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The August 2014 Internet-Only Auction Part 1
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Lot 168
Estimate: $85
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"The 2008 Blanc Fume de Pouilly Clos du Calvaire represents the last harvest from then 18 year old, ungrafted, and extremely densely planted vines that Louis-Benjamin Dagueneau elected to replace in the spring of 2010 (with less extreme density and an east-west row instead of north-south row orientation), and also represents the first time I have tasted a wine from this one and three-quarter acre site that sits practically right on the mother rock. Citrus oils and herbal essences in the nose go on to intensely inform a firm, palpably dense, startlingly bright palate. Itâs impossible I think not to conceptualize this wineâs gripping finish as featuring impressions of chalk and stone, which when taken together with its still prominent acidity undeniably engenders a certain sense of austerity, albeit handsome. This ball of energy will probably remain vigorous for the better part of another decade . . ."
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"The 2008 Blanc Fume de Pouilly Clos du Calvaire represents the last harvest from then 18 year old, ungrafted, and extremely densely planted vines that Louis-Benjamin Dagueneau elected to replace in the spring of 2010 (with less extreme density and an east-west row instead of north-south row orientation), and also represents the first time I have tasted a wine from this one and three-quarter acre site that sits practically right on the mother rock. Citrus oils and herbal essences in the nose go on to intensely inform a firm, palpably dense, startlingly bright palate. Itâs impossible I think not to conceptualize this wineâs gripping finish as featuring impressions of chalk and stone, which when taken together with its still prominent acidity undeniably engenders a certain sense of austerity, albeit handsome. This ball of energy will probably remain vigorous for the better part of another decade . . ."
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