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The August 2025 Auction: Part 4
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Estimate: $170
4x2.0cm, 4 nicked labels.
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"X Novo is a relatively new vineyard that was planted by Craig Williams (long-time winemaker at Joseph Phelps) in 2010 on a base of three feet of volcanic soils over a base of pure rock. Craig planted the vineyard at a high density of three thousand vines per acre and this has quickly become Walter Scott’s most highly sought-after bottling of chardonnay- with very good reason. Beginning with the 2016 vintage, Ken and Erica have contracted to purchase all of the chardonnay from X Novo, which is very good news. The 2015 version offers up the most reserved, but also the deepest nose of the three chardonnay bottlings that I sampled, offering up a fine aromatic constellation of pear, fresh almond, lemon zest, complex minerality and a discreet framing of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and racy, with a great core, superb transparency and great cut and grip on the very long, primary and oh, so promising finish. The balance here is beautiful and the wine has such enormous backend energy that it will clearly be brilliant when it has had a chance to fully blossom!"
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"X Novo is a relatively new vineyard that was planted by Craig Williams (long-time winemaker at Joseph Phelps) in 2010 on a base of three feet of volcanic soils over a base of pure rock. Craig planted the vineyard at a high density of three thousand vines per acre and this has quickly become Walter Scott’s most highly sought-after bottling of chardonnay- with very good reason. Beginning with the 2016 vintage, Ken and Erica have contracted to purchase all of the chardonnay from X Novo, which is very good news. The 2015 version offers up the most reserved, but also the deepest nose of the three chardonnay bottlings that I sampled, offering up a fine aromatic constellation of pear, fresh almond, lemon zest, complex minerality and a discreet framing of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and racy, with a great core, superb transparency and great cut and grip on the very long, primary and oh, so promising finish. The balance here is beautiful and the wine has such enormous backend energy that it will clearly be brilliant when it has had a chance to fully blossom!"
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