Gruaud Larose - 1989 (750ml) Chardonnay Layers of black fruit intermingling

Layers of black fruit intermingling with mint and graphite

Brooding aromas of dark berry syrup and licorice

which I didn’t detect at all

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Gruaud Larose - 1989 (750ml) Chardonnay Layers of black fruit interminglingThe 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