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The Winter 2015 Live Auction
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Estimate: $20,000
OC. 8 base neck or better, 4 very top shoulder, 3 very lightly stained labels.
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97 · 94
97 JL "There are some wines, due to their extreme rarity and elusiveness, I never think I am going to taste. 1971 Ridge Eisele was one of those wines. I will probably never see another bottle. But the experience is not one I will forget. Spice box, coconut, earth, black cherry liqueur, tobacco, cedar and fennel notes were enough to keep my interest. On the palate, the wine is soft, clean, fresh and packed with blackberry and cherry notes. This was still going strong at over 40 years of age." 94 RP "The Eiseles approached Paul Draper, winemaker at Ridge Vineyards, who produced the first Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon in 1971. This landmark wine, one of the first vineyard designated Cabernets in California, is gracious and beautiful after more than three decades in the bottle, and is considered by many to be one of the finest wines ever produced in the Napa Valley."
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97 JL "There are some wines, due to their extreme rarity and elusiveness, I never think I am going to taste. 1971 Ridge Eisele was one of those wines. I will probably never see another bottle. But the experience is not one I will forget. Spice box, coconut, earth, black cherry liqueur, tobacco, cedar and fennel notes were enough to keep my interest. On the palate, the wine is soft, clean, fresh and packed with blackberry and cherry notes. This was still going strong at over 40 years of age." 94 RP "The Eiseles approached Paul Draper, winemaker at Ridge Vineyards, who produced the first Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon in 1971. This landmark wine, one of the first vineyard designated Cabernets in California, is gracious and beautiful after more than three decades in the bottle, and is considered by many to be one of the finest wines ever produced in the Napa Valley."
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