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The July 2017 Distinguished Cellar Auction, Part I
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Estimate: $150
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"From Tony Balu, the regisseur of Clos Fourtet, this is a tiny garagiste property producing approximately 300 cases of glorious St.-Emilion. Made from a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, with Stephane Derenoncourt consulting, it exhibits a dense ruby/purple color, a big, sweet nose of creme de cassis, white chocolate, charcoal, roasted herbs, and smoked meats, and a dense, opulent, fleshy style with wonderful fruit purity as well as length. This hedonistic yet structured 2006 should evolve easily . . ."
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"From Tony Balu, the regisseur of Clos Fourtet, this is a tiny garagiste property producing approximately 300 cases of glorious St.-Emilion. Made from a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, with Stephane Derenoncourt consulting, it exhibits a dense ruby/purple color, a big, sweet nose of creme de cassis, white chocolate, charcoal, roasted herbs, and smoked meats, and a dense, opulent, fleshy style with wonderful fruit purity as well as length. This hedonistic yet structured 2006 should evolve easily . . ."
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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.
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.