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The Spring 2012 Live Auction
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Lot 2161
Estimate: $6,000
Slightly recessed cork, marked label. #03308.
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"Initial signs of bricking. A remarkably complex nose that has now gone completely secondary with a gentle touch of sous-bois and plenty of earth and spice nuances. The sweet, supple, forward and delicious flavors are now secondary as well, delivering good length plus classic style and grace. There is quite a bit of finishing structure yet oddly, the wine is not excessively firm and the nose is positively haunting in its complexity and sheer class. While this is drinking perfectly now, it will hold at this plateau . . ."
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"Initial signs of bricking. A remarkably complex nose that has now gone completely secondary with a gentle touch of sous-bois and plenty of earth and spice nuances. The sweet, supple, forward and delicious flavors are now secondary as well, delivering good length plus classic style and grace. There is quite a bit of finishing structure yet oddly, the wine is not excessively firm and the nose is positively haunting in its complexity and sheer class. While this is drinking perfectly now, it will hold at this plateau . . ."
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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.
