Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

Spectacular wine with iodine, minerals, cedar, pencil lead, rich fruitcake, luxurious Cuban cigar (unsmoked), porcini mushrooms, truffle, spice box and forest floor, with a refreshing saline streak. This punches so far above its weight. This particular bottle did not quite have the persistence/length on the palate of previous bottles, but other than that this is a thrilling and mature bottle of claret. 94 points.

I wonder if the 1996, 2000, 2005, 2009 and 2010 will ever be this good?

Your last sentence is a good question. As I did not tasted the 1989 Cantemerle when it was young, thought to say. Did anybody here tasted the 1989 and 2010 when they were aged 3-4 year each?

Me two liked very much that wine in the past and think it punches over it weight, a bit like the 1990 Sociando Mallet.

Nic

I went thru a case of the 89. Every bottle was delicious.

Thank you for the update, The 89' is one year I've have not yet tried and will add it to my bottles to seek out.

I had the 89 several times in 2015 and 2016, and I too thought it brilliant each time. I've managed to backfill 6-7 bottles or so, usually quite cheaply for a mature claret of such calibre.

At a big vertical in 2014, the 89 was the star, followed by the 66, 83, 82 and 96.