Mouton 1989 6.0L

1989 Mouton - Wine Spectator Issue, Web Only - 2010: Shows so much ripe and decadent fruit on the nose, from dried berries and raisin to strawberry and sultana. There is a nutty, cedar undertone as well. Very complex and full-bodied, with lots of vanilla bean and ripe plum flavors. This is almost Burgundian in texture: so soft and so attractive, but then the Bordeaux tannins kick in at the end. What a wine. So much ahead in its life, but just coming around now.'89/'99 Bordeaux blind retrospective (2009). Drink now. 25,000 cases made. JS