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The November 2022 Auction: Part 2
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Estimate: $40
Base neck, lightly scuffed capsule, lightly scuffed label.
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91JG
"In the decade of the 1980s, Château La Louvière (very quietly) made some really lovely red wines and the 1986 is one of my favorite vintages here from this era . . . . the ’86 La Louvière is drinking splendidly, offering up a fine nose of dark berries, cigar smoke, a touch of sealing wax, tobacco leaf, gamebird, coffee and just a hint of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, focused and beautifully balanced, with a lovely core of fruit, modest tannins and impressive length and grip on the tangy and complex finish. Good juice by any measure."
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"In the decade of the 1980s, Château La Louvière (very quietly) made some really lovely red wines and the 1986 is one of my favorite vintages here from this era . . . . the ’86 La Louvière is drinking splendidly, offering up a fine nose of dark berries, cigar smoke, a touch of sealing wax, tobacco leaf, gamebird, coffee and just a hint of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, focused and beautifully balanced, with a lovely core of fruit, modest tannins and impressive length and grip on the tangy and complex finish. Good juice by any measure."
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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.
In the Graves, the only Bordeaux appellation renowned for both reds and dry whites. Gravelly soils yield smoky, mineral reds and age-worthy Sauvignon-Semillon blends.
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.
Produces plush, supple, fruit-forward reds with plum and chocolate notes. Softer and earlier-maturing than Cabernet, it adds flesh and roundness to blends and stars in Right Bank Bordeaux.