1986 Château Haut-Brion

Community Tasting Notes (228) Avg Score: 93.6 points

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  3/28/2024 - BLam Likes this wine: 95 Points

  A very powerful wine still! I openned 4 hrs in btl to serve and found tight in structure and tongue catching, but leaving in decanter for half an hr later, it shone as a top BDX. Dark brown cloudy, noble nose of old BDX, mouthful feeling, long after taste. A perfect conclusion wine among other 86 vintages red for her.

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  12/24/2023 - Dionysos55 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Robe encore sombre.Bouquet très complexe de tabac,cigare,cèdre,cassis,café,terre mouillée,viande mais dans une intensité moyenne.La bouche révèle quelques tanins à fondre et un caractère assez typique du millésime cad austère.Cela diminue un peu le plaisir que l'on en retire.Je ne suis pas certain qu'il offrira un sublime velouté à l'avenir.La patience est une grande vertu mais dans ce cas ci j'ignore si elle sera récompensée.La cuvée a tout de même 37 ans...Dans quinze ans peut-être...

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  12/3/2023 - jviz wrote:

  Not blind. Decanted for an hour or so, in a lineup of maybe 10 other reds. I’m not marking it flawed, but initially I wondered about TCA, as the wine was pretty musty. It was a touch muted too, but most folks thought it sound, albeit maybe not a great bottle. Anyway, there’s tobacco and dark fruit. Not too tough but easily the least favorite HB I’ve had.

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  11/19/2023 - Cailles wrote: 93 Points

  Tasted double blind. This HB is drinking well with the 1986 structure shining through, transporting well that classic Bordeaux feeling. A bit muted Not very complex, this is still fun to drink. 93/94pts
  
  TN: A bit muted on the nose. On the palate herbal, very herbal, with blue and dark fruit. Some meaty notes with time. A wall of fine tannins but with a lots of tension and stature. Quite precise and good.
  
  Decanting: Not decanted, 1-2 hours in a decanter should be enough.

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  10/23/2023 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

  So young when compared to the 67 and 78. Black fruit, tar and figs. Inky and dense still at this stage. Needs time,

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