Cos d'Estournel St-Estèphe 1986

95 points Robert Parker: "Tasted 7 times since bottling with consistent notes The 1986 is a highly extracted wine, with a black/ruby color and plenty of toasty, smoky notes in its bouquet that suggest ripe plums and licorice. Evolving at a glacial pace, it exhibits massive, huge, ripe, extremely concentrated flavors with impressive depth and richness. It possesses more power, weight, and tannin than the more opulent and currently more charming 1985. (Oct 1994)"

95 points John Stimpfig (Decanter): "Vibrant deep colour, this has masses of spice box and minerals on the nose. Of course, the 86 was famous for its power and tannic structure and this is still muscular and foursquare, but the tannins are beginning to yield and soften. Very fresh acidity and classic sweet cassis fruit with notes of minerals, underbrush and tobacco. Very pure and long. Impressively, the wine had been decanted two hours previously and was still evolving in the glass more than an hour later. Tasted at Decanter Fine Wine Encounter 2015. Drinking Window: 2015-2030."

18/20 points Clive Coates (The Wines of Bordeaux): "Very good, backward colour. Rich, fat and concentrated on the nose. This is very lovely. Fullish bodied, more classic than today. Lots of finesse. Lovely long finish. (2004)"