12 bottles per lot
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Château Palmer 1983
Cantenac (Margaux), 3ème cru classé
In original wooden cases. Lot 360: Berry Bros & Rudd non-integrated slip labels, good appearance. Levels: base of neck or better. Lot 361: Gallaire et Fils slip labels, one corroded capsule, good appearance. Levels: five base of neck, seven top-shoulder
Tasting note: This wine goes from strength to strength, and is certainly a candidate for “wine of the vintage.” It has surpassed even Château Margaux in recent tastings. The colour is an opaque plum/purple. The wine has a fabulously complex nose of smoked duck, white flowers, cedar, Asian spice, crème de cassis, melted licorice, and espresso. Super-concentrated, very powerful, full-bodied, and huge, this is undeniably, one of the biggest, most concentrated, and powerful Palmers made in the last 40 years. The wine has thrown off the rugged tannins that were so prominent during its first 10-15 years of life and has become increasingly seamless and compelling. Potentially this wine remains the most extraordinary Palmer after the 1961. Anticipated maturity: Now-2020. Robert Parker, Bordeaux Book 4th Edition (2003)
12 bottles per lot
Cantenac (Margaux), 3ème cru classé
In original wooden cases. Lot 360: Berry Bros & Rudd non-integrated slip labels, good appearance. Levels: base of neck or better. Lot 361: Gallaire et Fils slip labels, one corroded capsule, good appearance. Levels: five base of neck, seven top-shoulder
Tasting note: This wine goes from strength to strength, and is certainly a candidate for “wine of the vintage.” It has surpassed even Château Margaux in recent tastings. The colour is an opaque plum/purple. The wine has a fabulously complex nose of smoked duck, white flowers, cedar, Asian spice, crème de cassis, melted licorice, and espresso. Super-concentrated, very powerful, full-bodied, and huge, this is undeniably, one of the biggest, most concentrated, and powerful Palmers made in the last 40 years. The wine has thrown off the rugged tannins that were so prominent during its first 10-15 years of life and has become increasingly seamless and compelling. Potentially this wine remains the most extraordinary Palmer after the 1961. Anticipated maturity: Now-2020. Robert Parker, Bordeaux Book 4th Edition (2003)
12 bottles per lot
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