La Mission Haut Brion - 1990 (750ml) Size:750ml olive and Asian spices

olive and Asian spices

• Average ageing on lees: 50 months

50 cases made

The flavors are long and persistent on the finish

La Mission Haut Brion - 1990 (750ml) Size:750ml olive and Asian spicesReminiscing over the 1989 and 1990 vintages, which I have followed from birth, there always seemed to be a dramatic difference in quality. Not that the 1990 was not a top wine, but in its infancy, I never thought it would come close to being as riveting and magnetic as its older sibling, the 1989. However, it has proven to be nearly as prodigious. One of the hottest years in Bordeaux, 1990, a vintage of enormous yields, even dwarfing yields in 1985