Lot 204
Château Léoville-Las-Cases--Vintage 1986
Closed11 December 2007
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EUR 1,840
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Château Léoville-Las-Cases--Vintage 1986
Saint-Julien, 2me cru classé. Château-bottled
Lightly bin-soiled labels. Levels into neck
Tasting note: The 1986 Leoville-Las Cases, which Delon continues to believe is his finest vintage in the eighties (even eclipsing the 1982), still exhibits a black/purple color with no signs of age. The nose offers up aromas of exceptionally ripe cassis fruit intertwined with scents of vanillin, minerals, and spices. The wine is full-bodied, exceptionally well-delineated, and phenomenally concentrated. Still unevolved and youthful, this is one of the most profound Leoville-Las-Cases, but for my palate, it remains a notch behind both the 1982 and 1996. Anticipated maturity: 2003-2030. Last tasted 3/97. 98 points. Robert Parker, Bordeaux Book 3rd Edition, January 1998
6 bottles per lot
Saint-Julien, 2me cru classé. Château-bottled
Lightly bin-soiled labels. Levels into neck
Tasting note: The 1986 Leoville-Las Cases, which Delon continues to believe is his finest vintage in the eighties (even eclipsing the 1982), still exhibits a black/purple color with no signs of age. The nose offers up aromas of exceptionally ripe cassis fruit intertwined with scents of vanillin, minerals, and spices. The wine is full-bodied, exceptionally well-delineated, and phenomenally concentrated. Still unevolved and youthful, this is one of the most profound Leoville-Las-Cases, but for my palate, it remains a notch behind both the 1982 and 1996. Anticipated maturity: 2003-2030. Last tasted 3/97. 98 points. Robert Parker, Bordeaux Book 3rd Edition, January 1998
6 bottles per lot
Château Léoville-Las-Cases--Vintage 1986
Saint-Julien, 2me cru classé. Château-bottled
Lightly bin-soiled labels. Levels into neck
Tasting note: The 1986 Leoville-Las Cases, which Delon continues to believe is his finest vintage in the eighties (even eclipsing the 1982), still exhibits a black/purple color with no signs of age. The nose offers up aromas of exceptionally ripe cassis fruit intertwined with scents of vanillin, minerals, and spices. The wine is full-bodied, exceptionally well-delineated, and phenomenally concentrated. Still unevolved and youthful, this is one of the most profound Leoville-Las-Cases, but for my palate, it remains a notch behind both the 1982 and 1996. Anticipated maturity: 2003-2030. Last tasted 3/97. 98 points. Robert Parker, Bordeaux Book 3rd Edition, January 1998
6 bottles per lot
Saint-Julien, 2me cru classé. Château-bottled
Lightly bin-soiled labels. Levels into neck
Tasting note: The 1986 Leoville-Las Cases, which Delon continues to believe is his finest vintage in the eighties (even eclipsing the 1982), still exhibits a black/purple color with no signs of age. The nose offers up aromas of exceptionally ripe cassis fruit intertwined with scents of vanillin, minerals, and spices. The wine is full-bodied, exceptionally well-delineated, and phenomenally concentrated. Still unevolved and youthful, this is one of the most profound Leoville-Las-Cases, but for my palate, it remains a notch behind both the 1982 and 1996. Anticipated maturity: 2003-2030. Last tasted 3/97. 98 points. Robert Parker, Bordeaux Book 3rd Edition, January 1998
6 bottles per lot
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