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Lot #551. Le Pin 1989

Description: Consists of 3 Bottles, 0.75L
Region: France, Bordeaux, Pomerol.
Score: 97 JG.
"Perhaps the greatest vintage ever of Le Pin, the 1989 has moved from its ostentatious and exotic youth into a more stately, but no less complex and compelling stage of developing maturity. The bouquet is deep and profound, with candied scents of mulberry, red currants, cocoa, tobacco, a bit of truffle, woodsmoke and vanillin oak exploding from the glass. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and laser-like in its focus, with great underlying structure, some ripe tannin, and great length and grip on the finish. This is clearly the most serious bottle of Le Pin that I have had the pleasure to taste. It is not yet at its apogee, but it is such a spectacular glass of wine today, that it would certainly be difficult to keep paws off." View From the Cellar, Bonus Articles, Right Time, Right Bank (Originally April 2001, updated November 2003) (11/1/2003)
Provenance: The Tower Cellar
Notes: 2 base neck, 1 very top shoulder, very lightly scuffed and very lightly corroded capsules, very lightly scuffed and very lightly glue stained labels.
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Lot Location: Orange County
Estimate: $5,500

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