Wine By Bok - 9.5/10 stars
STUNNING
It's been a few years since I tried this wine. In my memory I thought this would have been a big wine, very vanilla driven. Glad to revisit this again after 5 years. Not only it has toned down a lot, it also added a lot more complexity. I was really impressed with the palate, very broad and very complex, multi layers of sophistication, great length. Certainly it has improved tremendously compared to the last bottle I had 5 years ago. Kudos to Mouton! (9/2014)
James Suckling - 98 points
Freshly picked blackberries turn into minty dark chocolate and oozing caramel with domineering eucalyptus on the nose. It becomes yet more complex on the palate thanks to layers upon layers of spices and sage plus fat and rounded tannins. There's a long finish with a bitter aftertaste, suggesting this could do with another 10 years or more of bottle aging. This is a Mouton I found massive at the time, then elegant and slightly austere years later, but today true to its former glory. Like the amazing 1947, it should not be forgotten. (6/2016)
Decanter - 97 points
An extremely early year for the property, with harvest from 6-25 September. One to savour, it has the signature smoked, toasted glamour of Mouton, with cappuccino, crushed bilberry and blackberries, pliable tannins, and a drawn-out finish that gets better and better in the glass. The label, by the way, featured Georg Baselitz, a German painter, to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall. (10/2018)
Specifications
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Sub-Region | Pauillac |
| Classification | 1st Growth Medoc |
| Vintage | 1989 |
| Grape | Cabernet / Merlot |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Bok Rating | 9.5/10 Stars |
| ABV | 12.5% |
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