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The November 2018 Distinguished Cellar Auction
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Estimate: $75
Lightly scuffed label.
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89-92ST
"Highly nuanced nose combines peach, spicy oak, ginger, quinine, smoked meat and sulfides. Rich, round and generous, with lovely acidity and a trace of hard-edged stoniness. The smoked meat note carries through on the palate. At once powerful and elegant; a Puligny-like style of Chassagne."
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White
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"Highly nuanced nose combines peach, spicy oak, ginger, quinine, smoked meat and sulfides. Rich, round and generous, with lovely acidity and a trace of hard-edged stoniness. The smoked meat note carries through on the palate. At once powerful and elegant; a Puligny-like style of Chassagne."
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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.
Produces the world's most revered Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from a mosaic of tiny, terroir-defined climats. Its hierarchy of village, Premier Cru and Grand Cru vineyards makes site the ultimate expression of quality.
Chassagne-Montrachet is a village AOC in Burgundy's Cote de Beaune with numerous Premier Crus, renowned above all for rich, nutty, mineral Chardonnay whites, though it also makes firm Pinot Noir reds.
The world's most versatile white grape, producing everything from steely Chablis to rich, oaked whites. Its neutrality makes it a mirror of terroir and winemaking, and the foundation of white Burgundy and Champagne.