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Château Mouton-Rothschild 1986
12 bottles per lot
A REMARKABLE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF FINEST WINES FROM AROUND THE GLOBE Lots 1 - 376 offer a comprehensive selection of the world’s greatest wines and, as such, represent a thrilling proposition for the serious collector. The collection has been assembled carefully, then curated in such a way that all of the wines are in impeccable condition with excellent levels and labels. All wines were purchased on release from well-known European merchants and stored in a purpose-built, temperature controlled underground cellar in central Europe. The focus of the collector’s passion was the greatest wines of Bordeaux, but there is a clearly articulated interest in a broad range of wines, the unifying characteristics of which are structure, finesse and depth of character. The collector has followed Robert Parker’s scoring system judiciously and his buying patterns reflect his deep respect for the consistency of Parker’s ratings. The results are nothing short of magnificent; this is a collection of profound, sensual wines which we are delighted to bring to auction. This collection has recently been removed from a purpose-built, temperature-controlled cellar in Central Europe, now lying at EHD, Weybridge. Offered in bond, available duty paid Château Mouton-Rothschild 1986 Pauillac, 1er cru class é In original wooden case. Excellent appearance. Levels five into neck, six base of neck and one top-shoulder Tasting note: 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 across as drier, more austere, and not nearly as rich and concentrated (California wines are inevitably fruitier and more massive). To put it mildly, the 1986 Mouton-Rothschild held its own (and then some), in a flight that included the Caymus Special Selection, Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cask 23, Dunn Howell Mountain, and Joseph Phelps Eisele Vineyard. Clearly the youngest looking, most opaque and concentrated wine of the group, it tastes as if it has not budged in development since I first tasted it out of barrel in March, 1987. 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. Interestingly, when I was in Bordeaux several years ago, I had this wine served to me blind from a magnum that had been opened and decanted 48 hours previously. Even then, it still tasted like a barrel sample! I suspect the 1986 Mouton-Rothschild requires a minimum of 15-20 more years of cellaring; it has the potential to last for 50-100 years! Given the outrageously high prices being fetched by so many of the great 1982s and 1990s (and lest I forget, the 1995 Bordeaux futures), it appears this wine might still be one of the "relative bargains" in the fine wine marketplace. I wonder how many readers will be in shape to drink it when it does finally reach full maturity? The tasting notes for this section are from two single blind tastings, one conducted in May, 1996, in California, and the other in June, 1996, in Baltimore. Robert Parker Wine Advocate 106, Aug 1996 12 bottles per lot