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The November 2016 Internet-Only Auction Part 1
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96 JG "The 2012 Granite bottling from Messieurs Bossard and van Herck, as the name suggests, comes from hard granite soils and the vineyards for this cuvĂŠe are planted with forty-five to fifty-five year-old vines. As was the case with the very strong 2011, the extra mineral drive of the 2012 Granite bottling makes for a very, very special example of Muscadet, as the wine soars from the glass in a blaze of tart orange, smoke, very stony and complex minerality, bread fruit, leesy tones, lemongrass and a gently briny topnote. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and utterly refined on the attack, with a rock solid core, great stony soil signature, snappy acids and stunning length and grip on the impeccably balanced and laser-like finish. Breathtakingly beautiful Muscadet!"
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96 JG "The 2012 Granite bottling from Messieurs Bossard and van Herck, as the name suggests, comes from hard granite soils and the vineyards for this cuvĂŠe are planted with forty-five to fifty-five year-old vines. As was the case with the very strong 2011, the extra mineral drive of the 2012 Granite bottling makes for a very, very special example of Muscadet, as the wine soars from the glass in a blaze of tart orange, smoke, very stony and complex minerality, bread fruit, leesy tones, lemongrass and a gently briny topnote. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and utterly refined on the attack, with a rock solid core, great stony soil signature, snappy acids and stunning length and grip on the impeccably balanced and laser-like finish. Breathtakingly beautiful Muscadet!"
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