Chateau Margaux 1er Cru 1986

Parker: The 1986 Chateau Margaux is one of the dark horses of the vintage. It has an exquisite bouquet that is now fully mature, with a mixture of red and black fruit, violets, pastilles and hints of cold stone. It blossoms in the glass, gaining intensity all the time. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, a more robust Margaux as you would expect given the vintage, clearly with firm backbone, more straight-laced than the 1985 or 1989. Yet there is wonderful delineation and focus here. If you seek strictness and classicism in a wine, then this is the place to come, plus there is superb mineralité and tension on the ferrous finish. Perhaps a little overlooked in recent years, the 1986 Margaux comes highly recommended for those who love the property. 97/100 (2016)

Falstaff: Dunkles Karmingranat, zarter Ockerrand, Wasserrand. In der Nase einladende Süße, dunkle Beeren und feine Schokolade, feine Minze, saftiges Cassis, facettenreiches Bukett. Komplex, sehr gut eingebundenes, aber noch präsentes Tannin, das im Abgang deutlich zum Tragen kommt, trocknet im Finish leicht aus, es fehlt ein klein wenig an der finalen Frucht, ein guter Essensbegleiter, monolithischer Stil. 94/100 (2011)

Suckling: This was really tannic when it was young and is still tannic and hard. Full yet lacks some fruit. Mushroom. 90/100 (2017)