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The July 2024 Auction: Part 1
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Estimate: $225
Base neck, lightly corroded capsule, lightly scuffed label.
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96 RP "The Cabernet Sauvignon-Cask 23 continues to display one of the most distinctive and exotic bouquets of any California Cabernet-based wine. The 1985 Cask 23 remains an awesome bottle of wine. The dense, impressive, dark ruby/garnet color has the appearance of a highly extracted wine. The nose seems to create an overload on one's olfactory senses. An extraordinary bouquet of coffee, chocolate, black fruits, cedar, hickory smoke, and super-ripe Damson plums roars from the glass. The wine has a voluptuous texture as well as extraordinary concentration and depth. These attributes only serve to partially hide the considerable tannins in the finish. The overall impression is one of profound flavors, awesome extract and flavor dimension. This wine will continue to age well . . ." 93 RP "This wine is unquestionably one of the super-stars of the 1985 vintage. . . intense, exotic perfume (hickory smoke, blackcurrants, vanilla, and Asian spices) and sweet, opulent, fleshy palate. . . This is a great, young, extremely complex and compelling California Cabernet Sauvignon-based wine that should age effortlessly. . ."
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96 RP "The Cabernet Sauvignon-Cask 23 continues to display one of the most distinctive and exotic bouquets of any California Cabernet-based wine. The 1985 Cask 23 remains an awesome bottle of wine. The dense, impressive, dark ruby/garnet color has the appearance of a highly extracted wine. The nose seems to create an overload on one's olfactory senses. An extraordinary bouquet of coffee, chocolate, black fruits, cedar, hickory smoke, and super-ripe Damson plums roars from the glass. The wine has a voluptuous texture as well as extraordinary concentration and depth. These attributes only serve to partially hide the considerable tannins in the finish. The overall impression is one of profound flavors, awesome extract and flavor dimension. This wine will continue to age well . . ." 93 RP "This wine is unquestionably one of the super-stars of the 1985 vintage. . . intense, exotic perfume (hickory smoke, blackcurrants, vanilla, and Asian spices) and sweet, opulent, fleshy palate. . . This is a great, young, extremely complex and compelling California Cabernet Sauvignon-based wine that should age effortlessly. . ."
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