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The October 2016 Distinguished Cellar Auction, Part II
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Estimate: $170
2 x 2cm, 2 x 1.5cm.
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"The Laurent 2006 Nuits St.-Georges Les Vaucrains Vieilles Vignes â once again representing three barrels from a parcel of vines planted in the 1920s, its fruit only around half de-stemmed â shares with the corresponding Les Argillieres its underlying sense of stoniness and of abundant though fine-grained tannins. A plum cake-like sense of dried pit fruit and brown spices as well as of luscious density informs this wine's formidable yet already enticing palate. There may not yet be a wealth of nuance on display here, nor is there the kinetic dimension of buoyancy that accrues to many of the best 2006s. But as this monumentally rich, positively-powerful, for now seemingly vintage a-typical Pinot unfolds, there are going to be happy faces among the few lucky enough to own some."
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"The Laurent 2006 Nuits St.-Georges Les Vaucrains Vieilles Vignes â once again representing three barrels from a parcel of vines planted in the 1920s, its fruit only around half de-stemmed â shares with the corresponding Les Argillieres its underlying sense of stoniness and of abundant though fine-grained tannins. A plum cake-like sense of dried pit fruit and brown spices as well as of luscious density informs this wine's formidable yet already enticing palate. There may not yet be a wealth of nuance on display here, nor is there the kinetic dimension of buoyancy that accrues to many of the best 2006s. But as this monumentally rich, positively-powerful, for now seemingly vintage a-typical Pinot unfolds, there are going to be happy faces among the few lucky enough to own some."
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