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The May 2021 Auction: Part 2

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Auction Ends: 5/13/2021 6:00:00 PM PDT

Lot #173. Krug Vintage Brut 1988

Description: Consists of 1 Bottle, 0.75L
Region: France, Champagne.
Score: 98 WA.
"Krug's 1988 Brut has long numbered among my very favorite vintages for this house, with the best bottles flirting with a three-digit score. Offering up complex aromas of apricot, citrus oil, candied peal, toasted brioche and honeycomb, it's full-bodied, concentrated and incisive, with a deep, layered and tightly wound core, racy acids and a searingly chalky finish. If on release the 1988 got less attention than the more immediate, head-turning 1990 and 1989 vintages, with time it is proving itself the most serious of those three consecutive releases." Wine Advocate Interim, Jul 2020
Provenance: The Chevalier Cellar
Notes: Nicked foil, nicked and very lightly scuffed label.
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Lot Location: Orange County
Estimate: $600

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