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The May 2018 Distinguished Cellar Auction, Part III
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Estimate: $50
Very lightly scuffed label.
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"The 2009 Clos de la Maltroie showed just a touch more ripeness on both the nose and palate than the Champgains. The bouquet has a decidedly tropical edge to its mélange of pineapple, apples, sweet corn, lovely minerality, spring flowers and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and generous on the attack, with a surprisingly vigorous base of minerality, good focus and cut and a most impressively long and complex finish. Again, I am really struck by how much this young wine reminds me of Monsieur Niellon’s 1989s."
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"The 2009 Clos de la Maltroie showed just a touch more ripeness on both the nose and palate than the Champgains. The bouquet has a decidedly tropical edge to its mélange of pineapple, apples, sweet corn, lovely minerality, spring flowers and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and generous on the attack, with a surprisingly vigorous base of minerality, good focus and cut and a most impressively long and complex finish. Again, I am really struck by how much this young wine reminds me of Monsieur Niellon’s 1989s."
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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.
2009 in Burgundy was warm and sunny, producing ripe, rich and generous reds of hedonistic charm and supple tannins; the whites are opulent but can lack acidity, making them best enjoyed relatively young.
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.