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The November 2016 Internet-Only Auction Part 1
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Estimate: $160
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90VM
"From a high-altitude 1982 planting whose fruit nonetheless attracted considerable botrytis, this brims with sappy, tart-edged fresh orange, apple, and pear, to which a glossy, glycerol-rich texture offers contrast. There are unobtrusive hints of lanolin and resin from the relatively new cask in which this fermented and matured. The wineâs [showing] formidable density and its oily, zesty orange and kumquat cling . . ."
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"From a high-altitude 1982 planting whose fruit nonetheless attracted considerable botrytis, this brims with sappy, tart-edged fresh orange, apple, and pear, to which a glossy, glycerol-rich texture offers contrast. There are unobtrusive hints of lanolin and resin from the relatively new cask in which this fermented and matured. The wineâs [showing] formidable density and its oily, zesty orange and kumquat cling . . ."
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The spiritual home of Riesling, producing wines of piercing acidity, precision and longevity across a spectrum from bone-dry to lusciously sweet. Cool, steep-sloped vineyards along the Mosel and Rhine yield some of the world's most delicate, long-lived whites.
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