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The October 2019 Auction: Part 3
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Estimate: $450
Top shoulder, very lightly scuffed, very lightly bin soiled, very lightly torn, nicked, partially exposing top of cork capsule, very lightly scuffed, damp stained, lightly mold stained, lightly wine stained, bin soiled, nicked label.
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"The 1947 Canon is a beautiful example of this ripe and powerful vintage, but with as it closes in on age sixty-five, it has mellowed into a velvety and utterly refined bottle of claret. The deep, complex and hauntingly vibrant nose offers up a lovely mélange of fresh and roasted cherries, blood orange, nutskins, sweet Cuban tobacco, the last vestiges of the menthol of youth, chipotle peppers, complex soil tones and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is deep, fullish and intensely flavored, with a lovely core of fruit, seamless balance, superb complexity and a very long, suave and meltingly tannic finish. This wine is interesting in that it starts out after being opened very red fruity and pure, with the more roasted and smoky character of the ’47 vintage building as the wine unfolds in the decanter. At the two hour mark the wine was still at its apogee and the last glass was the most complex and satisfying of all. A superb ’47 with years and years of life still in it."
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"The 1947 Canon is a beautiful example of this ripe and powerful vintage, but with as it closes in on age sixty-five, it has mellowed into a velvety and utterly refined bottle of claret. The deep, complex and hauntingly vibrant nose offers up a lovely mélange of fresh and roasted cherries, blood orange, nutskins, sweet Cuban tobacco, the last vestiges of the menthol of youth, chipotle peppers, complex soil tones and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is deep, fullish and intensely flavored, with a lovely core of fruit, seamless balance, superb complexity and a very long, suave and meltingly tannic finish. This wine is interesting in that it starts out after being opened very red fruity and pure, with the more roasted and smoky character of the ’47 vintage building as the wine unfolds in the decanter. At the two hour mark the wine was still at its apogee and the last glass was the most complex and satisfying of all. A superb ’47 with years and years of life still in it."
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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.
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.