The July 2025 Auction: Part 3
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Estimate: $425
Very lightly scuffed label.
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96 · 94
96 FM "Strong carmine-garnet. Delicately animale, nutty, blackberry confit, liquorice, truffle: an opulent bouquet. Juicy and dense with sweet extract, a discreet note of Brettanomyces, fresh acidity, chocolatey and long-finishing; a chunky wine with great length and sweet dark berry fruit in the finish." 94 RP "The 1997 Dominus, a blend of 86.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc, and 4.5% Merlot, is showing fabulously well . . . . This wine is a fleshy, silky-textured, opulent wine with a gorgeous nose of roasted herbs, coffee, jammy black cherry and plum-like fruit."
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96 FM "Strong carmine-garnet. Delicately animale, nutty, blackberry confit, liquorice, truffle: an opulent bouquet. Juicy and dense with sweet extract, a discreet note of Brettanomyces, fresh acidity, chocolatey and long-finishing; a chunky wine with great length and sweet dark berry fruit in the finish." 94 RP "The 1997 Dominus, a blend of 86.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc, and 4.5% Merlot, is showing fabulously well . . . . This wine is a fleshy, silky-textured, opulent wine with a gorgeous nose of roasted herbs, coffee, jammy black cherry and plum-like fruit."
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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.
Yountville is a sub-AVA in central Napa Valley, California, producing balanced, structured Cabernet Sauvignon of ripe dark fruit and firm yet refined tannins, blending power with elegance.
Dominus Estate is Christian Moueix's Napa Valley property centered on the historic Napanook vineyard in Yountville, producing a structured, Bordeaux-styled Cabernet-dominated red (with Napanook as its second wine).
An aromatic red grape lending perfume, red fruit and a leafy, savory edge. It thrives in the Loire and as a key blending partner in Bordeaux, especially Saint-Emilion.
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.