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The Fall 2011 Internet Only Auction
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Estimate: $750
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"The Cuné ’76 Viña Real Gran Reserva is a beautiful wine that does not possess quite the same mid-palate stuffing of the gorgeous 1981 version, but is an utterly complete and classic example of this fine bottling. The really lovely bouquet offers up a blend of black cherries, spit-roasted meats, dark soil tones, wild fennel, cigars, Rioja spice tones and a lovely framing of coconutty oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and quite suave on the attack, with a very good core of fruit, melting tannins and a long, velvety and à point finish. The 1976 Gran Reserva is a superb example of Viña Real at its apogee."
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"The Cuné ’76 Viña Real Gran Reserva is a beautiful wine that does not possess quite the same mid-palate stuffing of the gorgeous 1981 version, but is an utterly complete and classic example of this fine bottling. The really lovely bouquet offers up a blend of black cherries, spit-roasted meats, dark soil tones, wild fennel, cigars, Rioja spice tones and a lovely framing of coconutty oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and quite suave on the attack, with a very good core of fruit, melting tannins and a long, velvety and à point finish. The 1976 Gran Reserva is a superb example of Viña Real at its apogee."
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Spain has the largest area under vine of any country and a deep tradition of oak-aged reds. Tempranillo-based wines from Rioja and Ribera del Duero, alongside Priorat's Garnacha and Carinena, anchor its fine-wine reputation.
Spain's most famous region, producing Tempranillo-based reds traditionally aged in American oak. Its wines are known for savory complexity, silky texture and graceful evolution over decades.
Spain's premier red-wine appellation, producing Tempranillo-based blends aged in oak and classified by aging as Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva.