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May 2331, 2022
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LOT 564

Lot 564

CHÂTEAU LÉOVILLE LAS CASES 1986 (1) WA 98
CHÂTEAU MONTROSE 1989 (1) WS 96 WA 98+

CHÂTEAU LÉOVILLE LAS CASES 1986 (1) WA 98
CHÂTEAU MONTROSE 1989 (1) WS 96 WA 98+
Lot 564 Details
CHÂTEAU LÉOVILLE LAS CASES 1986 (1)

Saint-Julien. 2ième Cru Classé
u. ts. stained, marked & scraped label. scraped capsule. raised cork.

The 1986 Leoville-Las Cases is still so youthful in appearance after 30 years, with only a thin bricking on the rim giving away its age. The bouquet is magnificent: extraordinarily pure and delineated, bewitching black fruit laced with cedar and graphite, the latter lending an almost Pauillac-like personality. The palate is exactly as I have found the previous dozen or so bottles I have tasted: structured, delineated, intense, aristocratic and imperious. It is less formidable than say, ten years ago, so it has probably just stepped onto its drinking plateau. The acidity is perfectly judged lending freshness and tension, crucial to counterbalance those layers of spicy black fruit that fans out with cedar and graphite (again) towards the finish. You come away with the feeling of having consumed a wine with immense energy, yet with so much more to give over the next three decades, and knowing this property, perhaps even the three decades after that! I would agree with the late Michel Delon: the 1986 Léoville Las-Cases is the summit of the 1980s. Tasted September 2016. Drink 2016-2060 WA 98

CHÂTEAU MONTROSE 1989 (1)

Saint-Estèphe. 2ième Cru Classé
u. bn. scraped, soiled & marked label. scuffed capsule.

It is an unusual two-grade blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot. This is a magnificent Montrose, showing notes of loamy soil undertones, intermixed with forest floor, blueberry and blackberry liqueur and spring flowers. It has a full-bodied, intense, concentrated mouthfeel that is every bit as majestic as the 1990, but possibly slightly fresher and more delineated. This great wine should drink well for another 40-50 years. (Tasted August 2014) WS 96 WA 98+

2 bts.    per lot $1,200 - $1,400

Realised: $1,080
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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