This lot is comprised of 3 bottle(s) of 1986 Chateau Margaux - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $3000 - $4000 with a reserve of $2200. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11604.
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Please note the following bottle conditions in this lot - Base Of Neck And Scuffed Label
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An Alberta-based collector who started buying wine in the early eighties. He was told at that time to buy futures, so he started to buy by the case. Wine was always stored at 58 degrees in one of his 2 wine fridges. He always liked Bordeaux and kept buying them and storing them for future consumption. Unfortunately, around 1995 the prices shot up and so began buying and drinking less expensive wine, concentrating on Pontet Canet, which he feels is as good as the first growths. As he ages, he has decided to thin out his collection.
The rating for 1986 Chateau Margaux is 94 points from Robert Parker and the tasting note - The 1986 Château Margaux remains somewhat firm and forbidding as it closes in on its 40th birthday. Offering up aromas of cassis, cigar box and toasty new oak, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and structured, with a sweet core of fruit that's framed, and almost overwhelmed, by an abundance of chalky tannin. I actually preferred this wine a decade ago, when its sheer abundance of fruit did a better job of balancing out its structuring elements.