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Château La Conseillante Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 1989
The 1989 is the wine to buy. Tasted ten different times, it is this property's greatest effort since their 1949. An awesome bouquet of plums, exotic spices, and vanillin is followed by a wine that has brilliant definition, remarkable power, but also grace and elegance. Fabulously long, pure, sweet, and expansive, with an explosive finish, this wine should be at its best between 1996 and 2015. It was aged in 100% new oak because of its richness. How much fun millionaires will have debating the virtues of the 1989 versus the 1990 La Conseillante! I should also note that several of Bordeaux's most trusted tasters consider this the wine of the vintage... Robert Parker
Ratings on Delectable
Conrad Green 
Deep and sexy. A hint of dried wood. Dark plum and underbrush. Gnarly and delicious. Seems a bit brutish alongside a perfectly stored 90. Very good though.
Deep and sexy. A hint of dried wood. Dark plum and underbrush. Gnarly and delicious. Seems a bit brutish alongside a perfectly stored 90. Very good though.
9.4Conrad Green
Delicious. Dark plummy fruit. Hints of tobacco and leather. Very complex on the midpalate with herbal notes. Long and serious and sexy.
Delicious. Dark plummy fruit. Hints of tobacco and leather. Very complex on the midpalate with herbal notes. Long and serious and sexy.
9.5
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The 1989 La Conseillante is one of the top performers in Pomerol and arguably now one of the best values. This bottle confirms that exuberance and joie-de-vivre on the nose, displaying the telltale crushed violets in bloom, with precious but controlled red and black fruit underneath. The palate is sumptuous from the start, presenting cashmere tannin and perhaps a little more glycerine in this bottle. The bravura finish leaves you grinning from ear to ear. Stunning, and it will remain on its plateau for many years. Tasted at the 1989 Bordeaux dinner at Hatched in London. (Neal Martin, Vinous, September 2019)
The 1989 La Conseillante is one of the top performers in Pomerol and arguably now one of the best values. This bottle confirms that exuberance and joie-de-vivre on the nose, displaying the telltale crushed violets in bloom, with precious but controlled red and black fruit underneath. The palate is sumptuous from the start, presenting cashmere tannin and perhaps a little more glycerine in this bottle. The bravura finish leaves you grinning from ear to ear. Stunning, and it will remain on its plateau for many years. Tasted at the 1989 Bordeaux dinner at Hatched in London. (Neal Martin, Vinous, September 2019)
9.7Cathy Corison
Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery
1989 Bordeaux PNV Retrospective at Larkmead. Very mature. Dried herbs. Perfume emerges. Modest acidity. Tannis.
1989 Bordeaux PNV Retrospective at Larkmead. Very mature. Dried herbs. Perfume emerges. Modest acidity. Tannis.
9.3
Loren Grossman
Vintner Wilde Farm Wines
Plush and generous. Very Pomerol in all the good ways.
Plush and generous. Very Pomerol in all the good ways.
9.3Nathaniel DiMaggio
Gorgeous. In a great spot. Drink!
Gorgeous. In a great spot. Drink!
9.2
Eric Guido
The nose was dark and soil driven, yet became fresher adding mint, dried orange peel and savory cherry. On the palate, i found silky textures with zesty acids and dark red fruits, before still-youthful tannins reasserted themselves. The finish was long with saturating dark fruits, spice, herbs and cleansing acidity. Still so young and full of potential.
The nose was dark and soil driven, yet became fresher adding mint, dried orange peel and savory cherry. On the palate, i found silky textures with zesty acids and dark red fruits, before still-youthful tannins reasserted themselves. The finish was long with saturating dark fruits, spice, herbs and cleansing acidity. Still so young and full of potential.
9.4
Alan Murray
Wow! Texture. Texture. Texture.
Wow! Texture. Texture. Texture.
9.6
Neal Dessouky
From magnum
From magnum
9.5
Mike Saviage
Lt ruby in the glass. Looks young. Nose includes mocha, cassis, stone, black fruit, plums. Great fruit and structure but also one dimensional. Monolithic. Will this get better with more age? Probably.
Lt ruby in the glass. Looks young. Nose includes mocha, cassis, stone, black fruit, plums. Great fruit and structure but also one dimensional. Monolithic. Will this get better with more age? Probably.
9.3
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