The May 2026 Auction: Part 2
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Estimate: $185
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99JD
âThe 2019 The Bard checks in as 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot, and the rest Petit Verdot, and itâs another dense, rich, powerful wine from this team that readers are going to absolutely love. Coming from throughout the valley (itâs always a great representation of the vintage), it offers up a brilliant nose of crème de cassis, ripe plums, graphite, scorched earth, and chocolate. About as seamless as they come on the palate, itâs full-bodied and has a thrilling texture, building tannins, and a gorgeous finish. Itâs one of those wines where I feel like Iâm overusing adjectives, but itâs warranted.â 99 points, Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com
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âThe 2019 The Bard checks in as 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot, and the rest Petit Verdot, and itâs another dense, rich, powerful wine from this team that readers are going to absolutely love. Coming from throughout the valley (itâs always a great representation of the vintage), it offers up a brilliant nose of crème de cassis, ripe plums, graphite, scorched earth, and chocolate. About as seamless as they come on the palate, itâs full-bodied and has a thrilling texture, building tannins, and a gorgeous finish. Itâs one of those wines where I feel like Iâm overusing adjectives, but itâs warranted.â 99 points, Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com
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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.
California's flagship appellation for opulent, structured Cabernet Sauvignon of ripe fruit, plush tannins and cellar-worthy depth.
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.
Produces plush, supple, fruit-forward reds with plum and chocolate notes. Softer and earlier-maturing than Cabernet, it adds flesh and roundness to blends and stars in Right Bank Bordeaux.
A deeply colored, tannic Bordeaux blending grape adding color, structure and floral, spicy complexity in small proportions.