1986 Château Sociando-Mallet

Community Tasting Notes (188) Avg Score: 89.9 points

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  3/18/2024 - DaleW wrote:

  Mine so no guesses. Others' guesses in the 90s. Light barnyard, black currant and plum fruit, a little green pepper. Mature and fun B+/B

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  1/2/2024 - DaleW wrote:

  Still some hearty tannin, cassis fruit, some cedar and a hint of bell pepper. B/B+

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  12/15/2023 - jonboy74 wrote: 92 Points

  in a great spot but still a long way to go. perfect provenance for this bottle. still tons of fruit, medium acidity and baby tannins. had i tasted blind Id think max 10 yr old bordeaux. needs at least 30 min of air but absolutely singing now. easily will go another 20 yrs if not more!

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  12/10/2023 - rocknroller wrote: flawed

  Annual Tasting Group Holiday Party (St. Genevieve, Mpls, MN): Small taste. Seemed stewy to me.

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  11/18/2023 - Jake Barnes wrote: 86 Points

  Second of three 750s purchased together on the secondary, this one with a top shoulder fill and the cork soaked all the way up.
  
  This bottle was nowhere near as youthful as my first bottle from March 2022, which was unbelievably concentrated and young. This bottle was decanted for an hour, pouring deep ruby with just a touch of garnet at the rim. Initially, there was heavy cellar stink and decaying undergrowth on the nose, but the wine was fairly sound underneath the stink with a core of simple, dried red fruits and medium-plus acidity. The moldy cellar smell receded with time but never really went away, detracting from the experience. There was no particular complexity to be found on the nose or the palate. The famous ‘86 tannins were completely resolved, and despite having a fair amount of fruit left, there was a good deal of acidic dryness in the finish, suggesting this bottle was pretty much done. Short finish. 12.5% ABV (good/**/14/86)

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