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1986 HAUT-BRION
Château Haut-Brion--Vintage 1986
Pessac (Graves), 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
Levels 1.5 cms or better below the corks
Tasting note: The 1986 Haut-Brion, which I thought should be fully mature by now, remains a backward, highly concentrated, powerful wine with more noticeable tannin than most top vintages. The wine does possesses a tell-tale smoky tobacco and sweet black currant-scented nose, in addition to subtle new oak and minerals scents. This medium to full-bodied, rich, intensely smoky wine has still not reached its plateau of maturity. It is unquestionably the wine of the vintage for Graves, and not far off the pace of the great 1986 first-growth Medocs. Anticipated maturity: 2000-2015. Last tasted 7/97. 94 points. Robert Parker, Bordeaux Book, 3rd Edition January 1998
11 bottles per lot
Château Haut-Brion--Vintage 1986
Pessac (Graves), 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
Levels 1.5 cms or better below the corks
Tasting note: The 1986 Haut-Brion, which I thought should be fully mature by now, remains a backward, highly concentrated, powerful wine with more noticeable tannin than most top vintages. The wine does possesses a tell-tale smoky tobacco and sweet black currant-scented nose, in addition to subtle new oak and minerals scents. This medium to full-bodied, rich, intensely smoky wine has still not reached its plateau of maturity. It is unquestionably the wine of the vintage for Graves, and not far off the pace of the great 1986 first-growth Medocs. Anticipated maturity: 2000-2015. Last tasted 7/97. 94 points. Robert Parker, Bordeaux Book, 3rd Edition January 1998
11 bottles per lot
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