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1986 Château Mouton Rothschild

Top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

Removed from a subterranean, temperature and humidity controlled residential cellar; Purchased at retail

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill

Removed from a subterranean, temperature and humidity controlled residential cellar; Purchased at retail

Top shoulder fill

Removed from a subterranean, temperature and humidity controlled residential cellar; Purchased at retail

Lightly elevated cork; very top shoulder fill

Removed from a subterranean, temperature and humidity controlled residential cellar; Purchased at retail

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

Removed from a subterranean, temperature and humidity controlled residential cellar; Purchased at retail

Light capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill

Removed from a subterranean, temperature and humidity controlled residential cellar; Purchased at retail

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

Removed from a subterranean, temperature and humidity controlled residential cellar; Purchased at retail

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

Removed from a professional wine storage facility

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue

Removed from a subterranean, temperature and humidity controlled residential cellar; Purchased at retail

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

Removed from a temperature and humidity controlled wine cellar

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

Removed from a temperature and humidity controlled wine cellar

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RATINGS

100Robert M. Parker Jr.

An enormously concentrated, massive Mouton-Rothschild, comparable in quality, but not style, to the 1982, 1959, and 1945, this impeccably made wine is still in its infancy.

100James Suckling

...amazing aromas of mushrooms, mint, minerals and dark berries. It boasted a fully body of ultra richness and extraordinary length and beauty. It had an almost chiseled precision to the quality with fabulous length.

99Wine Spectator

Ageless, yet balanced. Black color. Mint, mineral, berry and cherry. Full-bodied, chewy and tight. Long, long finish. A great, great wine.

95Stephen Tanzer

..Tightly wound and classic, with fabulous acids contributing to its powerful spine. Wonderfully pure and intense, with great verve and grip. But still quite locked up, and hiding its density. Finishes firmly tannic and extremely long...

18.5Jancis Robinson

...perhaps a note of licorice again. Thick, deep, brooding, this wine hardly seems to have changed over the last 15 years. Very, very dry with lots of tannin on the finish...

**/***Michael Broadbent

Deserving its reputation as outstandingly the best '86...a spectacular wine from my first encounter in 1989...Most recently, tasted blind: intense, still youthful; high toned, fragrant; earthy, fleshy, good flavour and length. 2012-2030.

REGION

France, Bordeaux, Pauillac

Pauillac is Bordeaux’s most famous appellation, thanks to the fact that it is home to three of the region’s fabled first-growth châteaux, Lafite-Rothschild, Mouton-Rothschild and Latour. Perched on the left bank of the Gironde River north of the city of Bordeaux, Pauillac is centered around the commune of Pauillac and includes about 3,000 acres of vineyards. The Bordeaux classification of 1855 named 18 classified growths, including the three above mentioned First Growths. Cabernet Sauvignon is the principal grape grown, followed by Merlot. The soil is mostly sandy gravel mixed with marl and iron. Robert M. Parker Jr. has written that “the textbook Pauillac would tend to have a rich, full-bodied texture, a distinctive bouquet of black currants, licorice and cedary scents, and excellent aging potential.”