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The August 2021 Auction: Part 4
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Estimate: $12,000
Lightly marked label. Purchased by seller directly from Martine Saunier.
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94JG
"This was a very interesting bottle, as the sommelier at the restaurant L’Ameloise in Chagny (just south of Puligny-Montrachet) tried half-heartedly to talk us out of this selection, which he called 'a little dry,' but good for the vintage. Our curiosity convinced us to proceed anyway, and over the first glass and a half, it seemed that we should have taken the sommelier’s warning more seriously. The wine was aromatically magical, but the fruit was cut short initially by a serious bit of astringent tannin from the mid-palate back (this was after already an hour in decanter). However, halfway through the second glass, this wine really blossomed, with the fruit sweetening up and easily covering the previously obtrusive tannin. At that point we felt vindicated, as the bouquet of plums, black cherries, coffee, duck, vinesmoke, intense Vosne spices, mineral, and cedary, spicy wood had already been exploding since the first pour. Ultimately, the wine is full-bodied, very complex and long, with fine depth of fruit, a bit of old-fashioned structure, and a long, moderately tannic finish of great grip. I would guess that this wine will always have a bit of tannin, but with enough air, it is pretty profound stuff."
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"This was a very interesting bottle, as the sommelier at the restaurant L’Ameloise in Chagny (just south of Puligny-Montrachet) tried half-heartedly to talk us out of this selection, which he called 'a little dry,' but good for the vintage. Our curiosity convinced us to proceed anyway, and over the first glass and a half, it seemed that we should have taken the sommelier’s warning more seriously. The wine was aromatically magical, but the fruit was cut short initially by a serious bit of astringent tannin from the mid-palate back (this was after already an hour in decanter). However, halfway through the second glass, this wine really blossomed, with the fruit sweetening up and easily covering the previously obtrusive tannin. At that point we felt vindicated, as the bouquet of plums, black cherries, coffee, duck, vinesmoke, intense Vosne spices, mineral, and cedary, spicy wood had already been exploding since the first pour. Ultimately, the wine is full-bodied, very complex and long, with fine depth of fruit, a bit of old-fashioned structure, and a long, moderately tannic finish of great grip. I would guess that this wine will always have a bit of tannin, but with enough air, it is pretty profound stuff."
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