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The June 2023 Auction: Part 1
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Estimate: $85
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92VM
"Opaque ruby. A deeply perfumed bouquet evokes ripe blackberry and blueberry, candied violet and smoky minerals, lifted by a peppery topnote. Concentrated and broad on the palate, offering powerful dark berry and cherry cola flavors and suave back-end floral character. Finishes sweet and very long, with mounting tannins and lingering spiciness. This small domain, with just two hectares of vines in some of the appellation's best sites (Reynard, Mazards and La CĂ´te), has been steadily improving its wines in recent vintages, which is something of an obligation given that Mr. Verset is the nephew of the late NoĂŤl Verset, one of the RhĂ´ne Valley's most venerated producers. Production here is traditional; hot fermentation in concrete tanks is followed by basket-pressing of whole clusters and no yeast additions, and the wine is aged in old (5- to 6-year-old) old casks for 20 to 24 months and bottled without filtration. Fans of old-school Cornas, or northern RhĂ´ne red wines in general, should seek them out, but production is only on the order of about 900 to 1,000 cases per vintage, so the hunt might prove difficult."
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"Opaque ruby. A deeply perfumed bouquet evokes ripe blackberry and blueberry, candied violet and smoky minerals, lifted by a peppery topnote. Concentrated and broad on the palate, offering powerful dark berry and cherry cola flavors and suave back-end floral character. Finishes sweet and very long, with mounting tannins and lingering spiciness. This small domain, with just two hectares of vines in some of the appellation's best sites (Reynard, Mazards and La CĂ´te), has been steadily improving its wines in recent vintages, which is something of an obligation given that Mr. Verset is the nephew of the late NoĂŤl Verset, one of the RhĂ´ne Valley's most venerated producers. Production here is traditional; hot fermentation in concrete tanks is followed by basket-pressing of whole clusters and no yeast additions, and the wine is aged in old (5- to 6-year-old) old casks for 20 to 24 months and bottled without filtration. Fans of old-school Cornas, or northern RhĂ´ne red wines in general, should seek them out, but production is only on the order of about 900 to 1,000 cases per vintage, so the hunt might prove difficult."
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