The 1989 regular bottling offers excellent ripeness, a big, spicy, herb, and berry-scented nose, a subtle touch of toasty new oak, and a heady, lush, alcoholic finish. It should drink well for at least 5-7 years. Ponzi continues to make Oregon's most complex Pinot Noirs. Their 1989s are significantly different from the gamey, animal, exotic, almost Cotes de Nuits style of the 1988s. The 1989s exhibit more rich, spicy, leafy, berry fruit, with none of the earthy, smoky, game-like aromas that made the 1988s so complex. If one thinks of Ponzi's 1988s as America's equivalent of a Morey-St.-Denis or Gevrey-Chambertin, their 1989s recall a fine Chambolle-Musigny.