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The Summer 2015 Live Auction
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Estimate: $150
Base neck, nicked capsule, scuffed and glue stained label.
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93 JG "It had been a few years since I last tasted the 1973 Chappellet cabernet, and time seems not to have touched this lovely wine at all, as this remains one of the youngest of the handful of cabs I have tasted from this outstanding vintage. This bottle was even younger than the last bottle I crossed paths with back in 2009, but offered up the same superb quality on both the nose and palate. The fine bouquet is a pure blend of cassis, black cherries, chipotle peppers, a lovely base of dark soil tones, cigar ash and a topnote of fresh herbs. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and complex, with fine focus and grip and still a fair bit of youthful tannins to resolve on the long and classy finish."
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93 JG "It had been a few years since I last tasted the 1973 Chappellet cabernet, and time seems not to have touched this lovely wine at all, as this remains one of the youngest of the handful of cabs I have tasted from this outstanding vintage. This bottle was even younger than the last bottle I crossed paths with back in 2009, but offered up the same superb quality on both the nose and palate. The fine bouquet is a pure blend of cassis, black cherries, chipotle peppers, a lovely base of dark soil tones, cigar ash and a topnote of fresh herbs. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and complex, with fine focus and grip and still a fair bit of youthful tannins to resolve on the long and classy finish."
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