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Two bottles of this "legendary" Pichon Lalande 1986.
Both are in excellent condition having been cellared with infinite care in a private home in East Sussex.
Levels: one well into the neck, the other 'just in neck'
Labels as per photo - 100% complete.
Capsules in perfect order.
Jan 2003 Robert M. Parker, Jr. 94 Drink: 2003 - 2015 $215-$335
Just now emerging from a very clumsy dormant period, Pichon-Lalande’s dense ruby/purple-colored 1986 still has the color of a 4 or 5 year old wine. This is the most tannic and backward Pichon-Lalande after 1975 and before 1996. The wine was completely closed down until just recently. The wine shows notes of cedar, black currants, earth, spice box, and licorice, followed by a medium to full-bodied, very concentrated, intense palate with a still noticeable tannic structure, a relatively big, muscular style for Pichon-Lalande. Anticipated maturity: Now-2015. Last tasted, 5/02.
NEAL MARTIN'S NOTES
Neal Martin 96 Drink 2012 - 2030
Tasted at the Fine Wine Experience’s Pichon-Lalande vertical in London. The 1986 Pichon Lalande is still looking very youthful. The nose is incredibly backward and surly with smoke, cedar, cigar box, cooked meats with good definition. You could describe it as being rather joyless but it will surely mellow out with further bottling ageing. A touch of liquorice develops with time. The palate is full-bodied, firm tannins, backward, broody, good acidity, crisp black fruits, iodine, and a touch of liquorices, taut with good length. After 22-years this has not entertained the notion of entering it drinking plateau. Hopefully it will mellow out soon – a broad-shouldered, burly Pichon Lalande. Drink 2012-2030. Tasted December 2008.
Jan 2000 Neal Martin 96-98 Drink 2011
A wonderful Pichon Lalande in a similar style to the Pichon-Lalande 1982. A cedar and pencil-lead nose with very expressive Cabernet Sauvignon. The palate has superb definition, very complex and tannic with dense, ripe black fruits. Supreme balance. Less opulent than the ‘82 but the essence of poise, class and character. Very long-term wine. Brilliant. Perhaps an overlooked Pichon Lalande? Leave for another decade. Tasted July 2001.
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