Haut Brion Blanc - Pessac Leognan 1989

Haut Brion Blanc - Pessac Leognan 1989

voluptuously-textured

the larger-scaled flavors possess more size and weight if not the same refinement or minerality as the Latricières where the supporting tannins coat the palate on the grippy

Moderate but not really invasive wood serves as a backdrop for the mix of various dark berry fruit elements where additional breadth is present in the form of earth

As Kate Bush once sang: "Wow"

There is almost painful intensity to the super-sleek big-bodied flavors that possess a positively gorgeous mouthfeel due to a mid-palate that brims with sappy dry extract that coats the mouth on the hugely long and impeccably well-balanced finale

balanced and

balanced and much more complex finale

Another perfect wine from Ann Colgin and her winemaking team is the 2013 IX Proprietary Red Estate

full-bodied power and gorgeous purity and intensity

incense and licorice

a touch of beef blood and iron and something floral and refined

pure and dense