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Estimate: $4,500
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"Dark ruby-garnet with violet highlights and a delicate lightening at edge. Delicately smoky-spicy notes underlain with dark forest berry confit, fine spice, noble wood tones, delicate nougat, deep minerality, and a multi-faceted bouquet. Substantial, complex, extra sweet texture with firm, well-integrated tannins, a fine arc of acidity, salty, delicate chocolate notes, and ripe black cherries on the finish; excellent length marking the beginning of a glorious career. At the moment this wine is only a vague hint of what it will show in ten years and more; patience is imperative."
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"Dark ruby-garnet with violet highlights and a delicate lightening at edge. Delicately smoky-spicy notes underlain with dark forest berry confit, fine spice, noble wood tones, delicate nougat, deep minerality, and a multi-faceted bouquet. Substantial, complex, extra sweet texture with firm, well-integrated tannins, a fine arc of acidity, salty, delicate chocolate notes, and ripe black cherries on the finish; excellent length marking the beginning of a glorious career. At the moment this wine is only a vague hint of what it will show in ten years and more; patience is imperative."
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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.
2010 in Bordeaux is a great classic vintage shaped by a dry growing season and drought that yielded small, concentrated berries; the wines are powerful and richly structured, with firm tannins, high alcohol and outstanding long-term aging potential.
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.