up to 3 bottles available. Received from local distributor and kept climate controlled. Direct from Chateau.
Size 750mL
69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Cabernet Franc, 15% Merlot
Reviews:
100 Robert Parker
"The 1986 possesses outstanding richness, a deep color, medium body, a graceful, harmonious texture, and superb length. The penetrating fragrance of cedar, chestnuts, minerals, and rich fruit is a hallmark of this wine. Powerful, dense, rich, and tannic, as well as medium to full-bodied, with awesome extraction of fruit, this Lafite has immense potential. Patience is required. Anticipated maturity: 2000-2030. Last tasted 10/94."
96 Neal Martin for Vinous
"This mirrors the bottle I tasted at the property in 2016: blackberry and graphite on the nose, gawky at first, but coalescing with time. The palate is well balanced with firm tannins, strong graphite scents unfolding with time, superb energy if not delivering quite the finesse and precision that the very best Lafite-Rothschild will bestow."
95 Wine Advocate
"The 1986 Lafite Rothschild unfurls in the decanter and glass with aromas of earthy blackcurrant fruit mingled with notions of cigar box and red berries. Richer and darker in profile than the 1975 drunk alongside, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and concentrated, displaying a velvety attack and a lively core of fruit, with just a touch of the tannic asperity that often defines this vintage in the Médoc making itself felt on the finish. As it approaches its 40th birthday, the 1986 Lafite still needs several hours' decant to show its best." (WK) 95+ (2/2022)
The Vintage: "Bud break was late, but the vines caught up thanks to May and June, and hotter, drier weather until early September, when rain arrived to help a somewhat complicated start to the ripening process - however, there was less rain in Pauillac than in the rest of the Bordeaux region where rainfall was very heavy. This was followed by a period of fine weather. Ripening levels were excellent, with the right amount of moisture and steady sunshine until the end of the harvests."