1986

"Tasted at the château the 1986 Lafite-Rothschild continues to offer an exquisite bouquet at 30 years of age. This is beautifully defined still full of energy with copious blackberry clove leather and graphite aromas that seem... Read More

After stumbling over some wines I thought were high class Bordeaux I nailed this wine in one of the blind tastings for this article. In most tastings where a great Bordeaux is inserted with California Cabernets the Bordeaux comes... Read More

Back to the deeper colour of the 1982 a little more subdued on the nose then opens to show camomile violet lilac and black tea plenty of complexity on the palate also edges of mint leaf blackberry loganberry thre is life in this... Read More