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The February 2017 Internet-Only Auction Part 3
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Estimate: $90
2 very lightly scuffed labels.
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"'For me, 2005 is a singular vintage in my career,' says Johannes Selbach, 'in that it is ripe, multi-faceted, and has excellent acidity. You can pick any of the other recent classics â 1975, 1990 ... . Each of the benchmark years is great in its way, however here you have a combination that is fun to drink now, ten years from now, and in thirty years as well. It remains to be seen, but I think 2005 is in another league.' Readers will indeed be hard pressed this year to find another address with this many consistently outstanding wines, and when has there ever been a more diverse and at the same time magnificent array of Auslesen? In their upper reaches, the Selbach 2005s seem â like Zilliken's, but in their own unique way â to chart a trajectory beyond the normal course for their vintage. The harvest here extended from mid-October to mid-November."
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"'For me, 2005 is a singular vintage in my career,' says Johannes Selbach, 'in that it is ripe, multi-faceted, and has excellent acidity. You can pick any of the other recent classics â 1975, 1990 ... . Each of the benchmark years is great in its way, however here you have a combination that is fun to drink now, ten years from now, and in thirty years as well. It remains to be seen, but I think 2005 is in another league.' Readers will indeed be hard pressed this year to find another address with this many consistently outstanding wines, and when has there ever been a more diverse and at the same time magnificent array of Auslesen? In their upper reaches, the Selbach 2005s seem â like Zilliken's, but in their own unique way â to chart a trajectory beyond the normal course for their vintage. The harvest here extended from mid-October to mid-November."
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