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750ml
Bottle:
$194.40
$216.00
6 bottles:
$169.98
Delivers fabulous aromas of crushed red fruits, with leather, tar, tobacco and mint. Full-bodied, offering supersoft...
750ml
Bottle:
$325.35
$361.50
1989 was an early year, with flowering three weeks ahead of usual. Now at 30 years old, a floral aspect curls out of...
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Chateau De Fieuzal Pessac Leognan 1989
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$147.95
A big Bordeaux, with great presence on the palate and a stylish character of black pepper, raisin, earth, game and...
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Chateau Gruaud Larose Saint Julien 1989
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle:
$480.95
Delivers fabulous aromas of crushed red fruits, with leather, tar, tobacco and mint. Full-bodied, offering supersoft...
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Chateau Gruaud Larose Saint Julien 1989
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$230.10
Delivers fabulous aromas of crushed red fruits, with leather, tar, tobacco and mint. Full-bodied, offering supersoft...
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Chateau Haut Brion Pessac Leognan Rouge 1989
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$2939.64
This continues to be a perfect wine with a beautiful, dense character of tobacco and sweet fruits. Chocolate, toasted...
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Chateau L'evangile Pomerol 1989
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$446.12
Utterly gorgeous, wonderful white truffle notes coming through the fruit, alongside leather, liquorice and tobacco...
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Chateau L'evangile Pomerol 1989
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$410.90
Utterly gorgeous, wonderful white truffle notes coming through the fruit, alongside leather, liquorice and tobacco...
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Chateau L'evangile Pomerol 1989
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$396.75
Utterly gorgeous, wonderful white truffle notes coming through the fruit, alongside leather, liquorice and tobacco...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$2107.54
The 1989 La Mission Haut-Brion is hands-down the greatest of this era, and if one takes consistency into account, it...
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Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac 1989
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$3652.29
$3885.42
Château Lafite-Rothschild Pauillac 1989: I have never been a huge fan of this Lafite but it seems to be coming into...
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Chateau Latour Pauillac 1989
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$865.47
This is so decadent and exciting on the nose, with very ripe fruit, tobacco, meat and cedar. Full-bodied, offering...
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Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien 1989
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle:
$728.51
1989 was an early year, with flowering three weeks ahead of usual. Now at 30 years old, a floral aspect curls out of...
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Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien 1989
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$293.14
1989 was an early year, with flowering three weeks ahead of usual. Now at 30 years old, a floral aspect curls out of...
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Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien 1989
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$334.15
1989 was an early year, with flowering three weeks ahead of usual. Now at 30 years old, a floral aspect curls out of...
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Chateau Palmer Margaux 1989
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$719.75
The 1989 Palmer has vied with the 1983 as the highlight of the decade, so it is fascinating to revisit it at 30 years...
Melon de Bourgogne Red Bordeaux Refosco 1989
One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.
Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.
There are few regions in the world with stricter regulations in regards to wine production and grape varietals than those found in Bordeaux, France. Here, in the home of the world's finest wines, the type and quality of grapes used is of utmost importance, and the legendary wineries which work on the banks of the Gironde river have mastered the careful art of juice blending to find the perfect balance for their produce. Whilst there are six 'official' Bordeaux grapes, the two key varietals for almost every fine Bordeaux wine are Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, and with good reason. Whilst Cabernet Sauvignon grapes are renowned for their acidity and astringency, strong fruit and spice flavors and full body, Merlot grapes are notably rounded, soft, fleshy and lighter on tannin. The combination of these two varietals, along with a small percentage of (commonly) Petit Verdot or Cabernet Franc, is the perfect balancing act – the two grape varietals cancel out each others weaker points, and accentuate all that is good about the other.