12 bottles per lot
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Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1989
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Tasting Note:.....most recent note was made at a dinner party at home. Despite a warm rich mature colour with a tinge of orange at the rim, the wine had an extraordinary attack, a very rich 'entry', nice weight, good fruit, plenty of tannin and acidity. Very good but unready. And the nose? I had the advantage of smelling and tasting when I decanted it (a magnum) at 4.30pm: very rich, impenetrable depth and concentration. At 6.10pm, sweeter, richer, more fragrant, and after my guests had gone home - leaving me to rinse, steam and polish the Riedel glasses - it was still gloriously fragrant, tea-like. Last tasted May 2001 ****(*) Forget it for another ten years: say 2010 - 2030, or beyond. M.B.
12 bottles per lot
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Tasting Note:.....most recent note was made at a dinner party at home. Despite a warm rich mature colour with a tinge of orange at the rim, the wine had an extraordinary attack, a very rich 'entry', nice weight, good fruit, plenty of tannin and acidity. Very good but unready. And the nose? I had the advantage of smelling and tasting when I decanted it (a magnum) at 4.30pm: very rich, impenetrable depth and concentration. At 6.10pm, sweeter, richer, more fragrant, and after my guests had gone home - leaving me to rinse, steam and polish the Riedel glasses - it was still gloriously fragrant, tea-like. Last tasted May 2001 ****(*) Forget it for another ten years: say 2010 - 2030, or beyond. M.B.
12 bottles per lot
Special notice
Offered duty paid, but available in bond. VAT at 17.5% will be charged on the hammer price on removal of the lot from bond.
Sale room notice
This lot is duty-paid, no vat, lying in Kemble, Gloucestershire (Octavian)