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The March 2013 Internet-Only Auction Part 4
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Lot 188
Estimate: $750
One mid shoulder, one low shoulder, nicked, one lighlty corroded and one tissue stained capsule, excellent color.
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92NM
"The last time I drank this was on Christmas Day some five years ago. This remains a very commendable Leoville Poyferre that like the 1982, is equal to its supposed Saint Julien peers. A similar nose to that last bottle: high toned, exotic in comparison to other wines with dates, macerated cherries and raisins. Medium-bodied, opulent palate with a certain sappy quality to the texture. It lacks a little grip and length, almost flirting with volatility, but by the finish you cannot help being seduced by this rather ostentatious wine."
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"The last time I drank this was on Christmas Day some five years ago. This remains a very commendable Leoville Poyferre that like the 1982, is equal to its supposed Saint Julien peers. A similar nose to that last bottle: high toned, exotic in comparison to other wines with dates, macerated cherries and raisins. Medium-bodied, opulent palate with a certain sappy quality to the texture. It lacks a little grip and length, almost flirting with volatility, but by the finish you cannot help being seduced by this rather ostentatious wine."
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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 Leoville Poyferre is a Second Growth estate in Saint-Julien, Bordeaux, known for a richer, more opulent and modern-styled expression of Cabernet-dominated 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.
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.