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The March 2023 Auction: Part 1
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Estimate: $900
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93+JG
"The 1996 Les Cras from Domaine Roumier is a gorgeous example of the vintage and is now at its apogee and drinking with great style and breed. Christophe opened this up in the cellar after a very good bottle of 2002 Ruchottes-Chambertin, and this was a decided step up! The beautiful nose jumps from the glass in a blaze of black cherries, black truffles, gamebird, a bit of charred wood, dark soil tones, woodsmoke and am exotic touch of fresh eucalyptus in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, complex and beautifully balanced, with a very sappy core of fruit, great transparency, lovely complexity, melting tannins and a very long, tangy and laser-like finish. This is a beautifully resolved 1996 red Burgundy that is just entering into its plateau of maturity, where it will delight Burgundy lovers for the next two to three decades!"
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"The 1996 Les Cras from Domaine Roumier is a gorgeous example of the vintage and is now at its apogee and drinking with great style and breed. Christophe opened this up in the cellar after a very good bottle of 2002 Ruchottes-Chambertin, and this was a decided step up! The beautiful nose jumps from the glass in a blaze of black cherries, black truffles, gamebird, a bit of charred wood, dark soil tones, woodsmoke and am exotic touch of fresh eucalyptus in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, complex and beautifully balanced, with a very sappy core of fruit, great transparency, lovely complexity, melting tannins and a very long, tangy and laser-like finish. This is a beautifully resolved 1996 red Burgundy that is just entering into its plateau of maturity, where it will delight Burgundy lovers for the next two to three decades!"
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Produces the world's most revered Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from a mosaic of tiny, terroir-defined climats. Its hierarchy of village, Premier Cru and Grand Cru vineyards makes site the ultimate expression of quality.
Produces the most delicate and perfumed reds of the Cote de Nuits, prized for floral elegance and silky texture.
A thin-skinned, terroir-sensitive red producing perfumed, silky and elegant wines of red-berry fruit and earthy complexity. It reaches its apogee in Burgundy.