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The October 2021 Auction: Part 2
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Estimate: $2,500
Nicked, lightly corroded, lightly mold stained capsule, damp stained, nicked, faded, lightly mold stained, scuffed label.
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97VM
"Bright red color is still amazingly youthful. Perfumed, penetrating aromas of superripe red cherry, tobacco, licorice and leather display lovely freshness and great complexity. Then creamy, dense and rich in the mouth, with compelling sweetness to the highly concentrated red cherry flavor complicated by mocha, cedar and graphite. A superlative wine made in tiny quantities: powerful, dense and multilayered. It is still youthful today and aging splendidly."
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"Bright red color is still amazingly youthful. Perfumed, penetrating aromas of superripe red cherry, tobacco, licorice and leather display lovely freshness and great complexity. Then creamy, dense and rich in the mouth, with compelling sweetness to the highly concentrated red cherry flavor complicated by mocha, cedar and graphite. A superlative wine made in tiny quantities: powerful, dense and multilayered. It is still youthful today and aging splendidly."
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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.
The world's largest fine-wine region, built around blends of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Divided by the Gironde estuary into the structured Left Bank and the plush, Merlot-led Right Bank, it is the historic benchmark for age-worthy claret and sweet Sauternes.
Chateau Gruaud-Larose is a Second Growth estate in Saint-Julien, Bordeaux, known for powerful, robust and richly structured Cabernet-based wines built for long cellaring.
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.