"Mid-full. Complex appearance. Orange/copper. Clean, attractive. Spanish brandy-like nose with notes of confit peach or pear. The palate shows great focus on entry, with echoes of the aromas from the nose: brandy-soaked peaches. Toasty. Well textured but a wine defined by its acidity which runs through the core and carries through to a somewhat (positively) phenolic finish. There is a savoury hint showing too. This was always my personal favourite vintage of the decade, but today competes against the 1988 and 1983 " 
Richard Kelley, MW