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The January 2012 Internet-Only Auction Part 2
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Lot 921
Estimate: $1,400
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97JG
"The 1929 Beychevelle is an absolutely beautiful bottle of wine that, amazingly, still has decades of life in it. I had tasted this wine on one previous occasion, where a bit of volatile acidity was present, but this most recent bottle was absolutely pristine and drinking magically. The hauntingly pure and refined nose soars from the glass in a perfumed mélange of smoked meats, cherries, a touch of blood orange, nutskins, gentle smoky tones, a beautiful base of soil, Cuban tobacco and a touch of cocoa powder in the upper register. On the palate the wine is fullish, pure and stunningly complex, with perfect focus and balance, bright, beautifully integrated acids, a lingering memory of the tannins that are now gone and stunning length and grip on the quintessentially elegant finish. At eighty-two years of age, the 1929 Beychevelle remains at its summit of peak drinkability and is one of the most beautiful bottles of claret I have ever had the pleasure to taste."
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"The 1929 Beychevelle is an absolutely beautiful bottle of wine that, amazingly, still has decades of life in it. I had tasted this wine on one previous occasion, where a bit of volatile acidity was present, but this most recent bottle was absolutely pristine and drinking magically. The hauntingly pure and refined nose soars from the glass in a perfumed mélange of smoked meats, cherries, a touch of blood orange, nutskins, gentle smoky tones, a beautiful base of soil, Cuban tobacco and a touch of cocoa powder in the upper register. On the palate the wine is fullish, pure and stunningly complex, with perfect focus and balance, bright, beautifully integrated acids, a lingering memory of the tannins that are now gone and stunning length and grip on the quintessentially elegant finish. At eighty-two years of age, the 1929 Beychevelle remains at its summit of peak drinkability and is one of the most beautiful bottles of claret I have ever had the pleasure to taste."
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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.
Chateau Beychevelle is a Fourth Growth estate in Saint-Julien, Bordeaux, famous for its riverside chateau and known for elegant, harmonious, approachable Cabernet-dominated wines.
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.