Tasted this along side the 1990. Egon says there was physically more botrytis in '89 than '90 but as the wines stood there was very little botrytis evident in the 89. The wine was greenish-gold and bright. The nose offered a cool herbal note that reminded me of my aloe and lanolin shave cream, this later morphed into more classic scharzhofberger greenness that was also dominant on the pallet -- a note that I personally liken to snow pea. This snow pea note was also present on the pallet and harmonized with a cool menthol-spearmint that was actually reminiscent of E. Vatan's Clos La Neore, and yes minerality to match! This wine is in a great place and is a cooler styled spat, much like the '83 of the same wine that I enjoyed the previous evening. Everything is in balance and the wine posses a consonant 30+ second finish.

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