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Château Lafite Rothschild(1986)
- Winery:
- Château Lafite Rothschild
- Varietal:
- Region:
- France > Bordeaux > Médoc > Pauillac
- Type:
- Red Wine
- User Tags:
- color descriptors, harvest, chateau lafite-rothschild, garnet, lenoir grape, concentrated, powerful, berry, black currant, complex
At the dawn of the 1986 harvests, after a half decade of success, the winemakers and wine enthusiasts were skeptical of yet another fine vintage. Yet a fine vintage it was: excellent weather in spring followed by a dry summer with light rains, all led to a very abundant and high-quality yield. The wines are onyx in color, and are very concentrated without being heavy, and have distinguished dominant tannins. This wine has many characteristics in common with the sequence of vintages from 1945 to 1949. It is a fine wine to be aged, because it is very structured and will benefit from a long dormant period.
- 1986 produced a plentiful harvest of high quality-- deep garnet in colour, concentrated but rather light, and with a remarkable tannin. In a word, it was a great combination of vintage 1945 and 1949. It is a very good vintage with considerable potential that is destined for a long evolution.
- cousteau
- November 2006
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- Dark rubi color, not showing much aging. Amazing, complex nose with lead pencil and cassis dominating the scene, lot's of other subtle notes flying around. Pauillac at it's best. A great structure, powerful, muscular and somewhat tight on th emouth. Seems like it's got a long life ahead. Lenghty finish, outstanding. [94]
- Clavelin49
- October 2007
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- You cant beat a Chateau Lafite, and this vintage is the same year as my birth, so it makes it even more special : )
- Sovereign53
- November 2007
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- What a privlidge to share a bottle of this with friends.
