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The Winter 2016 Auction
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Estimate: $475
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"It had been a year since I last tasted the brilliant 1999 Comtes Rosé, and as the wine continues to improve with bottle age, I thought I should include this most recent note. This is clearly a great young bottle in the making, as it offers up a sophisticated and complex mélange of cherries, sweet cranberries, blood orange, chalky minerality, wheat toast and the signature Comtes Rosé topnote of cherry blossoms. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, crisp and very deep, with stunning authority on the attack, a rock solid core of fruit, truly stunning depth that is beginning to blossom, zesty acidity, and a very long, complex and laser-like finish. A magnificent bottle of Comtes Rosé in the making."
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"It had been a year since I last tasted the brilliant 1999 Comtes Rosé, and as the wine continues to improve with bottle age, I thought I should include this most recent note. This is clearly a great young bottle in the making, as it offers up a sophisticated and complex mélange of cherries, sweet cranberries, blood orange, chalky minerality, wheat toast and the signature Comtes Rosé topnote of cherry blossoms. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, crisp and very deep, with stunning authority on the attack, a rock solid core of fruit, truly stunning depth that is beginning to blossom, zesty acidity, and a very long, complex and laser-like finish. A magnificent bottle of Comtes Rosé in the making."
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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.
The northerly region that gives its name to the world's most celebrated sparkling wine, made by secondary fermentation in bottle from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. Chalky soils and a cool climate yield wines of finesse and longevity.
The sole appellation for true Champagne, producing sparkling wines of finesse and complexity by traditional method from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier.
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.