1989 Premium Bordeaux
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- 1989 Chateau Branaire Bordeaux, St. Julien Beychevelle, Duluc-Duc
- 1989 Chateau La Dominique Bordeaux, St. Emilion Grand Cru Classe
1989 Chateau Branaire Bordeaux, St. Julien Beychevelle, Duluc-Duc 91 pts Robert Parker: Reminiscent of the 1982, the 1989 has a forward, expansive bouquet of ripe plums and minerals that leaps from the glass. In the mouth, the wine is pure silk. Luscious to the point of opulence, this medium-bodied wine is bursting with chocolatey, blackcurrant fruit. Aging in oak casks has given it the definition it needed, as well as some tannic firmness, but this is a lusty Branaire to consume early. 1989 Dominique 93 pts Robert Parker: The 1989 and 1990 are two terrific examples from this "sleeper" chateau situated on the Pomerol/St.-Emilion boundary, neighboring Cheval Blanc. I have drunk the 1989 multiple times since I purchased it for a modest price when it was offered as a future. The wine is typically forward, with an opaque purple color, and an intense, sweet black-raspberry, cedary, toasty-scented nose. In the mouth, the wine defines the word 'opulence' with its viscosity and superb levels of jammy black fruits nicely dosed with high quality wood. Sweet and expansive, this is an exuberant, flamboyant St.-Emilion that should drink well for 10-15 years. Think of it as a wine built along the lines of the great 1971, only superior.