The Autumn 2010 Live Auction
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Estimate: $1,300
Six base neck.
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95NM
". . . this is certainly a much deeper colour than the Tignanello 1995. A very intense nose of black truffles, more savoury notes of bacon fat and pain grillĂŠ â the Cabernet Franc seems quite pronounced. The palate is full-bodied sinewy and masculine. Red cherry, cedar, espresso and blackberry: this tannic, perhaps conservative Solaia will demand another decade before it reaches its plateau of maturity."
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". . . this is certainly a much deeper colour than the Tignanello 1995. A very intense nose of black truffles, more savoury notes of bacon fat and pain grillĂŠ â the Cabernet Franc seems quite pronounced. The palate is full-bodied sinewy and masculine. Red cherry, cedar, espresso and blackberry: this tannic, perhaps conservative Solaia will demand another decade before it reaches its plateau of maturity."
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