The August 2024 Auction: Part 1
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Estimate: $350
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"Checking in as a mix of 52% Sauvignon Blanc and 48% Sémillon, the lightly hued 2019 La Clarte De Haut-Brion Blanc offers a great bouquet of white citrus, white flowers, honeyed grapefruit, and a touch of chalky minerality. Beautiful on the palate as well, it has medium-bodied richness, nicely integrated acidity, and just a pure, vibrant, focused style that still brings good depth of fruit. It should have 15 years of prime drinking."
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"Checking in as a mix of 52% Sauvignon Blanc and 48% Sémillon, the lightly hued 2019 La Clarte De Haut-Brion Blanc offers a great bouquet of white citrus, white flowers, honeyed grapefruit, and a touch of chalky minerality. Beautiful on the palate as well, it has medium-bodied richness, nicely integrated acidity, and just a pure, vibrant, focused style that still brings good depth of fruit. It should have 15 years of prime drinking."
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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.
In the Graves, the only Bordeaux appellation renowned for both reds and dry whites. Gravelly soils yield smoky, mineral reds and age-worthy Sauvignon-Semillon blends.
2019 in Bordeaux was a warm, balanced vintage that retained freshness despite summer heat spikes; the wines are ripe yet classically proportioned, with silky tannins, aromatic lift, strong value and fine aging potential.
Yields crisp, aromatic whites with citrus, herb and grassy notes. It shines in the Loire, Bordeaux blends and around the world for its refreshing zip.
Prized both for age-worthy dry whites and, when affected by noble rot, the great sweet wines of Sauternes. It offers waxy texture and honeyed depth.