Another wonderful bottle of this wine. Started out a bit lean and pedestrian but I could tell that it would get better with air. Gained weight, depth, complexity. Just lovely. I'm not usually a huge fan of 1986 except for the softer wines that need the structure. This is exactly that.
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Dark garnet. Prominent aromas of blackcurrant, dried roses, pencil lead, tobacco, a hint of mexican chocolate, and vanillin oak. On the palate a lovely deep presence of concentrated dark fruit, medium plus acids, very smooth rich integrated tannins, smoky aromatic back note. Very long finish. A lovely aged wine.
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6th from a case purchased at auction 3 years ago. The cork looked sketchy, and it punched out. After a 2 hour decant it was served by itself and then with a prime rib. There was mushroom and forest floor on the nose initially, but that blew off and the fruit began to come through. It was nice n the glass, and really shone with the beef.
I don’t know how much longer this is going to hold up. But as of right now it shows no sign of dropping off. I would like to tell you what it was like after a couple of hours, but we never made it that far. Seems like we never do.
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3/16/2024 - Chrysostomus wrote: flawed
Cork all over the place - structure would have been great
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12/28/2023 - Jd6725 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Another wonderful bottle of this wine. Started out a bit lean and pedestrian but I could tell that it would get better with air. Gained weight, depth, complexity. Just lovely. I'm not usually a huge fan of 1986 except for the softer wines that need the structure. This is exactly that.
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11/19/2023 - Cailles wrote: flawed
Sadly, this was corked. The substance underneath was promising.
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9/20/2023 - wgmccallum Likes this wine: 90 Points
Dark garnet. Prominent aromas of blackcurrant, dried roses, pencil lead, tobacco, a hint of mexican chocolate, and vanillin oak. On the palate a lovely deep presence of concentrated dark fruit, medium plus acids, very smooth rich integrated tannins, smoky aromatic back note. Very long finish. A lovely aged wine.
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1/8/2023 - Sandbar wrote: 94 Points
6th from a case purchased at auction 3 years ago. The cork looked sketchy, and it punched out. After a 2 hour decant it was served by itself and then with a prime rib. There was mushroom and forest floor on the nose initially, but that blew off and the fruit began to come through. It was nice n the glass, and really shone with the beef.
I don’t know how much longer this is going to hold up. But as of right now it shows no sign of dropping off. I would like to tell you what it was like after a couple of hours, but we never made it that far. Seems like we never do.
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