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The April 2024 Auction: Part 1
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Estimate: $425
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"The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Croquet Vineyard offers a more textbook Howell Mountain profile with its blue fruits, scrub brush, pine/forest floor, and violet-like aromas and flavors. With stunning purity of fruit, polished tannins, and full-bodied mouthfeel, this beautiful, elegant yet powerful mountain Cabernet can be drunk today or cellared for 15-20 years."
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"The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Croquet Vineyard offers a more textbook Howell Mountain profile with its blue fruits, scrub brush, pine/forest floor, and violet-like aromas and flavors. With stunning purity of fruit, polished tannins, and full-bodied mouthfeel, this beautiful, elegant yet powerful mountain Cabernet can be drunk today or cellared for 15-20 years."
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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.
California's most prestigious wine region, celebrated worldwide for opulent, structured Cabernet Sauvignon. Diverse soils and mountain-to-valley-floor sites yield wines of remarkable ripeness, power and longevity.
California's flagship appellation for opulent, structured Cabernet Sauvignon of ripe fruit, plush tannins and cellar-worthy depth.
2017 in Napa Valley saw a wet winter, a scorching Labor Day heat spike and October wildfires; Cabernet picked before the fires is ripe and generous, but quality is variable across this challenging vintage.
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.