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Lot 469
Estimate: $400
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96WA
"Fairly deep color. Compelling modern nose is somewhat restrained, but forthcoming enough to win us over. Notes include blackberry, black cherry, licorice, black olive, and lots of new oak. Very well made on the palate; everyone in the room is impressed! The wine is impeccably balanced, with impressive depth and concentration . . . . more forthcoming than most other wines. The comment was made that it’s the “quintessential Bordeaux.” Very long, consistent finish. Terrific showing! If only every Bordeaux could achieve this level of quality . . ."
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"Fairly deep color. Compelling modern nose is somewhat restrained, but forthcoming enough to win us over. Notes include blackberry, black cherry, licorice, black olive, and lots of new oak. Very well made on the palate; everyone in the room is impressed! The wine is impeccably balanced, with impressive depth and concentration . . . . more forthcoming than most other wines. The comment was made that it’s the “quintessential Bordeaux.” Very long, consistent finish. Terrific showing! If only every Bordeaux could achieve this level of quality . . ."
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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.
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.
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.