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Beaulieu Vineyards "Private Reserve" Cabernet Sauvignon--Vintage 1951
Napa Valley.
Level: just below top shoulder. Lightly soiled label.
"A great wine, rich and lovely at 20 years old and on three occasions since. Most recently: fabulous appearance, great depth and richness; low-keyed massive and concentrated; low-keyed, massive and concentrated, the bouquet clasped tight, slow to emerge, walnuts, almost smoky, a sort of sooty richness; the sweetness of ripe grapes and maximum alcoholic content, huge, fleshy, velvety, perfect acidity... A sort of amalgam of '55 Latour and '59 Cheval Blanc." GVWB
1 bottle per lot
Napa Valley.
Level: just below top shoulder. Lightly soiled label.
"A great wine, rich and lovely at 20 years old and on three occasions since. Most recently: fabulous appearance, great depth and richness; low-keyed massive and concentrated; low-keyed, massive and concentrated, the bouquet clasped tight, slow to emerge, walnuts, almost smoky, a sort of sooty richness; the sweetness of ripe grapes and maximum alcoholic content, huge, fleshy, velvety, perfect acidity... A sort of amalgam of '55 Latour and '59 Cheval Blanc." GVWB
1 bottle per lot