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Both the 1989 and 1990 vintages exhibit opaque, dense purple colors that suggest massive wines of considerable extraction and richness. The dense, full-bodied 1989 is brilliantly made with huge, smoky, chocolatey, cassis aromas intermingled with scents of toasty oak. Well-layered, with a sweet inner-core of fruit, this awesomely endowed, backward, tannic, prodigious 1989 needs another 5-6 years of cellaring; it should last for three decades or more. It is unquestionably a great Pichon-Longueville-Baron. Drink: 2002 - 2027
Score: 95+ Robert Parker, December 2003
Stunning wine, one of the very best 1989s. Rich blackish crimson with a rich nose that is still very sweet and fragrant. But the wine is lovely and refreshing too. Almost minty and aromatic. This stands up well to comparison with the first growths. Bravo! (It was served blind alongside Ch Lynch Bages 1989 which was made by the same man, Daniel Lhose.)
Score: 18.5 Jancis Robinson MW, May 2013
Simply one of the greatest wines of the 1980's and easily one of the best ever wines from this chateau. Deep crimson colour with the slightest bricking at the rim. Fresh and bright with a sumptuous nose of red berries, spice and violets. Lush red fruit, mint, and anise on the palate. Long, long finish. One of those wines you just can't put down and have to wipe a tear from your eye when it's finished. Own it!
Score: 98 Mr Posle, August 2015
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