The August 2024 Auction: Part 5
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Lot 145
Estimate: $130
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"This 1999 is elegant and fruity, with notes of dried herbs, leather, new oak, earth, and copious quantities of black currant and strawberry fruit."
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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.