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Vintage | Wine 1990 |
Region | Bordeaux |
Appellation | Pomerol |
Colour | Red |
Volume | 0.75 l |
Country | France |
Château | Château L'Eglise Clinet |
Country | France |
Moulis-en-Medoc
JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE Cuvée Cathelin 1990
Hermitage Rouge
CHÂTEAU LEOVILLE LAS CASES 1990
Saint Julien
Côte Rotie
Morey Saint Denis
Saint Estèphe
Cornas
Pessac Leognan
Saint Julien
Châteauneuf du Pape
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.