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The Spring 2017 Distinguished Cellar Auction

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Auction Ends: 3/23/2017 6:00:00 PM PDT

Lot #519. Haut-Brion 1955

Description: Consists of 2 Bottles, 0.75L
Score: 97 RP.
"Tasted 4 Times With Consistent Notes. A dark ruby-colored wine with noticeable amber/rust, the 1955 Haut-Brion offers a huge, fragrant bouquet of walnuts, tobacco, wet stones, and smoky, cassis-like fruit. Medium-bodied, with extraordinary elegance and sweetness, this rich, concentrated wine exhibits no hard edges. Remarkably youthful, as well as concentrated and impeccably well-balanced, it is capable of lasting . . ." Wine Advocate #95, Oct 1994
Notes: 1 upper shoulder, 1 upper mid shoulder, heavily corroded and scuffed capsules, bin soiled, damp stained and scuffed labels, 1 heavily wine stained label.
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Lot Location: Orange County
Estimate: $2,000

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