I don’t drink a lot of Bdx, so take this note with a grain of salt. I enjoyed this, but it’s certainly not going to steer me away from Burgundy…
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1989 Château Magdelaine - France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru (11/14/2009)
Pristine bottle from Premier Cru–fill into the neck, spinning capsule, etc. In the glass, this is an opaque red, reminiscent of dried blood with a slight brown hue. Very ripe on the nose and the palate, with cherries, cassis, and a bit of chocolate. At first, the wine is tentative and one-dimensional. But as it opens up, the fruit becomes more aggressive, but the wine also becomes a bit pruney. Some depth emerges, the nose opens up, and the wine comes into balance–but this is not a complex, intellectual wine. Ripe tannins linger and and this wine is probably on the upswing. I would give this at least an hour or two in the decanter, as the last sip was the best, and the wine threw a significant amount of sediment. All in all, too ripe for my tastes, and a bit straightforward, but for $50 it’s hard to argue with an imperfect but tasty 20-year-old Bordeaux. (90 pts.)
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