall, wow - really good, and definitely will keep for a while assuming good provenance and condition.

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  • The nose - very pungent at first. Damp earth for sure. Deep ruby color. It’s much better on the palate than on the nose. Very dry wine, but balanced.

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  • 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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