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The October 2023 Auction: Part 1
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Estimate: $140
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95+JG
"It was clearly an act of infanticide to open up a bottle of the 2005 les Croix Noires in the Boillot cellars in March, but both Louis and I enjoyed the wine immensely and I have to imagine that several hours later, at the dinner table, this wine might have blossomed quite nicely and been a very attractive partner at the table. The bouquet is very young and very sappy in personality, offering up a gorgeous blend of black cherries, sweet dark berries, gamebird, dark soil tones, bonfire, a bit of charred wood, a hint of cedar and a pungent topnote of violets. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and absolutely bottomless at the core, with impeccable balance, fine-grained tannins, tangy acids and superb focus and grip on the very, very long, still quite youthful finish. This will probably be the greatest wine produced here in this range of vintages, but it will need time in the cellar- like so many of the top 2005s."
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"It was clearly an act of infanticide to open up a bottle of the 2005 les Croix Noires in the Boillot cellars in March, but both Louis and I enjoyed the wine immensely and I have to imagine that several hours later, at the dinner table, this wine might have blossomed quite nicely and been a very attractive partner at the table. The bouquet is very young and very sappy in personality, offering up a gorgeous blend of black cherries, sweet dark berries, gamebird, dark soil tones, bonfire, a bit of charred wood, a hint of cedar and a pungent topnote of violets. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and absolutely bottomless at the core, with impeccable balance, fine-grained tannins, tangy acids and superb focus and grip on the very, very long, still quite youthful finish. This will probably be the greatest wine produced here in this range of vintages, but it will need time in the cellar- like so many of the top 2005s."
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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.
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.
Pommard is a village AOC in Burgundy's Cote de Beaune with noted Premier Crus, producing dark, powerful and tannic Pinot Noir reds of firm structure and earthy depth built for aging.
2005 in Burgundy is a legendary vintage from a near-ideal, dry growing season; both reds and whites are concentrated, structured and superbly balanced, with dense tannins and exceptional long-term aging potential.
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.