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The May 2018 Internet-Only Auction Part 3
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Estimate: $90
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"(55% Grenache, 40% Carignan and 5% Merlot; the crop level was reportedly just 15 hectoliters per hectare) Saturated ruby. Superripe Grenache-dominated aromas of roasted berries and melted chocolate. Rich, dense and large-scaled, but with firm minerality and brisk acids almost magically giving the superripe flavors a cool aspect. Flavors of graphite, licorice and liquefied minerals. An impressively weighty wine with excellent thrust and grip."
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"(55% Grenache, 40% Carignan and 5% Merlot; the crop level was reportedly just 15 hectoliters per hectare) Saturated ruby. Superripe Grenache-dominated aromas of roasted berries and melted chocolate. Rich, dense and large-scaled, but with firm minerality and brisk acids almost magically giving the superripe flavors a cool aspect. Flavors of graphite, licorice and liquefied minerals. An impressively weighty wine with excellent thrust and grip."
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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.
A rugged Catalan region whose steep llicorella slate slopes produce dense, mineral Garnacha and Carinena. Low yields and old vines give wines of great intensity and concentration.
One of only two wines with Spain's top DOQ status, yielding dense, mineral Garnacha and Carinena from steep slate slopes.
A warm-climate red giving generous, high-alcohol wines of red fruit and spice. It anchors southern Rhone blends and old-vine wines in Spain and Australia.
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.