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The October 2020 Auction: Part 2
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Estimate: $160
Lightly damp stained, lightly scuffed, lightly torn label.
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"Olivier Humbrecht fashioned extraordinary Rieslings from the 1994 vintage (a magnum of his '94 Riesling Rangen de Thann Clos St. Urbain consumed recently at Napa's stellar French Laundry was utterly breathtaking). The Clos Windsbuhl exhibits a healthy green/straw color and mind-boggling aromas reminiscent of petrol, fresh herbs, candied lemons, tea, and loads of minerals. This full-bodied, silky-textured wine is a show-stopper. Its unbelievably precise, delineated, and focused personality is redolent with liquid minerals and super-ripe citrus fruits whose flavors last throughout its amazingly long finish. Magnificent to drink at present, this bone-dry beauty has the potential to last twenty years or more."
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"Olivier Humbrecht fashioned extraordinary Rieslings from the 1994 vintage (a magnum of his '94 Riesling Rangen de Thann Clos St. Urbain consumed recently at Napa's stellar French Laundry was utterly breathtaking). The Clos Windsbuhl exhibits a healthy green/straw color and mind-boggling aromas reminiscent of petrol, fresh herbs, candied lemons, tea, and loads of minerals. This full-bodied, silky-textured wine is a show-stopper. Its unbelievably precise, delineated, and focused personality is redolent with liquid minerals and super-ripe citrus fruits whose flavors last throughout its amazingly long finish. Magnificent to drink at present, this bone-dry beauty has the potential to last twenty years or more."
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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.
Sheltered by the Vosges mountains, Alsace produces aromatic, mostly dry varietal whites - Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Gris - of exceptional purity and ageability.
A highly aromatic white of piercing acidity and transparency to terroir, ranging from bone-dry to lusciously sweet. It ages remarkably and is the noble grape of Germany and Alsace.