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The August 2018 Distinguished Cellar Auction
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Estimate: $600
1 Lightly scuffed label, #011898, 011907.
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99WA
"The 2011 Release is rich, spicy, and complex. It has impeccable balance and another 20 years of life. It simply does not get any better."
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Red
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"The 2011 Release is rich, spicy, and complex. It has impeccable balance and another 20 years of life. It simply does not get any better."
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Spain has the largest area under vine of any country and a deep tradition of oak-aged reds. Tempranillo-based wines from Rioja and Ribera del Duero, alongside Priorat's Garnacha and Carinena, anchor its fine-wine reputation.
On Spain's high central plateau, Ribera del Duero makes powerful, concentrated Tempranillo (locally Tinto Fino). Wide day-night temperature swings yield deeply colored, structured and age-worthy reds.
Produces powerful, deeply colored Tempranillo from Spain's high plateau, prized for concentration and structure.
Spain's noble red grape, producing structured, savory wines of red fruit and leather that respond beautifully to oak aging in Rioja and Ribera del Duero.