Collectors Lot 236

STELLAR BORDEAUX FROM THE STANTON CELLAR

1 – 750 ml bottle each – 12 bottles total 

Chateau Cos d ‘Estournel 1986

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. RP 95 

Chateau Montrose 1986

The wine reveals a dense ruby/purple color with only a hint of lightening at the edge. Fleshy, muscular, and powerful, with aromas of red and black fruits, earth, and spice, this medium to full-bodied wine possesses a layered, chewy character, along with plenty of tannin in the finish. It is a big, brawny Montrose, with gobs of fruit, a boatload of tannin, and enough muscle and depth to remind the league of classic Montrose fans of such great vintages such as 1970, 1964, 1959, and 1953. RP 91

Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou 1985

For sheer elegance, charm, and finesse, this wine has it all. The generous flavors are soft, but not flabby; the wine possesses outstanding concentration yet is elegant and refreshing. This is a beautifully knit, harmonious Ducru. RP 92 

Chateau Clerc Milon 1990

1990 is still a sexy and smooth wine, with a fragrant nose of cassis, smoke, vanillin, roasted nuts, and exotic scents. This luscious wine, with a creamy texture and excellent color, falls off on the palate, much like its siblings, D’Armailhac and Mouton-Rothschild. 

Chateau Gloria 1996

Made in a hedonistic, low acid, plump, juicy style, the 1996 is hard to resist. The color reveals more saturation than usual and the fruit is fat and ripe. 

Chateau Beychevelle 1988

This is one of the best bottles from Beychevelle in a long time. It is full-bodied, with silky tannins and aromas of raspberry and mint with a hint of violet. Fruit appears on the long aftertaste. WS 90 

Chateau Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 1991

This wine is among only a handful of 1991s worthy of being the “wine of the vintage.” Only 30% of the harvest went into the final wine, resulting in a deep colored, rich, concentrated and complex wine. It possesses plenty of tannin, displays an opaque, deep ruby/purple color, and a sweet nose of chocolate, cedar, and ripe, plummy, blackcurrant fruit. Round, medium to full-bodied, and opulent, the wine finishes with considerable length and authority. The 1991 Pichon-Lalande is one of the stars of the vintage! 

Chateau Rausan Segla 1988

One of the vintage’s most impressive, this wine exhibits a youthful, dark ruby/purple color, and a promising nose of black fruits, minerals, and smoke. Full-bodied, powerful, tannic, and rich, this is an intensely concentrated, muscular, brawny wine built for the long haul. RP 91 

Chateau Leoville Barton 1982

With massive, huge concentration, this earthy, meaty St.-Julien has everything and it is remarkably concentrated. RP 90+ 

Chateau Clerc Milon 1989

A wonderfully hedonistic wine with deep ruby color and an intense, roasted, smoky bouquet of plums and currants, this full-bodied wine is packed with fruit, is chewy and opulent as well as soft and alcoholic. RP 90 

Chateau Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 1983

Consistently one of the great wines of the 1983 vintage, this beautiful wine has been gorgeous to drink since bottling. It displays no signs of evolution, although it remains undeniably rich, seductive, and compelling. Deep dark ruby-colored, with a huge nose of Asian spices, blackcurrants, plums, and flowers, this super-concentrated, velvety-textured wine reveals gobs of rich, creamy fruit. It is Pauillac at its most decadent and seductive! RP 94

Chateau Pichon-Longueville Baron 1988

Surprisingly large-scaled for a 1988, this wine is deep in color, rich, tannic, and medium to full-bodied.  RP 90

Donated by Eleanor and Bob Stanton

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