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Château Pétrus 1986

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Scores

Two measures, kept apart on purpose. One is about the bottle, the other about the year.

Wine Score

91 / 100

Critic evidence
Critic 89 from 4 critics
Community evidence
Community 93 from 18 notes

40% critic · 60% drinkers

how we score

Region Vintage

92 / 100

Pomerol · 1986

Not part of the Wine Score.

Method region_vintage_v1

Drinking window

2009now 20262020
Past the window, which closed in 2020. Published by 2 critics.

Price

Merchant price range, per 750ml

£2,715

Median £2,715 · 2026-10

Our own summary of 2 tracked offers in bottle, divided down to a 750ml comparable. It is not a merchant listing, and nobody will sell you a bottle at the median. The individual listings are below.

Price basis not confirmed, may or may not include UK duty and VAT.

Prices read 2026-10-15. We hold one dated snapshot of merchant prices rather than a series, so there is no retail price chart on this page. The one price history we do own is trade based: the market index.

By format

Prices by format, normalised to a per-750ml comparable.
FormatLowHighPer 750mlObs.Source
1x75cl£1,950£2,741£1,9503not tracked
2x75cl × 2not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
3x75cl × 3not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
5x75cl × 5not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
6x75cl × 6not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
12x75cl × 12not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x150clnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
3x150cl × 3not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
6x150cl × 6not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x300clnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
2x300cl × 2not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x500clnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked

Critic scores

  • 92/100Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 92/100Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 89/100Published Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).

Each score is shown as it was published, on its own scale: a 95/100 and an 18/20 are not the same claim.

We hold 1 further critic scores for this vintage and show the 3 above.

Where to buy

Retail route

3 observations from 3 venues, £1,950–£2,741 per 750ml. A shelf price is what a merchant listed on the date shown; no bidding, no premium.

Retail asks, cheapest first, with the venue and the source behind each one.
VenuePrice
selectionsommelier.com · £2,741per 750ml
lassemblage.co.uk · £1,950per 750ml
cellar.com · £2,224per 750ml

Auction route

No auction activity in the tracked window.

No auction activity in the tracked window.

Work out the true landed cost →

What it has fetched at auction, year by year: Château Pétrus 1986 price history.

More on this wine: Pétrus 1986 vintage review, with prices and scores on petrusprice.com.

LWIN 101403319860100750, the identifier for this bottling and format.