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The July 2016 Midwest Gentleman's No Reserve Distinguished Cellar Auction, Part 1
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Estimate: $170
Very lightly scuffed label.
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96JG
"The 1998 vintage is my favorite recent vintage of this superb estate, as the wine has everything one could ask for in terms of classic breed, perfume and elegance, tied to the great intensity of the 1998 vintage on the Right Bank. The bouquet is deep, pure and still very youthful, as it offers up a complex mélange of red and black raspberries, a touch of sweet, dark berry, tobacco leaf, violets, cigar smoke, fresh herb tones, coffee, a bit of raw cocoa, beautiful, gravelly soil tones and a finely-tuned base of spicy new oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and already showing signs of the silkiness to come, with a sappy core of fruit, beautiful focus and balance, ripe, seamlessly-integrated tannins, really outstanding acidity and stunning length and grip on the impeccably balanced finish. This is even a tad better than the beautiful 2000 La Conseillante. While some friends are already telling me how well this wine is drinking today, it is infanticide to even think about opening it now, as there is so much more nuanced complexity to come with a bit more patience."
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"The 1998 vintage is my favorite recent vintage of this superb estate, as the wine has everything one could ask for in terms of classic breed, perfume and elegance, tied to the great intensity of the 1998 vintage on the Right Bank. The bouquet is deep, pure and still very youthful, as it offers up a complex mélange of red and black raspberries, a touch of sweet, dark berry, tobacco leaf, violets, cigar smoke, fresh herb tones, coffee, a bit of raw cocoa, beautiful, gravelly soil tones and a finely-tuned base of spicy new oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and already showing signs of the silkiness to come, with a sappy core of fruit, beautiful focus and balance, ripe, seamlessly-integrated tannins, really outstanding acidity and stunning length and grip on the impeccably balanced finish. This is even a tad better than the beautiful 2000 La Conseillante. While some friends are already telling me how well this wine is drinking today, it is infanticide to even think about opening it now, as there is so much more nuanced complexity to come with a bit more patience."
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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.
A tiny, prestigious Right Bank appellation famed for opulent, velvety Merlot-based wines. Iron-rich clay soils yield some of the world's most coveted and concentrated reds.
Chateau La Conseillante is a top Pomerol estate in Bordeaux, sited on the plateau between Pomerol and Saint-Emilion, prized for fragrant, silky and elegant Merlot-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.
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.