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The July 2019 Auction: Part 2
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Estimate: $110
1 Very lightly scuffed label. Late release.
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97JGWA
"1990 was my favourite wine of the night, with its measured richness, elegance and purity. This is why people get excited by Bordeaux . . . . Beautifully elegant wine that’s fine, expressive and pure. Some fine earth and mineral notes along with cherry fruit. The palate is fine and expressive with deliciously pure fruit. Fantastic pure berry and cherry fruit makes this a superbly elegant wine. Thrilling, even."
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"1990 was my favourite wine of the night, with its measured richness, elegance and purity. This is why people get excited by Bordeaux . . . . Beautifully elegant wine that’s fine, expressive and pure. Some fine earth and mineral notes along with cherry fruit. The palate is fine and expressive with deliciously pure fruit. Fantastic pure berry and cherry fruit makes this a superbly elegant wine. Thrilling, even."
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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.
Home to three of Bordeaux's five First Growths, Pauillac is the Left Bank benchmark for powerful, structured Cabernet Sauvignon. Its wines are famed for cassis, cedar and graphite notes and exceptional aging potential.
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.