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7 bottles per lot
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Château La Mission Haut-Brion--Vintage 1959
Pessac-Léognan
Levels: five top shoulder, two upper shoulder; heavily bin soiled and nicked labels, three acquired from a private collection by Sherry Lehman/Sotheby's, four imported by Atherton Wine Imports
"Initially restrained but perfectly evolved by the early 1990s. Very sweet, tobacco-like Graves flavour and a perfect elliptical shape. More recently, more intense than the Château Haut-Brion, tinged with cherry red; more scented too, 'earthy', 'cheese rind', 'singed tobacco', 'pebbly', its crispy fruit opening up richly; more astringent than the Haut-Brion, crisper fruit, more aggressive, with excellent tannin and acidity." MB, June 2000, *****
7 bottles per lot
Pessac-Léognan
Levels: five top shoulder, two upper shoulder; heavily bin soiled and nicked labels, three acquired from a private collection by Sherry Lehman/Sotheby's, four imported by Atherton Wine Imports
"Initially restrained but perfectly evolved by the early 1990s. Very sweet, tobacco-like Graves flavour and a perfect elliptical shape. More recently, more intense than the Château Haut-Brion, tinged with cherry red; more scented too, 'earthy', 'cheese rind', 'singed tobacco', 'pebbly', its crispy fruit opening up richly; more astringent than the Haut-Brion, crisper fruit, more aggressive, with excellent tannin and acidity." MB, June 2000, *****
7 bottles per lot