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Vintage | Wine 1990 |
Region | Bordeaux |
Appellation | Pomerol |
Colour | Red |
Volume | 0.75 l |
Country | France |
Château | Eglise Clinet (L') |
Country | France |
Saint Estèphe
Pessac Leognan
CHÂTEAU DE BEAUCASTEL Hommage à Jacques Perrin 1990
Châteauneuf du Pape
Margaux
Chambertin Grand Cru
CHÂTEAU CLOS DE L'ORATOIRE 1990
Saint Emilion
PAUL JABOULET AINE La Chapelle 1990
Hermitage Rouge
Pomerol
CHÂTEAU BAHANS HAUT BRION 1990
Pessac Leognan
Pauillac
Racy and very pretty. Full- to medium-bodied, with berry, chocolate and earthy character. Long. Not quite as exciting as I hoped. But outstanding. '89'90 Bordeaux non-blind horizontal.
While neither the 1989 or 1990 are as spectacular as L'Eglise-Clinet's 1985, 1986, or 1995, they are fine examples of their respective vintages. The 1990, which continues to put on weight, is a richer, more complete wine than the 1989. The color in an opaque rubypurple. The wine offers up less evolved, sweet, jammy, black-cherry, smoky, chocolate aromas, followed by a full-bodied, layered, expansively-flavored wine with low acidity, plenty of sweet fruit, and more depth and length than the 1989. It is also more backward. Give it another 2-3 years of cellaring, and drink it over the next two decades.