Chateau Le Gay 1989

WINE SPECTATOR: "Tannic monster. Full-bodied, with masses of superripe fruit and mouthpuckering tannins. Port lovers like me love this stuff. Age it for decades to come."

JAMES SUCKLING: "Phenomenal with incredible mushroom, wet earth, dried spice, mineral, and dark fruits. Full-bodied with dusty tannins that followed through to licorice, dark fruits, and black olives. It's everything I hoped for and more."

WEINWISSER: "Dunkles Granat, am Rand aufhellend mit ersten ziegelroten Reflexen. Zu Beginn wildes, fleischiges Bouquet, frisch gegerbtes Leder, Kardamom, Kreuzkümmel, Jodnoten, Kampfer, trocken, nur langsam öffnend. Im Gaumen Honig, getrocknete Kamille, recht gerbige Noten in der rustikalen Textur. Ein maskuliner Liebhaber-Pomerol mit Médoc-haftem Potenzial, eine Stunde dekantieren."

FALSTAFF: "Kräftiges Rubingranat, Ockerreflexe, zarter Wasserrand. Zunächst verhalten, tabakig unterlegte Pflaumenfrucht, dunkle Nuancen nach Roggenbrot und Oliven. Stoffig, hochelegant, finessenreich strukturiert, feine Tannine, extraktsüß, Anklänge von Lakritze,mineralisch, dunkler Nachhall, bleibt lange haften."

JANCIS ROBINSON: "Magnum. Very dense and still with very notable tannins and tightness! Thick and dense with some future development ahead of it. If the Lynch Bages 2005 served beside it was surprisingly evolved, this was the reverse."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "This wine seems to get better and better, and is certainly the only great Le Gay of recent years. This dark ruby/purple-colored wine has a nose of blueberries, minerals, and white flowers. The wine shows plenty of sweetness, real opulence, high tannins, but sweeter, more civilized tannins than most Le Gays tend to possess. It is a very muscular, full-bodied style of wine that should age effortlessly for another 15-20 years."

THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Clearly, age has been good to this wine. And my instincts suggest, the wine can continue to evolve with additional cellaring. A classic styled Pomerol, with cherry, plum and earthy notes in the perfume. On the palate, the wine starts off charming, but finishes with some dryness and a hint of green. That was with 1 hour if air. With a little over 2 hours of air, the wine truly improved, softened somewhat, and became more fun to drink. Lovers of old school Pomerol, that are convinced the world has gone to hell in a hand basket after Parker are going to go bonkers for this wine. I like it, but I am more than happy this is my last bottle."