Palmer - 1989 (750ml) Size:750ml Just two weeks later

Just two weeks later

and need most of a decade to shed some tannin and its rather grapy

excellent concentration and purity

even luscious

I had the good fortune of tasting it from barrel (where it was an enormous Graves fruit bomb) and watching it develop more nuances in bottle

Palmer - 1989 (750ml) Size:750ml Just two weeks laterTasted at the Chteau Palmer vertical in London, the 1989 Chteau Palmer has always been my favourite vintage from that decade after the 1983. The first bottle was unfortunately corked. The second was as it should be: the nose tensile with red berries, sous bois, potpourri and strawberry pastille lively and energetic. The palate is medium bodied and vibrant right from the start, silky in texture with plenty of citrus fruit, gently building to a