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Parker 99 points: The just released 1989 Cuvee des Celestins is an extraordinary Chateauneuf du Pape, with a degree of richness and dimension of flavor that are hard to achieve. The color is opaque black/plum-like and the backward, unevolved nose offers exciting scents of Provencal herbs, black olives, truffle-scented cassis, smoke, and minerals. In the mouth, this mammoth wine reveals phenomenal extraction of flavor, huge body, and massive length. The balance is nearly perfect and the tannins, while high, are sweet and ripe. This should prove to be an immortal Chateauneuf du Pape, hitting its peak in the late nineties and lasting through the first two decades of the next century . This is the wine of a genius.
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The Story
The massive and powerful Réserve des Celestins is generally sourced from Bonneau's vines in La Crau, whose boulder-strewn plateau produces Châteauneuf's ripest fruit. Cuvée Marie Beurrier, Bonneau's more elegant wine, usually comes from clay, limestone and sandy soils.