Lot 520
Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1986
Closed14 February 2008
Price Realised
GBP 7,475
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ATTRACTIVE WINES, INCLUDING DRC
Recently shipped from an excellent private cellar in Northern Europe and now lying in Weybridge, Surrey (EHD)
Offered duty-paid, but available in bond
Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1986
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Swiss strip labels on capsules. Slightly scuffed labels. Levels into neck
In original wooden case
Tasting Note: First noted at the Union des Grands Crus tasting at Christie's 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. Unready (1996). Still fairly intense; low-keyed, slightly peppery, just waking up; some sweetness, but with teeth-gripping tannins (tasted blind 1998). Most recently, a magnum, still very deep, thick (extract) but with a surprisingly mature orange rim that I associate with tannins dominating the fruit (like some '75s). Very 'medicinal', iron, typically Lafite nose; more amenable than I expected, good mid-palate fruit but hard edged. Something like a '62 or '66. Noted at a combined children's birthday lunch party at home, Jan 1999 (****) I propose to leave my children Emma and Bartholomew two magnums each in my will - if Daphne hasn't drunk them! Most recently: impressively deep; very good nose, considerable depth and more to come; unexpectedly sweet and ready to drink though will keep well. Last tasted March 2006 ***(*) M.B.
3 double-magnums per lot
Recently shipped from an excellent private cellar in Northern Europe and now lying in Weybridge, Surrey (EHD)
Offered duty-paid, but available in bond
Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1986
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Swiss strip labels on capsules. Slightly scuffed labels. Levels into neck
In original wooden case
Tasting Note: First noted at the Union des Grands Crus tasting at Christie's 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. Unready (1996). Still fairly intense; low-keyed, slightly peppery, just waking up; some sweetness, but with teeth-gripping tannins (tasted blind 1998). Most recently, a magnum, still very deep, thick (extract) but with a surprisingly mature orange rim that I associate with tannins dominating the fruit (like some '75s). Very 'medicinal', iron, typically Lafite nose; more amenable than I expected, good mid-palate fruit but hard edged. Something like a '62 or '66. Noted at a combined children's birthday lunch party at home, Jan 1999 (****) I propose to leave my children Emma and Bartholomew two magnums each in my will - if Daphne hasn't drunk them! Most recently: impressively deep; very good nose, considerable depth and more to come; unexpectedly sweet and ready to drink though will keep well. Last tasted March 2006 ***(*) M.B.
3 double-magnums per lot
ATTRACTIVE WINES, INCLUDING DRC
Recently shipped from an excellent private cellar in Northern Europe and now lying in Weybridge, Surrey (EHD)
Offered duty-paid, but available in bond
Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1986
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Swiss strip labels on capsules. Slightly scuffed labels. Levels into neck
In original wooden case
Tasting Note: First noted at the Union des Grands Crus tasting at Christie's 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. Unready (1996). Still fairly intense; low-keyed, slightly peppery, just waking up; some sweetness, but with teeth-gripping tannins (tasted blind 1998). Most recently, a magnum, still very deep, thick (extract) but with a surprisingly mature orange rim that I associate with tannins dominating the fruit (like some '75s). Very 'medicinal', iron, typically Lafite nose; more amenable than I expected, good mid-palate fruit but hard edged. Something like a '62 or '66. Noted at a combined children's birthday lunch party at home, Jan 1999 (****) I propose to leave my children Emma and Bartholomew two magnums each in my will - if Daphne hasn't drunk them! Most recently: impressively deep; very good nose, considerable depth and more to come; unexpectedly sweet and ready to drink though will keep well. Last tasted March 2006 ***(*) M.B.
3 double-magnums per lot
Recently shipped from an excellent private cellar in Northern Europe and now lying in Weybridge, Surrey (EHD)
Offered duty-paid, but available in bond
Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1986
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Swiss strip labels on capsules. Slightly scuffed labels. Levels into neck
In original wooden case
Tasting Note: First noted at the Union des Grands Crus tasting at Christie's 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. Unready (1996). Still fairly intense; low-keyed, slightly peppery, just waking up; some sweetness, but with teeth-gripping tannins (tasted blind 1998). Most recently, a magnum, still very deep, thick (extract) but with a surprisingly mature orange rim that I associate with tannins dominating the fruit (like some '75s). Very 'medicinal', iron, typically Lafite nose; more amenable than I expected, good mid-palate fruit but hard edged. Something like a '62 or '66. Noted at a combined children's birthday lunch party at home, Jan 1999 (****) I propose to leave my children Emma and Bartholomew two magnums each in my will - if Daphne hasn't drunk them! Most recently: impressively deep; very good nose, considerable depth and more to come; unexpectedly sweet and ready to drink though will keep well. Last tasted March 2006 ***(*) M.B.
3 double-magnums per lot
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