RP
97
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
One of the wines of the vintage, the 1989 Pichon-Longueville Baron is drinking beautifully today. Bursting from the glass with aromas of ripe blackcurrants, plums, Cuban cigar, loamy soil, black truffles and burning embers, it's medium to full-bodied, rich and enveloping, with powdery tannins and a concentrated core of fruit. Fleshy and dramatic, with a sumptuous, low-acid profile and a long, expansive finish, to my palate this is the one 1989 Pauillac that, on a good day, can rival the extraordinary 1989 Lynch Bages. While I tend to think it's at its peak, every bottle I open from my cellar in Beaune seems to be better than the last. Reviewed by: William Kelley, Issue date: February 2022. Drinking window: 2009 - 2035.
V
95
Vinous
The 1989 Pichon-Baron repeats its performance from the vertical tasting in May 2018. It storms the glass, bearing copious blackberry, cedar and perhaps a little more mint than I noticed on the previous bottle. There is so much youthful zeal to this harmonious, refined Pauillac that you would barely guess it is 30 years old. Long and tender with a graphite-infused finish, this bottle might be even better than the ex-chateau example. Tasted at the 1989 Bordeaux dinner at Hatched in London. Reviewed by: Neal Martin, Issue date: September 2019. Drinking window: 2019 - 2038.