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The December 2019 Auction: Part 2
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Estimate: $25
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"The 2000 Mayacamas cabernet sauvignon is a legend in the making, and it will clearly give even the very top, traditional claret bottlings from this vintage a run for their money over the next forty or fifty years. This is a classic, rock solid and impeccably balanced vintage of Mayacamas that offers up a superb, sappy aromatic mélange of black cherries, dark chocolate, woodsmoke, earth, incipient notes of chipotle and a nice touch of tobacco in the upper register. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, deep and broad-shouldered, with a terrific core of sappy fruit, brisk acidity, ripe, substantial tannins and stunning length and grip on the palate-staining finish. This should be a very worthy follow-up to the heroically proportioned wines of the seventies and eighties from Mayacamas."
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"The 2000 Mayacamas cabernet sauvignon is a legend in the making, and it will clearly give even the very top, traditional claret bottlings from this vintage a run for their money over the next forty or fifty years. This is a classic, rock solid and impeccably balanced vintage of Mayacamas that offers up a superb, sappy aromatic mélange of black cherries, dark chocolate, woodsmoke, earth, incipient notes of chipotle and a nice touch of tobacco in the upper register. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, deep and broad-shouldered, with a terrific core of sappy fruit, brisk acidity, ripe, substantial tannins and stunning length and grip on the palate-staining finish. This should be a very worthy follow-up to the heroically proportioned wines of the seventies and eighties from Mayacamas."
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The fourth-largest wine producer in the world, led by California. American fine wine is defined by ripe, expressive fruit and a spirit of innovation, with Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon among the most sought-after wines globally.
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.