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The August 2021 Auction: Part 2
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Estimate: $3,500
4cm, Very lightly wine stained, very lightly wrinkled capsule, nicked, damp stained, lightly scuffed label.
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98JG
"I had not crossed paths with a bottle of the 1971 Drouhin Musigny since I was preparing my article on the wine all the way back in Issue Three in 2006. It was a long, six year drought, but this utterly stunning bottle (shared at a New Year’s Eve fête here in New York with a very generous subscriber) more than made up for the lost time. The hauntingly brilliant nose soars from the glass in a blaze of cherries, red plums, a touch of heather, orange zest, coffee, sous bois, mustard seed, woodsmoke and a glorious base of Musigny’s iron-laced soil. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and magically pure on the attack, with a sappy core of fruit, brilliant transparency, tangy acids, melting tannins and simply stunning length and grip on the glorious finish. This timeless beauty has decades of magic ahead of it. Man, I love Musigny."
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"I had not crossed paths with a bottle of the 1971 Drouhin Musigny since I was preparing my article on the wine all the way back in Issue Three in 2006. It was a long, six year drought, but this utterly stunning bottle (shared at a New Year’s Eve fête here in New York with a very generous subscriber) more than made up for the lost time. The hauntingly brilliant nose soars from the glass in a blaze of cherries, red plums, a touch of heather, orange zest, coffee, sous bois, mustard seed, woodsmoke and a glorious base of Musigny’s iron-laced soil. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and magically pure on the attack, with a sappy core of fruit, brilliant transparency, tangy acids, melting tannins and simply stunning length and grip on the glorious finish. This timeless beauty has decades of magic ahead of it. Man, I love Musigny."
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