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1989 Château Palmer |
| Vintage | 1989 |  Label 1 of 37   | |
| Type | Red | ||
| Producer | Château Palmer (web) | ||
| Variety | Red Bordeaux Blend | ||
| Designation | n/a | ||
| Vineyard | n/a | ||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Bordeaux | ||
| SubRegion | Médoc | ||
| Appellation | Margaux |
| Community Tasting History |
Community Tasting Notes (average 93.2 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 83 notes) | |
| Tasted by LeatherPalate on 2/8/2010 & rated 92 points: This was a pop and pour. Nice nose of tobacco,worchestershire,cherries,herbs,saddle leather,dried plums.. Surprisingly soft on the palate with a really nice earthy quality as well as some tobacco,cedar box,and some plums. Delivery was a little flat on this one but there is a nice lingering finish- would have liked to see what this could have done with a proper decant. (135 views) | |
| Tasted by PatrikO on 2/8/2010 & rated 94 points: Dinner at Ledbury , Good, but not as good as the 83 I had next too it, think it has reached its plateau, the nose was initially nice and more prominent than the 83, tobacco and musk featured with some lead pencil and gobs of fruit in the mouth. (128 views) | |
| Tasted by jmg1949 on 1/19/2010 & rated 94 points: (248 views) | |
| Tasted by swyang on 1/8/2010 & rated 95 points: just starting to have full maturity. Bricking color at the rim, beautiful nose of raisin, forest floor, and leather. On the palate, still fresh from the remaining acidity and gorgeous dried berries, leather, autumn leaves starting to pick out. Could last a good 5 to 8 years longer, but to me this is starting to hit the optimum drinking window. Opened 2 hours, then decanted couple more hours. Very tight core of fruit still at the heart. (571 views) | |
| Tasted by rickspicks on 1/5/2010 & rated 91 points: Better than a bottle I had back in June, but still not quite up to expectations. Again a saturated cork, but with a really great nose of dark cherry, plum, herbs and earth, with leather and tobacco aromas emerging after about 30 minutes. Thin body with flavors that matched the nose, but which were somewhat diluted. Medium length, slightly tart finish. Great flavors with a lot of complexity, good acidity and plenty of tannin, but comes up slightly short in flavor intensity and way short in concentration. Like someone added some water to an otherwise great bottle of wine. I did not purchase this until 2002, so I suspect there were storage issues prior to my purchase. (556 views) | |
| Tasted by loverboy on 1/1/2010 & rated 93 points: We celebrate the new year 1 day later. At the Inter Continental, Hua Hin with Maria Sharapova sitting 2 tables away. Not an ideal bottle of the 1989 Palmer, a tied nose came right off 1st pour. It may have suffered a storage issue during some period. With time the unpleasant smell was gone. The to die for nose of herbs, wild flowers, red fruits, some tobacco, smokey meat. The wine wasn't quite balanced as the acidity was way too high and the fruits was not lived up the the other elements, perhaps it's a storage problem. Still a very nice and fantastic wine to drink for this 2010 new year (614 views) | |
| Tasted by Duce on 11/29/2009 & rated 92 points: Had with lamb with mustard and rosemary. Took 2 hours for fruit to emerge. slight bandaid, pencil, cigar box nose. Fruit fading but still great depth and long finish. Earth, leather, undertones of fruit. Drink now. (0 views) (957 views) | |
| Tasted by LWI on 11/19/2009 & rated 93 points: Bordeaux Verticals (Oslo): Browner than the -90. Mature bouquet, but also some peppers, some animal notes, and cigar box. Good balanced fruit, but fades out sooner than expected. A bit buttery – in a good way. Very pleasant wine. (1015 views) | |
| Tasted by muchomaas on 10/21/2009 & rated 95 points: This is a great wine, in a great place right now. Ripe, large, plum, and mature but with class. (1448 views) | |
| Tasted by wineismylife on 10/17/2009 & rated 93 points: Sacred Cow is released into the wild (Restaurant X, Oklahoma, OK): WIML93+ Tasted October 17, 2009 at an offline. Dark garnet color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Nose of thistle, potpourri, black cherries and tobacco. Flavors of black cherries and black berries. Medium acidity, medium to firm tannins, medium to full body. Drink or hold. (1366 views) | |
| Tasted by Montecalvo on 9/29/2009 & rated 98 points: Absolutely, a great wine. Huge potential. Great concentration. Was compared to Margaux 83 and Haut Brion 85 and this has more potential. Would try this not before 5-8 years minimum. (1635 views) | |
| Tasted by BradE on 9/24/2009: Great bottle. Showing its age nicely, a bit of smoke, nice pencil, good fruit. Solid. (1722 views) | |
| Tasted by futronic on 9/11/2009 & rated 96 points: Wino Guys Weekend (WGW) #3; 9/11/2009-9/12/2009: Almost opaque ruby/burgundy colour. Cool, pretty nose of cedar, blackberry, and a bit of ash. Medium-bodied and elegant showing nice texture. Graphite, blackcurrant, dried black cherries. Moderate-long finish, ~40s, with nice fruit. Very refined. Beautiful stuff! (1773 views) | |
| Tasted by mimik on 9/11/2009 & rated 94 points: Wine Guy Weekend Chez Doktas Take 3; 9/11/2009-9/13/2009 (Collingwood, Ontario): Nose of pencil shavings, tobacco and cassis. Palate has the same replays with dark cherries. Another wine in its prime and drinking very nicely right now. Gorgeous. Long finish. Could even improve with a couple of more years. Beautiful wine. Feminine. (1771 views) | |
| Tasted by zimmy07 on 7/25/2009: Phil's B-Day; 7/23/2009-7/25/2009 (Chicago): a lot of red fruit with leather and bakers spice. Tobacco throughout the midpalate with some mushrooms tones. Very alive and well balanced (2071 views) | |
| Tasted by beezer6 on 7/25/2009 & rated 95 points: Phil's MONUMENTAL 33rd Birthday Wine Tasting (Knightsbridge Wine Shop (Northbrook, IL)): Dark rustic ruby red color. Dusty liqueur-like nose of cassis, charred oak and mulberries. Soy sauce and balsamic with black truffles also on the nose. Palate shows classic Bordeaux depth from a stunning vintage. Richness and masculinity surround this gripping but still quite young wine. (2218 views) | |
| Tasted by MatthewF on 7/25/2009: A Weekend of Excess; 7/24/2009-7/25/2009 (Chicago/Northbrook, IL): Dark red fruits with a great earthy component, leather, and spice. Great texture on the palate with great acidity and a wonderful finish. Always a fantastic wine. (2134 views) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 7/25/2009: Birthday Weekend; 7/23/2009-7/25/2009 (Chicagoland): As always, a really good wine. Super pretty nose with tobacco leaf overtones. Very feminine styling. Pure, streamline profile with no edges. Drinking more young with grapey red fruits than I'm used to. Very nice. (2165 views) | |
| Tasted by Alex H on 7/25/2009 & rated 89 points: Some aged french wines: Oh! What a lovely spiced lifted nose with plenty of christmas spices , dark scented forested flowers and exotic middle eastern aromatics ..and backed up by some poopy manure as well .Succulent big black fruits. A beautifully toned wine like a 6-pack abs muscle lady. Still longing to be aged longer . This will last another 10years. An attractive exoticness that lingers in your mouth for a good half minute. (2221 views) | |
| Tasted by mmoritz on 7/17/2009: Tasted (2168 views) | |
| Tasted by Richard Jennings on 6/19/2009 & rated 94 points: Richard and Sandy's Round Robin Dinner (Chablis, Tignanellos, Musars and '89 Bordeaux) (Chez TJ, Mountain View, California): Dark red violet color; lamb jus, mushroom nose with depth; tart black fruit, berry and mushroom palate; long finish (2435 views) | |
| Tasted by rickspicks on 6/19/2009: Cork was saturated and loose, so I poured a taste to check it. The wine looked fully mature - or beyond - with a brickish color and clear edges. In spite of this, it had a great nose of dark currant, plum, herbs, cedar, leather and earth. I decided to not decant as the wine was thin and just slightly acidic. Flavors mirrored the nose, but were somewhat washed out, with a short and slightly tart finish. Still enjoyable, but probably only a hint of what was once there. What a shame. (2346 views) | |
| Tasted by bon vivant on 6/14/2009: A beautiful bottle, great power and elegance dark fruit graphite, structure, balance simply delicious from nose to finish. This evening's top Bordeaux which makes the 83 an even bigger disappointment. This was the consensus top red Bordeaux of the weekend by all participants. Drink it if you got some. (2441 views) | |
| Tasted by bigdogflow on 4/11/2009 & rated 94 points: Clive Coates Dinner (Brasserie Pavil, San Antonio, TX): Dark color. Big red fruit on the nose. Cherry and currant on the taste. Smooth finish. (2882 views) | |
| Tasted by LWI on 3/20/2009 & rated 95 points: Mouton Rothschild versus other first growths and second growths (Oslo): Good fruit, hints of spice, some oak. Long and fresh. 95p. Group average: 1.6 (3149 views) | |
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About red wine The variety Red Bordeaux Blend on CellarTracker implies any blend using any or all of the five traditional Bordeaux varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. As such, this is used worldwide, whether for wines from Bordeaux, Meritages from California and Canada, some Super-Tuscan wines etc. Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia) Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) | Simple Bordeaux primer Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines. As with a large part of the Bordeaux vineyards, vines first appeared in Margaux during the Gallo-Roman period. In 1705 a text mentions Château Margaux . But we have to wait for the end of the eighteenth century and the coming of the earliest techniques in aging for the concept of wines of high quality to develop. The confirmation of this was the famous 1855 classification which recognized 21 Crus Classés in the Margaux appellation. One hundred years later, the Viticultural Federation and the Margaux appellation of controlled origin were born. The appellation, which stretches out over five communes, is actually unique in the Médoc in that it is the only one to contain all the range of wines, as rich as they are vast, from First Great Cru Classé to the Fifths, not forgetting its famous Crus Bourgeois and its Crus Artisans. In Margaux there is a predominance of Garonne gravel on a central plateau of about 4 miles in length and one and a quarter wide. To the east-south-east, it overlooks the low lying land by the estuary. Its east side is marked by gentle, dry valleys and a succession of ridges.The layer of gravel in Margaux was spread out by a former Garonne in the early Quaternary. Rather large in size, it is mingled with shingle of average dimension and represents the finest ensemble of Günz gravel in the Haut-Médoc. It is on this ancient layer on a Tertiary terrace of limestone or clayey marl that the best Médoc crus lie. All the conditions for successful wine are present : a large amount of gravel and pebbles, poor soil which cannot retain water and deep rooted vines. It is customary to say that Margaux wines are the "most feminine" in the Médoc, thus stressing their delicacy, suppleness and their fruity, elegant aromas. This does not affect their great propensity for aging; just the opposite, for the relatively thin terroir imparts tannins which give them long life. The other characteristic of these wines which combine an elegant vitality, subtlety and consistency, is their diversity and personality. Over and above the flavour which is their "common denominator", they present an exceptional palette of bouquets, fruity flavours which show up differently from one château to another. Production conditions (Decree dated August 10 1954) In order to have the right to the Margaux appellation of controlled origin, red wines must: - come from the commune of Margaux, Cantenac, Soussans, Arsac and Labarde, "excluding the land which by the nature of its soil or because of its situation, is unfit to produce wine of this appellation". - satisfy precise production conditions: grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare). |
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