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The Spring 2018 Distinguished Cellar Auction
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Estimate: $300
Base neck, scuffed capsule, scuffed and lightly bin soiled label.
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95JMQ
"Ruby red. Softly vermilion. Chestnut highlights. Good intensity. Very brilliant. Nose: clean. Very intense. Complex and fine. Rich nuances of ripe fruit, caramel, wood, spice (cloves), cedar. Very alluring . . . . Intense. A slightly warm hint, vanilla and fruit. Licorice note. Palatable and quite compact. Clean attack. Supple, distinguished and remarkably balanced development with a straight shape and an intense structure, very fleshy, very supple, plump, energetic and concentrated. Evolution towards the finish, with flavors of very ripe fruit, crĂšme fraĂźche, slightly austere tannins. But what substance! To follow and to keep. A great '78 and very typically Cabernet. Best to wait."
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"Ruby red. Softly vermilion. Chestnut highlights. Good intensity. Very brilliant. Nose: clean. Very intense. Complex and fine. Rich nuances of ripe fruit, caramel, wood, spice (cloves), cedar. Very alluring . . . . Intense. A slightly warm hint, vanilla and fruit. Licorice note. Palatable and quite compact. Clean attack. Supple, distinguished and remarkably balanced development with a straight shape and an intense structure, very fleshy, very supple, plump, energetic and concentrated. Evolution towards the finish, with flavors of very ripe fruit, crĂšme fraĂźche, slightly austere tannins. But what substance! To follow and to keep. A great '78 and very typically Cabernet. Best to wait."
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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.
An aromatic red grape lending perfume, red fruit and a leafy, savory edge. It thrives in the Loire and as a key blending partner in Bordeaux, especially Saint-Emilion.
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.
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.
A deeply colored, tannic Bordeaux blending grape adding color, structure and floral, spicy complexity in small proportions.