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The August 2017 Distinguished Cellar Auction, Part II
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Lot 1270
Estimate: $650
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95WA
"I have re-tasted Niellon's 1995 Chassagne-Montrachet Les Vergers (originally reviewed in Issue # 110, it received a score of 94) four times and have been blown away by this stunning wine from the king of Chassagne. It reveals intense liquid mineral, spice and floral aromas and a fabulous, oily-textured, medium-to-full-bodied, muscular yet elegant personality of layered white fruits, stones, and nuts. In its core it possesses the red berry sweetness that I attribute to the huge extract caused by high levels of coulure and millerandage in 1995. It should reach its peak in 2003 and hold it through 2008. Kudos!"
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"I have re-tasted Niellon's 1995 Chassagne-Montrachet Les Vergers (originally reviewed in Issue # 110, it received a score of 94) four times and have been blown away by this stunning wine from the king of Chassagne. It reveals intense liquid mineral, spice and floral aromas and a fabulous, oily-textured, medium-to-full-bodied, muscular yet elegant personality of layered white fruits, stones, and nuts. In its core it possesses the red berry sweetness that I attribute to the huge extract caused by high levels of coulure and millerandage in 1995. It should reach its peak in 2003 and hold it through 2008. Kudos!"
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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.
Produces the world's most revered Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from a mosaic of tiny, terroir-defined climats. Its hierarchy of village, Premier Cru and Grand Cru vineyards makes site the ultimate expression of quality.
Chassagne-Montrachet is a village AOC in Burgundy's Cote de Beaune with numerous Premier Crus, renowned above all for rich, nutty, mineral Chardonnay whites, though it also makes firm Pinot Noir reds.
The world's most versatile white grape, producing everything from steely Chablis to rich, oaked whites. Its neutrality makes it a mirror of terroir and winemaking, and the foundation of white Burgundy and Champagne.
