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The Summer 2017 Auction
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Estimate: $400
Base neck or better.
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91JG
"The 1980 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon from Mount Eden is a fine bottle, with again a very black fruity personality, but it is a bit riper than the ’82 paired up with it and now quite wide open and ready for primetime drinking. The bouquet offers up a blend of dark berries, road tar, cigar ash, scorched earth, dried eucalyptus and just a touch of roasted game in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and complex, with fine balance, quite moderate tannins, a very respectable core and nice bounce from good acidity on the long and à point finish. This is quite different in personality from the middleweight 1982, but comparable in quality."
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"The 1980 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon from Mount Eden is a fine bottle, with again a very black fruity personality, but it is a bit riper than the ’82 paired up with it and now quite wide open and ready for primetime drinking. The bouquet offers up a blend of dark berries, road tar, cigar ash, scorched earth, dried eucalyptus and just a touch of roasted game in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and complex, with fine balance, quite moderate tannins, a very respectable core and nice bounce from good acidity on the long and à point finish. This is quite different in personality from the middleweight 1982, but comparable in quality."
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The fourth-largest wine producer in the world, led by California. American fine wine is defined by ripe, expressive fruit and a spirit of innovation, with Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon among the most sought-after wines globally.
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.