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The May 2017 Distinguished Cellar Auction, Part IV
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Estimate: $180
2.5cm or better.
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93WA
"The 2014 Muti is pure Albariño sold exclusively in the US from 40-year-old vines on sandy granitic soils, with 50% of the volume fermented in stainless steel and the other half in foudre without malolactic. The volume in foudre matured in those 2,000-liter oak containers for one year before being blended with the rest and bottled. It's sharp, austere and mineral, a serious Albariño, flinty, mineral. It takes time to show some white flowers and something that made me think of wet stones. As is always the case with this bottling, there is a minerality here, the austerity and salinity of granite. I really like this."
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"The 2014 Muti is pure Albariño sold exclusively in the US from 40-year-old vines on sandy granitic soils, with 50% of the volume fermented in stainless steel and the other half in foudre without malolactic. The volume in foudre matured in those 2,000-liter oak containers for one year before being blended with the rest and bottled. It's sharp, austere and mineral, a serious Albariño, flinty, mineral. It takes time to show some white flowers and something that made me think of wet stones. As is always the case with this bottling, there is a minerality here, the austerity and salinity of granite. I really like this."
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Spain has the largest area under vine of any country and a deep tradition of oak-aged reds. Tempranillo-based wines from Rioja and Ribera del Duero, alongside Priorat's Garnacha and Carinena, anchor its fine-wine reputation.