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The Summer 2017 Auction
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Estimate: $250
Base neck, lightly bin soiled label.
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"The 1979 Mount Eden Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the finest examples of this vintage I have had the pleasure to taste in many years. The deep, complex and beautifully proportioned bouquet wafts from the glass in a fine blend of black cherries, plums, woodsmoke, heather, fresh sage, a touch of chocolate, stony soil tones and tobacco leaf. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bdoied and very soil-driven in personality, with a rock solid core, superb complexity and balance, still a bit of tannin to resolve and outstanding length and grip on the focused and very classy finish. A great bottle of 1979 Cabernet, the Mount Eden is just starting to enter its plateau of peak maturity and should prove to still have several decades of superb drinking ahead of it."
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"The 1979 Mount Eden Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the finest examples of this vintage I have had the pleasure to taste in many years. The deep, complex and beautifully proportioned bouquet wafts from the glass in a fine blend of black cherries, plums, woodsmoke, heather, fresh sage, a touch of chocolate, stony soil tones and tobacco leaf. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bdoied and very soil-driven in personality, with a rock solid core, superb complexity and balance, still a bit of tannin to resolve and outstanding length and grip on the focused and very classy finish. A great bottle of 1979 Cabernet, the Mount Eden is just starting to enter its plateau of peak maturity and should prove to still have several decades of superb drinking ahead of it."
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The fourth-largest wine producer in the world, led by California. American fine wine is defined by ripe, expressive fruit and a spirit of innovation, with Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon among the most sought-after wines globally.
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.