Chateau Gruaud Larose 1989

A legendary Second Growth Saint-Julien, Château Gruaud Larose is renowned for its power, complexity, and exceptional longevity. It reveals aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry, black cherry, cedar, graphite, tobacco, violet, leather, and subtle baking spice. Richly concentrated yet impeccably refined, it delivers firm tannins, vibrant freshness, remarkable precision, and an extraordinarily long, age-worthy finish.

Food Pairing: Pair with beef Wellington, grilled ribeye, roast lamb, duck breast, venison, mushroom risotto, aged Comté, or braised short ribs.

94 Points - Wine Spectator

Delivers fabulous aromas of crushed red fruits, with leather, tar, tobacco and mint. Full-bodied, offering supersoft and silky tannins, as well as a beautiful polish. Open and luscious, with amazing richness of fruit and decadence at the same time.—'89/'99 Bordeaux blind retrospective (2009).

92 Points - Jeb Dunnuck

A classic, old school Saint-Julien, the 1989 Château Gruaud Larose offers a smorgasbord-like array of red and black fruits, saddle leather, cigar box and smoke tobacco. Medium-bodied and nicely concentrated, with good mid-palate density, it's not the most elegant wine and still has some present tannins, but it sure brings plenty of character. It opens up nicely with time in the glass as well, and while it's unquestionably drinking at point, it certainly has another 15 years of evolution.

92 Points - James Suckling

This is really impressive for the vintage and shows lots of mature Bordeaux character with tobacco, currant, plum and leaf aromas and flavors. Medium body, delicate tannins and a fresh finish. For Bordeaux aficionados.

92 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The 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 this is emerging as a comparatively underestimated 1989 Médoc.