1986 Clos des Jacobins

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 89 points

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  7/2/2016 - Benj Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Gorgeous mature nose with loads of sweet fruit and cedar. Medium-plus acid, low tannin, light-medium body at this point. Perfect cork, negligible evaporative loss, great condition overall. Good, easy mature claret. No bells and whistles. Tonight, that was what I wanted. Still very bright, but probably worth drinking up. Best 15-30 minutes after opening. Nose 91, palate 88. $35/375 ml.

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  5/5/2016 - hkbob Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Deep cherry red with some pink at the rim. Almost pinot-like in its aromatics and flavor profile. High-pitched palate with austere cedar-tinged finish. Enjoyed although the fruit pretty much disappeared after an hour in the glass. Pop and pour is the way to go with any remaining bottles.

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  4/7/2003 - timewithwine wrote:

  Monday, April 07, 2003 MR’s comments: nice mature Bordeaux, probably a little on the downhill side, which, in my experience is fairly normal for the 1986 Right Bank. Didn’t really take notes here, as I was still wowed by the Barboursville, but a pretty good wine that should be consumed. BEB comments: Dark in the center with brick on the edge. Nose of dusty rose, plum, cedar. Nothing very focused however. Flavors track the nose but decidedly faded with a short cedar finish. Not bad, but not a ’Wow’ wine either; nothing elegant or classic about it. With osso buco at Che Ross.

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