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The January 2024 Auction: Part 4
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Estimate: $350
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93DM
"The Reserve Claret blends 72% Merlot and 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, aged 20 months in 50% new French oak—generous aromas of spiced red plums, fig, and underbrush with lofty cedarwood. It builds with a creamy richness on the palate, and with air comes more generous red berry fruits, black cherry, and even blood orange with heady mocha notes layered amid sappy tannins. It's the Merlot that lends flesh, while the Cabernet brings heft and backbone. Yields were down 70% due to the Glass Fire."
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"The Reserve Claret blends 72% Merlot and 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, aged 20 months in 50% new French oak—generous aromas of spiced red plums, fig, and underbrush with lofty cedarwood. It builds with a creamy richness on the palate, and with air comes more generous red berry fruits, black cherry, and even blood orange with heady mocha notes layered amid sappy tannins. It's the Merlot that lends flesh, while the Cabernet brings heft and backbone. Yields were down 70% due to the Glass Fire."
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The fourth-largest wine producer in the world, led by California. American fine wine is defined by ripe, expressive fruit and a spirit of innovation, with Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon among the most sought-after wines globally.
The world's most planted premium red grape, yielding deeply colored, tannic and structured wines with cassis, cedar and graphite notes. Firm tannins and acidity make it exceptionally age-worthy, whether as a varietal or the backbone of a Bordeaux blend.
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.