Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Monday, February 18, 2019 - 1989 Bordeaux - 30 years on. (Famous Treasure, Capitol Piazza, Singapore): A fabulous wine, but surprisingly not noticeably better than the half-dozen or so 1989 Bordeaux that we had on the night. The nose had fragrant layers of tobacco smoke, deep cassis tones, earth and a gentle spiciness. Great stuff. The palate had a lovely gravelly feel to it, with stony mineral and fine-boned tannins underlying beautifully defined flavours of earth and cassis, and plums, with fragrant spice and and gentle tobacco notes running along behind, and all the way into a beautifully earthy, gravelly finish. A complete, balanced, and impeccably perfect whole - I can see why this has become quite a legend. On the night though, it did not quite have the visceral charm of some of the other wines on the night. This seemed intellectually great, but not quite as enjoyable as say the Palmer, the Las Cases, the Conseillante or the Pichon-Lalande. A dumb phase maybe, but this is nevertheless a superlative wine, and one built for the long-term.

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