Pichon Baron - Pauillac 1989

Pichon Baron - Pauillac 1989

The 1994 Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard is just beginning to emerge from a period of post-bottling dormancy

earth and underbrush hints

weaker and more stolid

The Château Coutet 2001 Cuvée Madame was picked on October 10 and contains 208 grams per liter of residual sugar

It is a powerful and full-bodied wine with well-integrated tannin

This doesn’t come off as the least bit too dry (at four grams) and its succulence of fruit persists into a long

violet and spiced tea precede succulent and refined medium-bodied flavors that are softly stony while exhibiting excellent persistence on the lengthy

The still very firm and backward middle weight plus flavors possess both excellent mid-palate density and plenty of minerality that carries over to the hugely long finish that is impeccably well-balanced

This is austere but not really rustic and should amply reward mid to long-term cellaring

indeed even brooding big-bodied flavors possess outstanding power and punch along with an abundance of both dry extract and minerality that adds a bit of lift to the youthfully austere

simply put

rose petal and lightly spiced aromas