Gruaud Larose - 1989 (750ml) Chardonnay I couldn't get this off

I couldn't get this off my palate

Layers of black fruit intermingling with mint and graphite

which I didn’t detect at all

Well structured with excellent acidity

Remarkably

Gruaud Larose - 1989 (750ml) Chardonnay I couldn't get this offThe 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