Gruaud Larose - 1989 (750ml) Chardonnay Malbec and Cabernet Franc

Malbec and Cabernet Franc

A delicate pink color is accompanied by gorgeous sweet cherry

Brooding aromas of dark berry syrup and licorice

which I didn’t detect at all

Gruaud Larose - 1989 (750ml) Chardonnay Malbec and Cabernet FrancThe 1989 Gruaud Larose is evolving very slowly, and its impressively youthful structure and vibrant flavors auger very well for its future. Offering up aromas of sweet berry fruit, cigar wrapper, loamy soil and cedar, it's medium to full bodied, with a rich core of fruit, lively acids and fine but still present tannins. As this develops in the cellar, it's showing more plenitude and mid palate volume than it did a decade ago, and for patient readers