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The October 2018 Distinguished Cellar Auction, Part II
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Estimate: $80
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"Wonderful tight spicy, savoury, dark fruited nose is ripe but balanced. The palate is powerful and bold but with smooth tannins. Nice structure here and a bit of earthy minerality. Dense and youthful now, this has real potential. A superb wine."
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"Wonderful tight spicy, savoury, dark fruited nose is ripe but balanced. The palate is powerful and bold but with smooth tannins. Nice structure here and a bit of earthy minerality. Dense and youthful now, this has real potential. A superb wine."
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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.
A rugged Catalan region whose steep llicorella slate slopes produce dense, mineral Garnacha and Carinena. Low yields and old vines give wines of great intensity and concentration.
One of only two wines with Spain's top DOQ status, yielding dense, mineral Garnacha and Carinena from steep slate slopes.
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.
A warm-climate red giving generous, high-alcohol wines of red fruit and spice. It anchors southern Rhone blends and old-vine wines in Spain and Australia.
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.
Syrah (Shiraz) produces dark, powerful reds with black fruit, pepper and smoked-meat notes. It yields elegant, perfumed wines in the northern Rhone and bold, rich styles in Australia.