Fine Wine

May 0614, 2019
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LOT 57

Lot 57

CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1986 (3) WA 97

CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1986 (3) WA 97
Lot 57 Details
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1986

Margaux. 1er Cru Classé
u. 3 x bn. 2 x stained & scuffed label. 1 x wrinkled & scuffed label.

The 1986 Chateau Margaux is one of the dark horses of the vintage. It has an exquisite bouquet that is now fully mature, with a mixture of red and black fruit, violets, pastilles and hints of cold stone. It blossoms in the glass, gaining intensity all the time. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, a more robust Margaux as you would expect given the vintage, clearly with firm backbone, more straight-laced than the 1985 or 1989. Yet there is wonderful delineation and focus here. If you seek strictness and classicism in a wine, then this is the place to come, plus there is superb mineralité and tension on the ferrous finish. Perhaps a little overlooked in recent years, the 1986 Margaux comes highly recommended for those who love the property. This is a wine finally coming of age. Tasted July 2016. WA 97

3 bts.    per lot $600 - $800

Realised: $2,160
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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