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The October 2016 Internet-Only Auction Part 2
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Estimate: $140
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94WS
"This has yet to soak up its toast, as a warm bread note coats the core of black currant, raspberry and bitter cherry notes. The long finish is wrought with iron and chalk and needs some time to soften. Rather raw and backward still, but with minerality to burn in the cellar until this gets together . . . . [Only] 400 cases made."
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"This has yet to soak up its toast, as a warm bread note coats the core of black currant, raspberry and bitter cherry notes. The long finish is wrought with iron and chalk and needs some time to soften. Rather raw and backward still, but with minerality to burn in the cellar until this gets together . . . . [Only] 400 cases made."
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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.