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16647 Clos Mogador - Vintage 2004 (Wines Located in New York) "...expressive perfume of mocha, coffee, and flowers (violets) in addition to toasty oak, earth, and blue and black fruits. More extracted and backward than the 2003, it demands a decade of cellaring and should drink well for an additional 20 years..."(96pts) 5 bottles per lot $280-400 16648 Vega Sicilia Unico - Vintage 2000 (Wines Located in New York) "...is deep crimson-colored with an ethereal perfume aided by its extended upbringing. Aromas of Asian spices, lavender, incense, truffle, and confiture of black fruits are compelling."(98pts) 6 bottles per lot $1500-2000 16649 Abreu Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 2007 Howell Mountain (Wines Located in New York) "...exhibits aromas of black raspberries, blueberries, crushed rocks and flowers along with full-bodied power accompanied by an ethereal delicacy and sublimity that make it a haunting wine to smell and taste."(98+pts) 1 bottle per lot $260-350 16650 Abreu Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 2007 Madrona Ranch (Wines Located in New York) "The 2007 Madrona Ranch is a compelling, creamy-styled red offering an assortment of aromas, including white chocolate, graphite, forest floor, blackberries, cassis and blueberries. Pure, multilayered and super-rich, without any harshness or astringency, this is one of those wines that can be drunk young or laid away for 25+ years."(98pts) 1 bottle per lot $240-350 16651 Abreu Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 2007 Thorevilos (Wines Located in New York) "...is monumental, and stands out as one of the most singular and greatest Napa red wines I have ever tasted. An expansive fragrance of subtle barbecue smoke intermixed with graphite, blueberries, espresso, white chocolate and a liqueur of rocks soars from the glass of this full-bodied, prodigious effort. It has the texture of a skyscraper yet never becomes heavy or overbearing."(100pts) 1 bottle per lot $500-650 16652 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 2002 1x6 bottle ocb (Wines Located in New York) "The 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve may not equal the fabulous concentration and intensity of the 2001, but it s not far off the mark. It is a fruit-forward, softer, more flamboyant, already seductive effort displaying gorgeous notes of chocolaty cr me de cassis, some spicy, high-quality, toasty oak, a rich, plush, savory, expansive mid-palate, and a long, heady finish with elevated glycerin and plenty of sweet tannin and fruit."(94pts) 6 bottles per lot $350-500 16653 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 1997 Special Selection (Wines Located in New York) "This banner year's Special Selection is smooth, rich and concentrated, with layers of currant, mocha, black cherry and wild berry, fairly gushing at midpalate. The finish is long, rich, and intricate."(95pts WS) 1 magnum per lot $260-350 16654 Château Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 1986 lbsl (Wines Located in New York) "...Do I feel stupid? As I have written so many times in the past, every time I do a vertical tasting of Château Montelena Cabernet Sauvignons, they taste better than my initial laudatory notes suggested. This great wine exhibits a black/purple color, a fabulous, sweet, pure, cassis-scented nose, massive body and richness, and total harmony among its components - fruit, wood, alcohol, acidity, and tannin."(96pts) 1 magnum per lot $150-200 16655 Château Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 1994 (Wines Located in New York) "The saturated black/purple color is followed by aromas of gorgeously pure blackberry and cassis scents. Toasty oak notes are barely discernable given the wine's bombastic display of black fruits, huge, chewy glycerin level, and sensational finish."(95pts) 3 bottles per lot $300-400 16656 Château Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 2004 (Wines Located in New York) 6 bottles per lot $350-500 16657 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 1997 (Wines Located in New York) "The 1997 Cabernet Sauvignon (2,800 cases from a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc) boasts an opaque purple color as well as a gorgeous nose of mineral-infused black currants, and spicy oak. Full-bodied, structured, muscular, and multi-dimensional..."(93pts) 3 bottles per lot $240-320 16658 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 2001 (Wines Located in New York) "Impressive for its core of rich, chewy currant, blackberry, wild berry and cedary oak flavors. It packs a wallop, too, with its dense, chewy tannins, but on the finish the fruit pours through to reveal lots of depth and complexity."(91pts WS) 6 bottles per lot $400-550 16659 Harlan Estate Red - Vintage 2004 The Maiden 1x3 bottle owc (Wines Located in New York) "I was blown away by the 2004 The Maiden, which out of bottle is even better than it was from barrel. This wine exhibits a rather flamboyant scorched earth, lead pencil, incense, licorice, and blackberry and cassis-scented nose and flavors. The wine has superb concentration..."(95pts) 3 bottles per lot $400-600 16660 Harlan Estate Red - Vintage 2007 The Maiden 1x3 bottle owc (Wines Located in New York) (93pts) 3 bottles per lot $350-500 16661 Harlan Estate Red - Vintage 2008 The Maiden 1x3 bottle owc (Wines Located in New York) (92pts) 3 bottles per lot $350-500 16662 Joseph Phelps Winery - Vintage 1997 Insignia (Wines Located in New York) "The color is a saturated thick-looking blue/purple. The nose offers up explosive aromas of jammy black fruits, licorice, Asian spices, vanillin, and cedar. Full-bodied as well as exceptionally pure and impressively endowed, this blockbuster yet surprisingly elegant wine cuts a brilliant swath across the palate."(96pts) 1 magnum per lot $400-500 16663 Lewis Cellars Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 2005 (Wines Located in New York) 6 bottles per lot $260-350 16664 Lewis Cellars Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 2007 (Wines Located in New York) 6 bottles per lot $500-750 16665 Matriarch Red - Vintage 2004 1x3 bottle owc (Wines Located in New York) (94pts) 3 bottles per lot $240-350 16666 Matriarch Red - Vintage 2006 1x3 bottle owc (Wines Located in New York) (92pts WS) 3 bottles per lot $240-350 16667 Matriarch Red - Vintage 2007 1x3 bottle owc (Wines Located in New York) 3 bottles per lot $300-400 16668 Mayacamas Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 2002 (Wines Located in New York) 4 bottles per lot $180-240 16669 Mayacamas Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 2007 (Wines Located in New York) 8 bottles per lot $400-550 16670 Pahlmeyer Red - Vintage 2001 (Wines Located in New York) "It exhibits a dense saturated purple color in addition to a big, sweet nose of road tar, smoke, chocolate, blackberries, and creme de cassis. Like most 2001s, it possesses considerable structure as well as high tannin, real delineation, and a full-bodied, powerful finish. It should hit its peak in 4-6 years, and age well for 15+. Impressive!..."(91pts) 4 bottles per lot $300-400 16671 Peter Michael Red - Vintage 2001 Les Pavots (Wines Located in New York) "...is a thick, juicy, inky/purple-colored effort revealing compelling aromas of chocolate, licorice, cassis, and scorched earth. Deep and full-bodied, with a voluptuous texture, tremendous purity and density, it is the finest Les Pavots produced in the last four or five years."(94pts) 4 bottles per lot $600-800 16672 Peter Michael Red - Vintage 2002 Les Pavots (Wines Located in New York) "Dense purple-colored with an extraordinary nose of melted licorice, white chocolate, Crème de cassis, licorice, and incense, the wine hits the palate with a silky opulence, and marvelous, full-bodied power, but it is light on its feet, with great delineation, vibrancy, and freshness. Superb purity and a finish that goes on for 50+ seconds is the stuff of modern-day California legends."(98pts) 2 bottles per lot $350-450 16673 Peter Michael Red - Vintage 2003 Les Pavots (Wines Located in New York) "...exhibits notes of melted licorice, tapenade, damp earth, black currants, and cedar. Slightly more herbaceous than the 2004, with notions of barbecued meat as well as blue and black fruits..."(94pts) 1 bottle per lot $90-120 16674 Peter Michael Red - Vintage 2005 Les Pavots 1vhs, 1stl, 1lscl (Wines Located in New York) "...is a sensational wine, with a style that suggests a hypothetical blend of a great St.-Emilion and Pomerol. Chocolatey cassis notes intermixed with incense, licorice, and a hint of black olive are present in this wine. When it hits the palate, it comes across as very Pomerol-like, with lushness, full body, and opulence. The tannins are sweet, the pH high, and the wine gorgeously full, pure, dense, and long."(95pts) 2 magnums per lot $480-600 16675 Philip Togni Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 2007 (Wines Located in New York) 6 bottles per lot $450-600 16676 Pride Mountain Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 2007 (Wines Located in New York) "The 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve is a slightly more brooding and formidably endowed effort displaying more extract, tannin and structure. In spite of its massive size, concentration and extract, it possesses gorgeously sweet tannins as well as a sense of equilibrium. This powerhouse will benefit from another 1-3 years of bottle age and should keep for 15 or more years."(95+pts) 3 bottles per lot $300-400 16677 Pride Mountain Reserve Claret - Vintage 2007 (Wines Located in New York) "The two most expensive offerings include the 2007 Reserve Claret. Its opaque purple color is followed by a beautiful flowery nose revealing notions of blueberry pie, blackberries, cassis and a hint of vanillin in the background. An opulent, full-bodied red with great depth, purity and richness, it is a blend of 82% Sonoma fruit and 18% Napa fruit. The texture is like a skyscraper and the wine is plush, opulent and ideal for drinking over the next 10-15 years."(95pts) 3 bottles per lot $300-400 16678 Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 1997 Monte Bello (Wines Located in New York) "Similar aromas and flavors but more reserved in the nose than the '99...more plummy but almost an identical flavor profile without having as sappy of a nose as the young '99...more fruit on the palate as well as more balance."(94pts JK) 2 bottles per lot $260-400 16679 Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 1999 (Wines Located in New York) "A dazzling wine, sleek and sophisticated, with beautiful ripe fruit purity. It has rich currant, Crème de cassis, light mocha and herb shadings and a silky-smooth texture that firms on the finish as the tannins make their presence more evident."(94pts WS) 2 bottles per lot $150-200 16680 Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 2002 (Wines Located in New York) "The 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon is a glorious example of elegance combined with power, purity and richness. A compelling wine in all senses, it reveals a haunting bouquet of acacia flowers, raspberries, blueberries, black currants, graphite and pen ink. The sweetness of the tannins and medium to full-bodied, extraordinarily poised and breathtaking mouthfeel that builds incrementally is all about nobility and balance. It is an honor to taste this special wine."(99pts) 1 bottle per lot $150-200 16681 Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 2008 (Wines Located in New York) "The 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon exhibits a glorious perfume of spring flowers, blueberries and black currants, good acidity and serious tannins as well as concentration. It is slightly more restrained and backward than the seamless, compelling 2007, but the 2008 possesses lots of stuffing as well as elegance married with purity, power and rare equilibrium."(95+pts) 6 bottles per lot $600-800 16682 Kosta Browne Pinot Noir - Vintage 2009 Russian River Valley (Wines Located in New York) (1) Sonoma Coast (Wines Located in New York) (1) Pisoni Pinot Noir - Vintage 2008 (Wines Located in New York) (1) Above 3 bottles per lot $200-280 16683 Robert Foley Petite Sirah - Vintage 2002 1lscl (Wines Located in New York) 4 bottles per lot $160-220 16684 Shea Wine Cellars Pinot Noir - Vintage 2008 Shea Vineyard, Block 7 (Wines Located in New York) 5 bottles per lot $150-200 _____________________________
1 bottle per lot $450-600 16686 Colgin Red - Vintage 2004 Cariad Vineyard (Wines Located in New York) "It borders on perfection. An extraordinarily complex bouquet of Crème de cassis, blackberries, roasted herbs, meat juices, flowers, and subtle oak is followed by a powerful, rich, pure wine with a finish that lasts nearly 60 seconds. The tannin is silky and the wine is seamlessly constructed. It s difficult to suggest an optimum window of drinkability since it is already showing well, but this extremely young Napa red should evolve for 15-20 years."(99pts) 1 bottle per lot $220-300 16687 Kistler Pinot Noir - Vintage 2004 cuvée Elizabeth (Wines Located in New York) "Bordering on perfection, the 2004 Pinot Noir offers up sweet plum, forest floor, and violet scents along with a La Tâche-like, ethereal, floral, and black raspberry-like character. This prodigious, deep ruby/purple-colored Pinot possesses fabulous concentration as well as a layered, multidimensional palate, wonderful fruit, sweet tannin, and good acidity. It should age beautifully for 10-12 years."(96-98pts) 2 bottles per lot $300-400 16688 Kistler Pinot Noir - Vintage 2006 cuvée Elizabeth (Wines Located in New York) "The 2006 Pinot Noir cuvée Elizabeth is undeniably a grand cru effort. Black raspberry, spring flower (violets), and kirsch aromas soar from the glass of this dark ruby/purple-tinged wine. Medium to full-bodied with zesty acidity, beautiful penetration, and a soaring mid-palate as well as length result in a prodigious example of Pinot Noir that should drink well for a decade or more."(96-98pts) 1 bottle per lot $140-180 16689 Mollydooker Shiraz - Vintage 2006 Velvet Glove (Wines Located in New York) "The 2006 Shiraz "The Velvet Glove" has an awesome nose bordering on ethereal. Aromas of smoke, violets, grilled meat, game, saddle leather, blueberry and chocolate leap from the glass. This full-bodied wine is packed and dense, layered with ripe black fruits, has superb delineation, great focus, and a super-long finish."(99pts) 1 bottle per lot $180-240 _____________________________
1 bottle per lot $300-400 16691 Dalla Valle Red - Vintage 1994 Maya ts, sdc, ssos (Wines Located in New York) "The 1994 Maya is prodigious. The color is saturated opaque purple. The wine offers up restrained but gorgeously sweet earth, oak, mineral, and black fruit aromas. Full-bodied, with substantial quantities of glycerin and extract, this wine's large-scaled tannin seems to be well-submerged beneath the wine's fabulous layers of fruit. Although more accessible than I would have thought prior to bottling, it is a candidate for 20-30 years of evolution."(99pts) 1 bottle per lot $350-500 16692 Dominus - Vintage 1994 lstl (Wines Located in New York) "...strikingly thick, compellingly rich wine with the texture of a great Pomerol, despite being made primarily from Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine exhibits a dense purple color, and an incredibly fragrant nose of jammy black fruits, spice, smoke, and loamy, truffle-like scents. In the mouth, it is full-bodied, with thrilling levels of extract and richness, but no sense of heaviness or harshness. This seamless Dominus possesses no hard edges, as its acidity, tannin, and alcohol are beautifully meshed with copious quantities of ripe fruit."(99pts) 1 bottle per lot $220-300 16693 Harlan Estate Red - Vintage 1995 (Wines Located in New York) "This opaque purple-colored Cabernet offers up a nose of smoke, coffee beans, black and blue fruits, minerals, and roasted herbs. It is extremely full-bodied, with spectacular purity, exquisite equilibrium, and a seamless personality with everything in total harmony."(99pts) 1 bottle per lot $500-700 16694 Joseph Phelps Winery - Vintage 1997 Insignia ll (Wines Located in New York) "The color is a saturated thick-looking blue/purple. The nose offers up explosive aromas of jammy black fruits, licorice, Asian spices, vanillin, and cedar. Full-bodied as well as exceptionally pure and impressively endowed, this blockbuster yet surprisingly elegant wine cuts a brilliant swath across the palate."(96pts) 1 bottle per lot $220-300 16695 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 1994 Hillside Select sdc (Wines Located in New York) "...is a prodigious Cabernet. I had it at a tasting in Japan, and the Japanese were as enthusiastic about it as my rating suggested they should be. They were crestfallen when informed they probably would not be able to buy multiple cases of the wine!..."(99pts) 1 bottle per lot $260-350 16696 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 1994 lbsl (Wines Located in New York) (1) Dehlinger Claret - Vintage 1995 (Wines Located in New York) (1) Above 2 bottles per lot $100-140 16697 Marquis Philips Shiraz - Vintage 2002 Integrity 3x1 bottle ocb's (Wines Located in New York) "The virtually perfect, limited production (1,000 cases) cuvée of 2002 Shiraz Integrity is a 100% Shiraz fashioned from four specific vineyard blocks (surprisingly young vines of 4-6 years in age). There is compelling density, great purity, and tremendous viscosity, yet it is not over the top. There is real definition/delineation to this large-scaled Shiraz. It was aged in 100% new American oak for 13 months. A tour de force in winemaking, it stood out as one of the most singular and greatest wines I tasted for this report."(99pts) 3 bottles per lot $220-300 _____________________________
6 bottles per lot $2200-3000 16699 Louis Roederer Vintage Champagne - Vintage 1962 2wasl, 2 torn foil, outstanding color and condition (Wines Located in New York) "...continually increases in stature. I just hope that I will remain as vital and vibrant as the foremost Champagnes. This wine definitely belongs in that category. Intense, multi-layered, orange-blossom-like bouquet. Soft, harmonious flavor, laden with sweet richness and exotic fruit. Majestically dignified and distinguished exit, with scents of aged hardwood. "(95pts RJ) 2 bottles per lot $800-1200 16700 Louis Roederer Vintage Champagne - Vintage 1966 Cristal lbsl, outstanding color and condition (Wines Located in New York) "Caramel oozed out of the glass like Scarlett Johansson out of a limousine. Ray took my daydream away from me with brittle, more burnt, cooked caramel, and I immediately saw his four best high school buddies getting out of the limo after her. Big Boy gushed, the best vintage of the best decade in Champagne. Bread crusts, honey, orange rind and hazelnut (Pat) resulted in an orgy of aromas. It was pure vanilla sex going down the hatch, and it was so good it caused Big Boy to ramble about the 1911 and 28 Pol Roger for about ten minutes. It was a short speech by the usual standards."(97pts JK) 1 bottle per lot $900-1200 Download 7.47 Mb. Share with your friends:
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