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The January 2020 Auction: Part 3

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Auction Ends: 1/16/2020 6:00:00 PM PDT

Lot #111. Beausejour Duffau Lagarosse 2009

Description: Consists of 1 Bottle, 0.75L
Score: 100 RP.
". . . a blend of 77% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon. It boasts an opaque blue/purple color along with a gorgeous bouquet of charcoal, incense, truffles, blackberry jam, black currants, raspberries and flowers. While enormous in the mouth, the limestone soils in which the grapes are grown give the wine good freshness as well as laser-like clarity and precision. Amazing to taste, this massive, super-concentrated powerhouse comes across as ethereal and almost feminine despite its extravagant fruit, density and richness. It is a modern day legend for sure. As I wrote after I tasted this cuvee from barrel, it is clearly the greatest Beausejour-Duffau since the immortal 1990. Under new management, the brilliant duo of Nicolas Thienpont and Stephane Derenoncourt is in the process of developing what is one of the great hillside terroirs of Bordeaux and St.-Emilion." Wine Advocate #199, Nov 2012
Notes: Very lightly bin soiled, very lightly scuffed label.
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Lot Location: Orange County
Estimate: $425

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