12 BOTTLES PER LOT
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CHâTEAU RAUSAN-SéGLA--VINTAGE 1995
MARGAUX, 2ME CRU CLASSé
TASTING NOTE: THIS WINE WAS CONSISTENTLY OUTSTANDING FROM CASK, AND I SUSPECT IT MAY EVENTUALLY MERIT AN EVEN HIGHER SCORE, BUT IT WAS TOTALLY CLOSED WHEN I SAW IT IN NOVEMBER. UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS ONE OF THE FEW WINES THAT I WAS ONLY ABLE TO TASTE ONCE AFTER BOTTLING. NEVERTHELESS, IT IS A CLASSIC VIN DE GARDE, WITH A SATURATED RUBY/PURPLE COLOUR, AND A TIGHT BUT PROMISING NOSE OF SWEET PLUM AND CASSIS FRUIT INTERTWINED WITH UNDERBRUSH, VANILLIN, AND LIQUORICE SCENTS. THE WINE IS RIPE, MEDIUM TO FULL-BODIED, AND RICH, AS WELL AS UNYIELDING, FEROCIOUSLY TANNIC, PURE, AND LAYERED. THE FINISH IS EXTREMELY DRY (SEC, AS THE FRENCH WOULD SAY), WITH A BROODING ANGULARITY AND TOUGHNESS. IN SPITE OF THIS, MY INSTINCTS SUGGEST THE REQUISITE DEPTH IS PRESENT TO BALANCE OUT THE STRUCTURE. THIS EFFORT WILL ALSO REQUIRE A DECADE OF CELLARING. ANTICIPATED MATURITY: 2007-2025. ROBERT PARKER, WINE ADVOCATE 115, FEB 1998.
12 BOTTLES PER LOT
MARGAUX, 2ME CRU CLASSé
TASTING NOTE: THIS WINE WAS CONSISTENTLY OUTSTANDING FROM CASK, AND I SUSPECT IT MAY EVENTUALLY MERIT AN EVEN HIGHER SCORE, BUT IT WAS TOTALLY CLOSED WHEN I SAW IT IN NOVEMBER. UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS ONE OF THE FEW WINES THAT I WAS ONLY ABLE TO TASTE ONCE AFTER BOTTLING. NEVERTHELESS, IT IS A CLASSIC VIN DE GARDE, WITH A SATURATED RUBY/PURPLE COLOUR, AND A TIGHT BUT PROMISING NOSE OF SWEET PLUM AND CASSIS FRUIT INTERTWINED WITH UNDERBRUSH, VANILLIN, AND LIQUORICE SCENTS. THE WINE IS RIPE, MEDIUM TO FULL-BODIED, AND RICH, AS WELL AS UNYIELDING, FEROCIOUSLY TANNIC, PURE, AND LAYERED. THE FINISH IS EXTREMELY DRY (SEC, AS THE FRENCH WOULD SAY), WITH A BROODING ANGULARITY AND TOUGHNESS. IN SPITE OF THIS, MY INSTINCTS SUGGEST THE REQUISITE DEPTH IS PRESENT TO BALANCE OUT THE STRUCTURE. THIS EFFORT WILL ALSO REQUIRE A DECADE OF CELLARING. ANTICIPATED MATURITY: 2007-2025. ROBERT PARKER, WINE ADVOCATE 115, FEB 1998.
12 BOTTLES PER LOT
Special notice
ParcelWineOffered duty paid, but available in bond. VAT at 17.5% will be charged on the hammer price on removal of the lot from bond.