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The August 2017 Distinguished Cellar Auction, Part I
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Estimate: $80
Cracked wax capsule, lightly damp stained label, sign of slight past seepage.
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"A savory white from the Hyde-de Villaine partnership, this grows at Hyde's oldest blocks of chardonnay. It includes fruit from an old Wente selection planted in 1979, and a Calera San Benito selection planted in 1989, both dry-farmed in shallow loam soils. It has the richness of apple butter, cut by gingery acidity. The wine seems to grow fresher with air, its minerality and verve a seductive match for Dungeness crab."
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"A savory white from the Hyde-de Villaine partnership, this grows at Hyde's oldest blocks of chardonnay. It includes fruit from an old Wente selection planted in 1979, and a Calera San Benito selection planted in 1989, both dry-farmed in shallow loam soils. It has the richness of apple butter, cut by gingery acidity. The wine seems to grow fresher with air, its minerality and verve a seductive match for Dungeness crab."
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