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The Winter 2010 Live Auction
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Lot 210
Estimate: $4,250
Top shoulder; wrinkled capsule, slightly protruding cork with attached, original branded cork, severely worn, bin soiled, torn, original 19th century label still intact with no vintage date visible. Worn, bin soiled, stained, torn, modern label clearly indicates "1893" vintage designation. Strip label indicates "rebouchee" done in 1980's by Maitre de Chai of Lafite Rothschild.
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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.
Home to three of Bordeaux's five First Growths, Pauillac is the Left Bank benchmark for powerful, structured Cabernet Sauvignon. Its wines are famed for cassis, cedar and graphite notes and exceptional aging potential.
Chateau Lafite Rothschild is a First Growth estate in Pauillac, Bordeaux, celebrated for exceptionally refined, elegant and ageworthy Cabernet-dominated wines, and among the most prestigious names in the world.
