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The 2016 Holiday Auction, Part I
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Estimate: $500
2 base neck, 1 very top shoulder, 2 nicked capsules, lightly corroded capsules, heavily bin soiled, nicked and heavily mold stained labels, 2 wine stained labels.
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93JCL
"A sweet, delicious, elegant wine with notes of dried red flowers, dried blackberries and hint of leather. A wine that is just past its peak but still offering lots of drinking pleasure."
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Red
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"A sweet, delicious, elegant wine with notes of dried red flowers, dried blackberries and hint of leather. A wine that is just past its peak but still offering lots of drinking pleasure."
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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.
Chateau Leoville Barton is a Second Growth estate in Saint-Julien, Bordeaux, owned by the Barton family and admired for its traditional, classically structured and reliably ageworthy Cabernet-based 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.
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.
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.