Good full dark red. Roasted aromas of currants, animal fur, pepper and smoke. Silky on entry, then closed in the middle palate, with some edgy acidity giving it a somewhat disjointed quality. In a rather roasted southern style; its slight green aspect and excess acidity in conjunction with its suggestions of surmaturite indicate that the fruit ripened too quickly. Not fun to drink today - will it retain enough freshness when it finally opens? This wine showed far better in the four or five years after the vintage.

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The 1989 is finally beginning to reveal all its glory.

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Rich and concentrated, with abundant smoky, toasty plum and currant aromas and flavors that are wrapped, for now, in a blanket of tannin, but it's thick and generous enough to warrant cellaring. Should be a wonderful wine. 80 cases made.

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