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The October 2023 Auction: Part 2
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Estimate: $2,500
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96JG
"These old vines in Blanchot have really excelled in 2018. The wine offers up a brilliant bouquet of apple, pear, citrus blossoms, beeswax, a profound base of chalky minerality, just a touch of vanillin oak and a topnote of lemon zest. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very racy in personality, with a superb core, great mineral drive and a very, very long, very pure and vibrant finish. I cannot ever recall tasting a young vintage of Blanchot chez Raveneau that is as magical as the 2018! Great, great juice."
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"These old vines in Blanchot have really excelled in 2018. The wine offers up a brilliant bouquet of apple, pear, citrus blossoms, beeswax, a profound base of chalky minerality, just a touch of vanillin oak and a topnote of lemon zest. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very racy in personality, with a superb core, great mineral drive and a very, very long, very pure and vibrant finish. I cannot ever recall tasting a young vintage of Blanchot chez Raveneau that is as magical as the 2018! Great, great juice."
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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.
Produces steely, mineral Chardonnay from Kimmeridgian limestone in Burgundy's cool north, prized for precision, purity and saline drive.
2018 in Burgundy was hot and dry with a large crop, producing ripe, rich and powerful reds of generous fruit; the whites are full-bodied but require care, as some show lower acidity.
The world's most versatile white grape, producing everything from steely Chablis to rich, oaked whites. Its neutrality makes it a mirror of terroir and winemaking, and the foundation of white Burgundy and Champagne.