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The August 2018 Internet-Only Auction Part 4
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Estimate: $50
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91 ¡ 90-92
91 JG "The Colline de Couzou bottling from Patrick and Christophe Bonnefond is their entry level bottling of CĂ´te-RĂ´tie, with the vines ranging from ten to forty years of age and the wine raised in a combination of older barrels and demi-muids and seeing no new oak. The Bonnefond brothers farm five and a half hectares of vines, with four and a half of these in the CĂ´te de Brune vineyards of les Roziers, CĂ´te Rozier and les Rochains (the latter two which surround La Landonne) and one hectare in the vineyard of les Semons in the far southern end of the CĂ´te de Blonde. The 2014 Colline de Couzou is very classic and quite CĂ´te de Brune in profile (despite including the fruit from les Semons in the blend), delivering a youthful bouquet of smoky black raspberry fruit, grilled venison, raw cocoa, pepper, black olive and a fine base of soil tones. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and tightly-knit, with marvelous transparency, ripe, fine-grained tannins, a good core and impressive length and grip on the nascently complex finish. This will be a very elegant expression of the vintage . . ." 90-92 VM âInky ruby. Ripe dark berry and cherry compote scents complemented by suggestions of licorice and pungent flowers. Deep and sweet but lively as well, offering sappy black and blue fruit flavors and a jolt of peppery spices. The long, subtly sweet finish features supple tannins and a lingering floral note.â
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91 JG "The Colline de Couzou bottling from Patrick and Christophe Bonnefond is their entry level bottling of CĂ´te-RĂ´tie, with the vines ranging from ten to forty years of age and the wine raised in a combination of older barrels and demi-muids and seeing no new oak. The Bonnefond brothers farm five and a half hectares of vines, with four and a half of these in the CĂ´te de Brune vineyards of les Roziers, CĂ´te Rozier and les Rochains (the latter two which surround La Landonne) and one hectare in the vineyard of les Semons in the far southern end of the CĂ´te de Blonde. The 2014 Colline de Couzou is very classic and quite CĂ´te de Brune in profile (despite including the fruit from les Semons in the blend), delivering a youthful bouquet of smoky black raspberry fruit, grilled venison, raw cocoa, pepper, black olive and a fine base of soil tones. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and tightly-knit, with marvelous transparency, ripe, fine-grained tannins, a good core and impressive length and grip on the nascently complex finish. This will be a very elegant expression of the vintage . . ." 90-92 VM âInky ruby. Ripe dark berry and cherry compote scents complemented by suggestions of licorice and pungent flowers. Deep and sweet but lively as well, offering sappy black and blue fruit flavors and a jolt of peppery spices. The long, subtly sweet finish features supple tannins and a lingering floral note.â
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