2 magnumsper lot
细节
Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1986
Pauillac, 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
Lot 436 has a bin-soiled label and lot 437 has slightly stained labels. Levels into neck
Vintage note: I must confess my first, second and most recent impressions of this vintage have varied. At first I didn't know what quite to make of it. Then, after the 1988s came along I saw a certain similarity, linking the '86s and '88s as firm, relatively slow off the mark. But can the most prolific crop since World War Two, 15 bigger than 1985, produce wines of real quality? The '85s managed it, but the weather conditions were slightly different. In 1986 bud break was delayed, though the weather improved and the flowering was successful. The summer was hot and dry until the latter part of September when, after a useful sprinkling of rain, there was a violent storm which dumped 10cm of rain of the city of Bordeaux and its immediate surroundings. The harvest began at the very end of September and continued into October in glorious weather.
Having read through a large number of notes, my impression of the vintage has become more clarified, and I think I can answer the question posed above.
On the whole, 1986 produced hard, tannic wines which at best, given time, might - just might - turn out well. But I would not bank in on it, except for Mouton and just one or two others. They are of course good 'food' wines and are unlikely to go 'over the hill' without plenty of notice. ****. Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
Tasting note: First noted at the Union des Grands Crus tasting at Christie's in 1988. It showed well. Good depth of fruit, long but lean and taut. Four recent notes: trying to mature; fragrant but hard, crisp, citrus-like fruit, and tannic. Refreshing. Unready (1996). Still fairly intense; low-keyed, slightly peppery, just waking up; some sweetness, but with teeth-gripping tannins (tasted blind 1998). Most recently, a magnum, still very deep, thick (extract) but with a surprisingly mature, orange rim that I associate with tannins dominating the fruit (like some '75s). Very 'medicinal', iron, typically Lafite nose; more amenable than I expected, good mid-palate fruit but hard edged. Something like a '62 or a '66. Last noted at a combined children's birthday lunch party at home, Jan 1999 (****) I propose to leave my children Emma and Bartholomew two magnums each in my will - if Daphne hasn't drunk them! Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
2 magnumsper lot
Pauillac, 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
Lot 436 has a bin-soiled label and lot 437 has slightly stained labels. Levels into neck
Vintage note: I must confess my first, second and most recent impressions of this vintage have varied. At first I didn't know what quite to make of it. Then, after the 1988s came along I saw a certain similarity, linking the '86s and '88s as firm, relatively slow off the mark. But can the most prolific crop since World War Two, 15 bigger than 1985, produce wines of real quality? The '85s managed it, but the weather conditions were slightly different. In 1986 bud break was delayed, though the weather improved and the flowering was successful. The summer was hot and dry until the latter part of September when, after a useful sprinkling of rain, there was a violent storm which dumped 10cm of rain of the city of Bordeaux and its immediate surroundings. The harvest began at the very end of September and continued into October in glorious weather.
Having read through a large number of notes, my impression of the vintage has become more clarified, and I think I can answer the question posed above.
On the whole, 1986 produced hard, tannic wines which at best, given time, might - just might - turn out well. But I would not bank in on it, except for Mouton and just one or two others. They are of course good 'food' wines and are unlikely to go 'over the hill' without plenty of notice. ****. Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
Tasting note: First noted at the Union des Grands Crus tasting at Christie's in 1988. It showed well. Good depth of fruit, long but lean and taut. Four recent notes: trying to mature; fragrant but hard, crisp, citrus-like fruit, and tannic. Refreshing. Unready (1996). Still fairly intense; low-keyed, slightly peppery, just waking up; some sweetness, but with teeth-gripping tannins (tasted blind 1998). Most recently, a magnum, still very deep, thick (extract) but with a surprisingly mature, orange rim that I associate with tannins dominating the fruit (like some '75s). Very 'medicinal', iron, typically Lafite nose; more amenable than I expected, good mid-palate fruit but hard edged. Something like a '62 or a '66. Last noted at a combined children's birthday lunch party at home, Jan 1999 (****) I propose to leave my children Emma and Bartholomew two magnums each in my will - if Daphne hasn't drunk them! Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
2 magnumsper lot
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