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The Winter 2016 Auction
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Lot 1610
Estimate: $600
Mid shoulder, lightly scuffed and soiled short capsule, Christie's auction sticker partly overlapping capsule, lightly torn, scuffed, and heavily bin soiled label, sign of slight past seepage. Originally acquired at Christie's auction, New York City, 1997.
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"[1899 was] the first of the renowned fin de siècle twin vintages. A well-nigh perfect growing season culminating in an abundant harvest. Wine of stature to match, yet with a certain delicacy and great finesse. Buoyant prices. To my surprise I have 45 1899 notes dating from 1967."
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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 world's largest fine-wine region, built around blends of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Divided by the Gironde estuary into the structured Left Bank and the plush, Merlot-led Right Bank, it is the historic benchmark for age-worthy claret and sweet Sauternes.
An aromatic red grape lending perfume, red fruit and a leafy, savory edge. It thrives in the Loire and as a key blending partner in Bordeaux, especially Saint-Emilion.
The world's most planted premium red grape, yielding deeply colored, tannic and structured wines with cassis, cedar and graphite notes. Firm tannins and acidity make it exceptionally age-worthy, whether as a varietal or the backbone of a Bordeaux blend.
Produces plush, supple, fruit-forward reds with plum and chocolate notes. Softer and earlier-maturing than Cabernet, it adds flesh and roundness to blends and stars in Right Bank Bordeaux.
A deeply colored, tannic Bordeaux blending grape adding color, structure and floral, spicy complexity in small proportions.
