Stable, some tobacco and lots of earthy notes. The little dark fruit which was left was fading fast. Still enjoyable but past its prime. Drink up now. (IG)
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Leather, red cassis, mushrooms, tobacco, and a slightly dusty note on the nose. Quite acidic with integrated tannins, iron, and some red fruit flavors. Good finish. This is fully mature and I don’t think it’s going to improve from here, but the wine is pleasure to drink. A bit lighter style of Bordeaux, especially for 86.
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4 years since I last had this wine, and luckily this is a perfect bottle. In neck/bottle neck fill, clean and dry top of cork with only the bottom third soaked. Slow ox’ed for about 30 min. Still a dark garnet with a fairly wide translucent rim, no browning. Great showing, a touch of cedar on the attack, then iron and rich deep dark fruit integrated with tobacco notes, a touch of sweetness perhaps hinting at Margaux but overall more Pauillac than Margaux in style in 86, fine to medium tannins still providing a solid structure. Medium finish. I love 86 Bordeaux. A very solid 93 and the fruit in good bottles like this will easily last another 10 years.
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10/2/2023 - M. Schmid Likes this wine: 93 Points
Beatiful bordeaux, but rather on the light side and the fruit is only subtle. I like it with food and without decant. Drink up until 2024-2025
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9/17/2021 - Robwild Likes this wine: 89 Points
Earthy barnyard nose. Tabaco, vanilla, pencil shaving, and Oak. Fading tannins. Was obviously a treat in its prime but now past its time. Drink up.
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9/4/2021 - DrZett wrote: 87 Points
Stable, some tobacco and lots of earthy notes. The little dark fruit which was left was fading fast. Still enjoyable but past its prime. Drink up now. (IG)
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8/29/2021 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 92 Points
Leather, red cassis, mushrooms, tobacco, and a slightly dusty note on the nose. Quite acidic with integrated tannins, iron, and some red fruit flavors. Good finish. This is fully mature and I don’t think it’s going to improve from here, but the wine is pleasure to drink. A bit lighter style of Bordeaux, especially for 86.
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12/12/2020 - pavel_p Likes this wine: 93 Points
4 years since I last had this wine, and luckily this is a perfect bottle. In neck/bottle neck fill, clean and dry top of cork with only the bottom third soaked. Slow ox’ed for about 30 min. Still a dark garnet with a fairly wide translucent rim, no browning. Great showing, a touch of cedar on the attack, then iron and rich deep dark fruit integrated with tobacco notes, a touch of sweetness perhaps hinting at Margaux but overall more Pauillac than Margaux in style in 86, fine to medium tannins still providing a solid structure. Medium finish. I love 86 Bordeaux.
A very solid 93 and the fruit in good bottles like this will easily last another 10 years.
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