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The September 2025 Auction: Part 3
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Estimate: $85
High shoulder, nicked capsule, lightly bin soiled label.
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"I have had a number of truly excellent examples of the 1970 Gruaud over the last ten years . . . . based on the many bottles I have tasted of this wine over the years, along with this most recent bottle that remained very good despite its imperfect closure, can recommend this vintage of Gruaud quite highly. The bouquet on this particular bottle (which built broadened significantly as it had a chance to breath) offered up a complex mélange of roasted cassis, dark berries, woodsmoke, earth, tobacco smoke, truffles and cedary wood. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, deep and complex, with a fine core, and great length and grip on the complex, meltingly tannic and powerful finish. The ’70 Gruaud is still a wine with decades of life ahead of it, and remains one of my favorite vintages for this château. This particular bottle merited 92 points, and pristine bottles would merit a couple of points even higher. "
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"I have had a number of truly excellent examples of the 1970 Gruaud over the last ten years . . . . based on the many bottles I have tasted of this wine over the years, along with this most recent bottle that remained very good despite its imperfect closure, can recommend this vintage of Gruaud quite highly. The bouquet on this particular bottle (which built broadened significantly as it had a chance to breath) offered up a complex mélange of roasted cassis, dark berries, woodsmoke, earth, tobacco smoke, truffles and cedary wood. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, deep and complex, with a fine core, and great length and grip on the complex, meltingly tannic and powerful finish. The ’70 Gruaud is still a wine with decades of life ahead of it, and remains one of my favorite vintages for this château. This particular bottle merited 92 points, and pristine bottles would merit a couple of points even higher. "
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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.
Chateau Gruaud-Larose is a Second Growth estate in Saint-Julien, Bordeaux, known for powerful, robust and richly structured Cabernet-based wines built for long cellaring.