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The June 2022 Auction: Part 1

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Auction Ends: 6/2/2022 6:00:00 PM PDT

Lot #158. Vincent Girardin Corton-Charlemagne 2007

Description: Consists of 1 Bottle, 0.75L
Score: 93 ST.
"Pale yellow. Very pure, reticent nose hints at minerals, nutmeg, ginger, nut oil and vanilla. Ripe, concentrated and firmly built, with a serious mineral underpinning to support its apple and musky spice flavors. A big, rich, long Corton-Charlemagne that's rather closed today. The grapes ripened in the last three weeks of the 2008 growing season, said Vincent Girardin, who started picking on September 24 and had potential alcohols in the lofty 13.3% range. In 2008 he crushed the grapes (previously he fermented with whole clusters), and he began with a higher percentage of solids in the barrel: five liters, compared to two previously. In 2008, he did a total of just three batonnages, "to give the wines more force." Back when he pressed whole clusters, "the juice was primary but fragile. The vendange entier method is good for wines that are consumed young." Girardin says that the 2007s remind him of the 2004s, but noted that as recently as '04 he aged his grand crus entirely in new barrels. Nowadays it's more like 25% for the premier crus and 30% for the grand crus. I have limited my notes on 2008s to wines that had finished-or nearly completed-their malos by the time of my visit." Stephen Tanzer, Vinous.com, Sep 2009
Provenance: The Multitude Cellar
Notes: Very lightly scuffed, very lightly wine stained label.
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Lot Location: Orange County
Estimate: $225

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