Haut Brion - 1989 (750ml) Mendocino County and acacia blossom-flavored personality

and acacia blossom-flavored personality

the wine appears to be close to full maturity

Long and rich

vanilla and coffee flavors are ribbed with acidity

yet impressively endowed Lafite-Rothschild may well turn out to be the wine of the vintage

Haut Brion - 1989 (750ml) Mendocino County and acacia blossom-flavored personalityThis continues to be one of the immortal wines and one of the greatest young Bordeaux wines of the last half century. Consistently prodigious and almost a sure bet to top the scoring card of any blind tasting of this vintage as well as other years, the 1989 Haut Brion is a seamless, majestic classic, and a tribute to this phenomenal terroir and its singular characteristics. The wine still has a very thick, viscous looking ruby purple color, a