1986 Château Mouton Rothschild
Community Tasting Note
Cailles wrote:
Thursday, February 14, 2019 - Mouton Vertical (Lucerne): This wine left me a bit puzzled. I expected a rather closed, painfully young bottle but that was not the case. The wine was open (our expert called it “a more communicative example of the ‘86”) even though the tannins had some rough edges. But after 20 minutes in the glass I suddenly had oxidative aromas only to disappear and come back a few times. I guess overall, not the perfect and most representative bottle. The best moments were a 95 points experience (missing the laser-sharp precision of the also very young ‘89 Lynch but with lots of power and stuffing which is very promising). No rating.
TN: More tertiary development than the ‘82 drank alongside, slight sweet oak aromas, dark fruit underneath. Same on the palate with more minerality and hints of dried herbs. Some granular, noticeable tannins which need to further integrate, good well integrated acidity. Less complex and showing compared to the ‘82. Medium+ finish.
Decanting: Double decant & slow-ox for 2 hours. Hard to give any advice after this volatile bottle.
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Comment posted by John Dunlap:
2/20/2019 9:18:00 AM - Nice note. At this level and with this amount of age, this bottle should have been perfectly integrated on all levels. Interesting.
Comment posted by Cailles:
2/21/2019 2:26:00 AM - A lot of people including the wine critic (Rene Gabriel, used to shape the markets in Switzerland and Germany) said that this wine usually shows much less open and integrated than this particular bottle did. But then again maybe not a perfect cork, faster developement and the mentioned oxidation tones may be the explanation. Btw, Gabriel called it the only legitimate successor of the ‘45 Mouton which just needs much more time to evolve (I guess the 2016 might play in the same league).