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The December 2012 Internet-Only Auction Part 1
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Lot 488
Estimate: $300
Nicked and lightly wrinkled label.
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"More forward, open and textured, the 2000 Hermitage is an almost promiscuous effort thatâs just hard to resist. According to Jean-Louis, this wine has never shut down and has always delivered plenty of pleasure. It has classic cassis and blackberry fruit, bacon fat, violets and herbs to go with a full-bodied, layered and seamless, if not voluptuous, style on the palate. Iâd line bottles up for drinking over the coming couple of years, but it should hold nicely for upward of a decade."
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"More forward, open and textured, the 2000 Hermitage is an almost promiscuous effort thatâs just hard to resist. According to Jean-Louis, this wine has never shut down and has always delivered plenty of pleasure. It has classic cassis and blackberry fruit, bacon fat, violets and herbs to go with a full-bodied, layered and seamless, if not voluptuous, style on the palate. Iâd line bottles up for drinking over the coming couple of years, but it should hold nicely for upward of a decade."
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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.
Spans the Syrah-driven northern crus of Cote-Rotie and Hermitage and the Grenache-based blends of the warmer south, led by Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Its wines are known for power, spice and warmth.
Produces some of the world's most powerful and long-lived Syrah from a single granite hill, yielding dense, structured reds and rich whites.