This double magnum of Chateau Siran 1986 was on display in the Wine and Dine Festival, though the wine (from smaller bottles) was not offered for tasting at the time.I had already blogged about the chateau and its arts connection before, and it is obvious from the image that this label celebrated the perihelion of Halley's comet that year. The comet's passage was not easily visible from earth as it occurred on the opposite side of the Sun to us. Just as the conditions for seeing the comet were far from ideal, so too the growing season for grapes in Bordeaux, which was beset by heat and drought. Despite this the crop was huge, and was initially favoured by the critics. A typical stern, old school Bordeaux vintage, the wines have not aged well and were best drunk some time ago.
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