12 bottles per lot
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Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1986
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Very good appearance. Levels into neck
Tasting Note: First noted at the Union des Grands Crus tasting at Christies 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, low-keyed, slightly peppery some sweetness, but with teeth gripping tannins. Most recently, a magnum still very deep, thick (extract) but with a surprisingly mature orange rim that I associate with tannins dominating the fruit. Very 'medicinal', iron, typically Lafite nose; more amenable than I expected, good mid-palate fruit but hard edged. M.B.
12 bottles per lot
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Very good appearance. Levels into neck
Tasting Note: First noted at the Union des Grands Crus tasting at Christies 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, low-keyed, slightly peppery some sweetness, but with teeth gripping tannins. Most recently, a magnum still very deep, thick (extract) but with a surprisingly mature orange rim that I associate with tannins dominating the fruit. Very 'medicinal', iron, typically Lafite nose; more amenable than I expected, good mid-palate fruit but hard edged. M.B.
12 bottles per lot