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Search Flickinger Wine Inventory
Inventory updated: Fri, Nov 28, 2025 09:02 AM cst
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Regions: Bordeaux Red
Vintages: Between 1989 and 1989
| Producer |
Vint. |
Wine |
Price |
Qty |
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| Ch. de Fieuzal |
1989 |
Pessac Leognan  Bin-Soiled Label; Raised Cork |
$45 |
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| WA 87 (1/1997): Fieuzal's 1989 exhibits a deep ruby/purple color with some lightening at the edge. This lavishly-oaked wine displays copious quantities of toasty new oak as well as earth/herb-tinged red and black currant fruit in its moderately intense bouquet. On the palate, the wine reveals medium body, low acidity, and elevated tannin in the finish. It is a more compact, leaner style of wine than its slightly sweeter, fleshier sibling, the 1990. Anticipated maturity: 1999-2010. |
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| Ch. Haut Marbuzet |
1989 |
St. Estephe Very Heavily Water/Wetness-Stained Label; Very Heavily Tattered Label; Vintage Label destroyed, believed 1989 |
$69 |
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| WA 86 (2/1997): In this recent blind tasting, Haut-Marbuzet's 1989 revealed considerable amber to its color, as well as a pronounced nose of cedar, jammy cherry fruit, seaweed, and spice. The wine tasted fully mature, low in acidity, round, and sweet. Based on this bottle, which did not exhibit any evidence of exposure to heat, I would opt for drinking the 1989 Haut-Marbuzet over the next 5-6 years. |
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| Ch. Leoville Las Cases |
1989 |
St. Julien (12x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$3,774.99 |
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WS 96 (12/2009): Very ripe, with raisin and dried fruits on the nose. You can smell the sun-dried grapes. Full-bodied, delivering firm tannins and a very fresh palate. Long and flavorful, offering currant, berries and all sorts of dark fruits, but turns lightly earthy and floral. This is a thoroughly complex wine. Just starting to really open into the mature 20-year-old wine it is, but such a great life ahead of it. Muscular.—'89/'99 Bordeaux blind retrospective. Drink now.
WA 90 (12/2001): Dark ruby (a far less saturated color than the 1990, for example), this wine offers up a somewhat internationally styled nose of new oak and ripe black currant fruit, with a hint of mineral and graphite. The wine is a medium weight, relatively elegant style of wine without nearly the power, density, and layers of concentration that the 1990 possesses. Like so many 1989s, there is a feeling that the selection was not as strict as it could have been, or that the harvest occurred perhaps a few days earlier than it should have to achieve full phenolic ripeness. This wine will continue to improve for at least another 15 or more years, and while it is an Outstanding wine , it is hardly a profound example of Leoville Las Cases. Anticipated maturity: Now-2016. |
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| Ch. La Mission Haut Brion |
1989 |
Pessac Leognan (12x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$22,349.97 |
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| WA 100 (11/1996): I am certainly not going to argue with anyone who believes La Mission-Haut-Brion's 1989 is every bit as profound as the 1989 Haut-Brion. It is a spectacular wine, and as it ages in the bottle, it is quickly becoming one of my all-time favorite La Mission-Haut-Brions, ranking alongside the 1982, 1975, 1961, 1959, and 1955. The 1989 boasts a dense, thick, purple color, followed by a sweet, roasted cassis, chocolatey-scented nose with whiffs of tobacco, tar, and minerals. The wine is extremely full-bodied, unctuously-textured, sweet, jammy, and rich. Although it is still a youthful, unformed wine, it is already delicious to drink. It should develop additional bottle bouquet by the turn of the century, after which it will drink well for 15-20 years. |
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| Ch. Montrose |
1989 |
St. Estephe (12x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$10,604.97 |
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WA 98+ (8/2014): This was not in the tasting at the chateau, but I opened two bottles on my return home, because this is another near-perfect wine from Montrose. It is an unusual two-grade blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot. The wine emerged from another very hot, sunny, dry growing season, with early, generous flowering. Harvest in Montrose took place between September 11 and 28. The wine has never had any issues with brett, making it a somewhat safer selection than the more irregular 1990. Like a tortoise, the 1989 has finally begun to rival and possibly eclipse its long-time younger sibling, the 1990. The wine is absolutely spectacular and in auction sells for a much lower premium than the 1990. That should change. This is a magnificent Montrose, showing notes of loamy soil undertones, intermixed with forest floor, blueberry and blackberry liqueur and spring flowers. It has a full-bodied, intense, concentrated mouthfeel that is every bit as majestic as the 1990, but possibly slightly fresher and more delineated. This great wine should drink well for another 40-50 years.
NM 96 (10/2010): Tasted at Handford’s 21st anniversary tasting. One of the great wines for this Saint Estephe “king", the 1989 continues to offer immense pleasure. It has a very fragrant bouquet with blackberry, sandalwood, mint and sloe all with very fine delineation. The palate has a Pauillac-like structure with firm tannins, cedar and freshly rolled tobacco dominating the middle, the finish very harmonious and natural. It has such beguiling freshness and class and though not a powerful Montrose like the 1990, it is one of those graceful things: a graceful Saint Estephe. Drink now-2025+
WS 96 (12/2009): Intense aromas of crushed blackberry and mineral turn to dried flowers and dried fruits, staying fresh on the nose. Full-bodied, offering big, round tannins and loads of ripe, seductive fruit. This is decadent and wild, turning nutty and fruity. A beautiful bottle. This is very close in quality to the legendary 1990.—'89/'99 Bordeaux blind retrospective (2009). Drink now. 22,000 cases made. |
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