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The November 2023 Auction: Part 1
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"A huge, dramatic wine for the year, the 2014 BĂ©lair-Monange possesses tremendous depth and overall intensity. Succulent black cherry, leather, spice and menthol are some of the many notes that flesh out in this dramatic, massively endowed Saint-Ămilion. The fruit feels very ripe, yet there is plenty of underlying structure and acidity to balance things out. Since 2012, BĂ©lair-Monange has been made from three parcels on gravel, clay and limestone. It is that very intersection that yields one of the most distinctive wines in Saint-Ămilion. The 2014 is also the first vintage that includes fruit from the replanting done on the plateau. BĂ©lair-Monange increasingly gives the two established flagships in the Moueix family's range (Trotanoy and La FlĂ©ur-Petrus) a run for their money."
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"A huge, dramatic wine for the year, the 2014 BĂ©lair-Monange possesses tremendous depth and overall intensity. Succulent black cherry, leather, spice and menthol are some of the many notes that flesh out in this dramatic, massively endowed Saint-Ămilion. The fruit feels very ripe, yet there is plenty of underlying structure and acidity to balance things out. Since 2012, BĂ©lair-Monange has been made from three parcels on gravel, clay and limestone. It is that very intersection that yields one of the most distinctive wines in Saint-Ămilion. The 2014 is also the first vintage that includes fruit from the replanting done on the plateau. BĂ©lair-Monange increasingly gives the two established flagships in the Moueix family's range (Trotanoy and La FlĂ©ur-Petrus) a run for their money."
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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.
2014 in Bordeaux was rescued by a superb, sunny Indian summer after a cool, damp start; the result is a classic, fresh and structured vintage with ripe tannins, good value and solid medium-term aging appeal.
An aromatic red grape lending perfume, red fruit and a leafy, savory edge. It thrives in the Loire and as a key blending partner in Bordeaux, especially Saint-Emilion.
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.