1989 Vintage wine

With almost perfect weather, the 1989 wines are built to be kept

In Bordeaux climatic conditions are excellent with warm weather, sufficient rainfall and spaced to inflate grains. The harvest is early and yields excellent. The wines are majestic, especially in Graves and Pomerol appellation, rich, firm and fine. A good balance between alcohol, tannin and acidity makes the wines perfect to be kept. The great successes of 1989 Bordeaux wines are : Château Lafite Rothschild 1989, Château Latour 1989, Petrus 1989, Château Clinet 1989... 1989 is one of the best vintage ever in Sauternes wines. The Château d‘Yquem 1989 and Château Suduiraut 1989 are excellent.

Despite freezing late April and hail on the Hautes-Côtes, Burgundy grapes are ripe and with a very good degree of natural alcohol. The wines are fleshy, well balanced with soft tannins. Then, in Champagne the cold spell in April is doing damage but the hot and sunny summer offers an abundant and excellent harvest. The wines are successful and suitable for aging like the Billecart-Salmon Cuvee Nicolas François Billecart 1989. In the Rhone Valley the wines are as supple rich and long-lasting. Châteauneuf-dyu-Pape, Cornas and Côte-Rôtie wines are particularly successful.