12 BOTTLES PER LOT
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CHâTEAU LATOUR--VINTAGE 1986
PAUILLAC, 1ER CRU CLASSé
TASTING NOTE: I EXPECTED THIS TO BE MAMMOTH AND UNDRINKABLE, BUT FROM THE START (A CASK SAMPLE IN SEPTEMBER 1987), THOUGH CLEARLY A LONG HAUL WINE, IT HAD A LOVELY FRUIT AND FLESH. YET, VERY TANNIC IN ITS FORMATIVE YEARS, IT WAS ALWAYS A FASCINATING MOUTHFUL. A GOOD NOTE IN 1998, ATTRACTIVE, WELL BALANCED. MOST RECENTLY: VERY DEEP, INTENSE AND STILL YOUTHFUL-LOOKING FOR A 20-YEAR OLD WINE; CRISP FRUIT, TOUCH OF GINGER, SLIGHTLY 'SWEATY' TANNIC NOSE; GOOD FLAVOUR, LIVELY, TOUCH OF IRON AND A BIT OF A BITE. NEEDS MORE TIME. LAST TASTED JUNE 2004 *(***) 2010 AND BEYOND. M.B.
12 BOTTLES PER LOT
PAUILLAC, 1ER CRU CLASSé
TASTING NOTE: I EXPECTED THIS TO BE MAMMOTH AND UNDRINKABLE, BUT FROM THE START (A CASK SAMPLE IN SEPTEMBER 1987), THOUGH CLEARLY A LONG HAUL WINE, IT HAD A LOVELY FRUIT AND FLESH. YET, VERY TANNIC IN ITS FORMATIVE YEARS, IT WAS ALWAYS A FASCINATING MOUTHFUL. A GOOD NOTE IN 1998, ATTRACTIVE, WELL BALANCED. MOST RECENTLY: VERY DEEP, INTENSE AND STILL YOUTHFUL-LOOKING FOR A 20-YEAR OLD WINE; CRISP FRUIT, TOUCH OF GINGER, SLIGHTLY 'SWEATY' TANNIC NOSE; GOOD FLAVOUR, LIVELY, TOUCH OF IRON AND A BIT OF A BITE. NEEDS MORE TIME. LAST TASTED JUNE 2004 *(***) 2010 AND BEYOND. M.B.
12 BOTTLES PER LOT
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