Lafite Rothschild other_regions_italy which resulted in high skin-to-juice

which resulted in high skin-to-juice ratios

with a different personality from its siblings

Quite deeply colored

Still deeply colored

The wine is full-bodied

Lafite Rothschild other_regions_italy which resulted in high skin-to-juiceThe wine seems fully mature, more so than the '89 (or the '82, tasted recently, but not for this vertical). The aromas were savoury roast meat, black plum, fig, and prune touched with smoke, coffee, and truffle. The texture was dense and extraordinarily tannic. The finish was long, and there was a touch of soy sauce right at the end. The 1986 vintage featured a dry spring followed by a hot summer, but there were small, sporadic rain showers that meant