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The Autumn 2011 Auction
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Estimate: $2,750
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"Lalou Bize-Leroy's black-colored Richebourg is amazingly closed, but the awesome concentration, sheer precision of flavors, and extraordinary fatness and intensity are mind-boggling. Put it away for at least a decade and then watch it unfold for the next 20-35 years. It is a wine of extraordinary richness. As much as I admire her 1988 and 1989, for the long-term, the 1990 will achieve the greatest degree of complexity and provide the most pleasure . . . . I believe Madame Bize-Leroy has made more concentrated and profound wines from the grands cru vineyards of Richebourg and Romanee St.-Vivant than did the DRC in 1990."
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"Lalou Bize-Leroy's black-colored Richebourg is amazingly closed, but the awesome concentration, sheer precision of flavors, and extraordinary fatness and intensity are mind-boggling. Put it away for at least a decade and then watch it unfold for the next 20-35 years. It is a wine of extraordinary richness. As much as I admire her 1988 and 1989, for the long-term, the 1990 will achieve the greatest degree of complexity and provide the most pleasure . . . . I believe Madame Bize-Leroy has made more concentrated and profound wines from the grands cru vineyards of Richebourg and Romanee St.-Vivant than did the DRC in 1990."
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The world's most influential fine-wine producer and the benchmark for Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne and the Rhone. Its appellation (AOC) system codifies geography, grape and method, and its wines set the global standard for age-worthiness and terroir expression.
Produces the world's most revered Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from a mosaic of tiny, terroir-defined climats. Its hierarchy of village, Premier Cru and Grand Cru vineyards makes site the ultimate expression of quality.
Arguably Burgundy's most exalted village, home to legendary Grand Crus. Its Pinot Noir is renowned for perfume, silk and sublime complexity.
A thin-skinned, terroir-sensitive red producing perfumed, silky and elegant wines of red-berry fruit and earthy complexity. It reaches its apogee in Burgundy.