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Estimate: $2,250
1 base neck, 1 very top shoulder, lightly worn capsules, nicked and wine stained labels.
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"An impériale, the only one made, brought by Jacques Thienpont and his wife Fiona, née Morrison - a MW. It had two hours to settle before being served at a dinner following my tasting of Thienpont wines at La Maison du Cygne in Brussels. The wine was remarkably deep for a '91, with opaque core . . . . On the palate, rich, fleshy . . . . a rare treat. My colleague David Elswood then auctioned the empty bottle for Médecins Sans Vacances."
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"An impériale, the only one made, brought by Jacques Thienpont and his wife Fiona, née Morrison - a MW. It had two hours to settle before being served at a dinner following my tasting of Thienpont wines at La Maison du Cygne in Brussels. The wine was remarkably deep for a '91, with opaque core . . . . On the palate, rich, fleshy . . . . a rare treat. My colleague David Elswood then auctioned the empty bottle for Médecins Sans Vacances."
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The world's most influential fine-wine producer and the benchmark for Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne and the Rhone. Its appellation (AOC) system codifies geography, grape and method, and its wines set the global standard for age-worthiness and terroir expression.
The world's largest fine-wine region, built around blends of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Divided by the Gironde estuary into the structured Left Bank and the plush, Merlot-led Right Bank, it is the historic benchmark for age-worthy claret and sweet Sauternes.
A tiny, prestigious Right Bank appellation famed for opulent, velvety Merlot-based wines. Iron-rich clay soils yield some of the world's most coveted and concentrated reds.
Produces plush, supple, fruit-forward reds with plum and chocolate notes. Softer and earlier-maturing than Cabernet, it adds flesh and roundness to blends and stars in Right Bank Bordeaux.