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Auction Ends: 6/29/2017 6:00:00 PM PDT

Lot #46. Heitz Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon Fay Vineyard 1975

Description: Consists of 3 Bottles, 0.75L
Score: 94+ JG.
" It had been five years since I last had a bottle of the 1975 Fay Vineyard bottling of cabernet sauvignon from the Heitz family, but in this last year I have had the good fortune to drink the wine on three occasions and found it to be stellar on each visit. The deep and very pure nose offers up a still fairly youthful mélange of red and black cherries, chipotle peppers, cigar smoke, a touch of red curry, lead pencil, petroleum jelly and a lovely base of soil tones. On the palate the wine is deep, pure and full-bodied, with a beautiful core of vivid fruit, plenty of Rutherford dust soil tones, still a touch of tannin and a long, tangy and perfectly balanced finish that closes with excellent grip and complexity. A classic wine that time never seems to touch- perhaps due to its thirteen percent alcohol level?" John Gilman, View From the Cellar, Jul/Aug 2015, Issue #58
Notes: 2 very top shoulder, 1 top shoulder, lightly stained capsules, nicked and heavily bin soiled labels, slightly recessed corks, 1 sign of slight past seepage, #4988, 4991, 5609.
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Lot Location: Orange County
Estimate: $325

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