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per lot $320-400 The wines listed below were seized by the
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U.S. Marshals Service for the Southern and
ņņņņņņņņņņņņņņņņņņņņ Eastern District’s of New York in the case of
TWO CASES OF THE MOST United States of America v. Bernard Madoff,
CELEBRATED BORDEAUX Southern District of New York, Docket No. 09
IN THE WORLD. CR.213
The property of a Southern Collector.
Removed from professional storage.
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The proceeds from the auction will be
deposited in the United States Department
436 • Château Lafite-Rothschild - Vintage 1982 of Justice Asset Forfeiture Fund to
Pauillac, Premier Cru Classé compensate the victims of this multi-billion
Excellent Appearance, owc. dollar fraud.
“The 1982 Lafite possesses a dark, dense ruby/purple .
1 bottle
addition to stunning flavor depth and persistence. The Dow’s, Vintage Port - Vintage 1985
finish lasts for nearly a minute. An amazing Douro
achievement!” 100 points, RMP.
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Excellent Appearance.
12 bottles per lot $48,000-60,000
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Dry Sack, Sherry
437 • Château Pétrus - Vintage 1990 Jerez
Pomerol Excellent Appearance.
One label is nicked, owc.
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1 bottle
“The phenomenally rich, well-endowed 1990 Pétrus has Lillet Rouge
been magical from the first time I tasted it in cask. The France
color is a dense, jammy plum/purple. The wine possesses Level is 2 1/4” below cork.
a knock-out nose of black fruits intertwined with aromas .
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of toasty new oak, caramel, and flowers. Massively rich
Sandeman, Founder’s Reserve
and full-bodied, with slightly lower acidity and sweeter
Portugal, Douro
tannin than its older sibling, the 1989, the 1990 is an
Level is mid-low shoulder. Bottle has signs of seepage.
extraordinarily rich, seamless wine with layers of flavor, .
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and a finish that lasts for nearly 45 seconds.” 100 Points, 1 bottle
RMP. Above 5 bottles .
per lot $60-80
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12 bottles .
per lot $48,000-60,000
439 • Carruades de Lafite - Vintage 1985
Pauillac
END OF MORNING SESSION Excellent Appearance.
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Château Pichon-Longueville, Comtesse de Lalande -
Vintage 1985
Pauillac, Deuxième Cru Classé
Label is bin soiled, scuffed.
“It has a deep ruby color and a ripe, oaky, curranty
bouquet with a trace of herbaceousness. On the palate, the
wine is rich, elegant, supple, and not unlike the style of
either the 1979 or 1981. It is a lovely wine.” 90 points,
RMP.
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Above 2 bottles .
per lot $220-300
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St.-Julien, Quatrième Cru Classé which never shut down. The dark plum/purple color
One level is high shoulder. One bottle has signs of slight reveals some lightening at the edge. A big, sweet, plum,
past seepage.
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licorice, beef blood, and jammy cassis-scented bouquet
5 bottles per lot $300-400 with smoked herbs and new wood in the background soars
from the glass. Enjoyable and accessible, this low acid,
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chateau in 1947, 1948, and 1949. Opaque dark ruby, with 3 bottles per lot $600-800
only some amber, and a powerful, yet restrained bouquet
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per lot $500-750 450 • Château Mouton-Rothschild - Vintage 1996
Pauillac, Premier Cru Classé
443 • Château Cos d’Estournel - Vintage 1985 Twelve labels are wrinkled.
St.-Estèphe, Deuxième Cru Classé “The impressive 1996 Mouton-Rothschild offers
Label is bin soiled, scuffed. impressive aromas of black currants, framboise, coffee,
“Forward, with a fabulously scented bouquet of pain grille and new saddle leather. This full-bodied, ripe, rich,
and concentrated red and black fruits (especially black concentrated, superbly balanced wine is paradoxical in the
cherries), it is rich, lush, long, and medium to full-bodied. sense that the aromatics suggest a far more evolved wine
Very fragrant, with gobs of sweet black fruits, minerals, than the flavors reveal.” 99 points, RMP.
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1 bottle .
per lot $160-220 451 • Château Mouton-Rothschild - Vintage 1996
Pauillac, Premier Cru Classé
444 • Château Ducru-Beaucaillou - Vintage 1990 One label is wrinkled.
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6 bottles .
per lot $480-700 452 • Château Mouton-Rothschild - Vintage 2002
Pauillac, Premier Cru Classé
445 • Château Gruaud-Larose - Vintage 1989 Excellent Appearance.
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per lot $100-120 453 • Château Mouton-Rothschild - Vintage 2003
Pauillac, Premier Cru Classé
446 • Château La Mission Haut-Brion - Vintage 1974 Two labels are wrinkled.
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Above 2 bottles per lot $200-260 of licorice, over-ripe plums and blackcurrants, soy, cedar,
and minerals. Rich and concentrated, with medium to full
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Pomerol 4 bottles
Level is low shoulder. Label is lightly bin soiled. Capsule Above 6 bottles .
per lot $160-280
is slightly corroded.
“The 1975 Pétrus reveals a youthful, rustic, brutally
powerful style, with an opaque garnet/ruby/purple color, 460 • Inglenook, Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 1969
and an emerging nose of over-ripe black-cherries, Napa Valley
mocha/chocolate, and truffles. It is potentially a 50 year Level is high shoulder. Label is lightly bin soiled, has
wine, with exquisite concentration and intensity.” 98 writing on it.
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1 bottle .
per lot $700-1,000
461 • Perrier-Jouët, Fleur de Champagne, Rosé - Vintage
456 • Carneros Creek, Pinot Noir - Vintage 1991 1979
Carneros Champagne
Excellent Appearance. Excellent Appearance.
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1 half-bottle
Sebastiani, Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage 1999 Piper-Heidsieck, Rare, Champagne - Vintage 1976
Sonoma County Champagne
Excellent Appearance. Excellent Appearance.
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7 bottles
Above 1 half-bottle and per lot $80-160 Above 2 bottles .
per lot $100-140
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7 bottles
462 • Taittinger, Comtes de Champagne, Blanc de Blancs
457 • D. R. Stephens, Cabernet Sauvignon, Moose Valley - Vintage 1983
Vineyards - Vintage 2003 Champagne
Napa Valley Excellent Appearance.
Excellent Appearance.
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1 bottle per lot $70-100
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Sonoma County
Excellent Appearance.
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464 • Domaine Caton, Merlot, Vin de pays de l’Herault-
Vintage 1996
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1 bottle
Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, Cabernet Sauvignon - Languedoc-Roussillon
Vintage 1999 Level is very high shoulder. Label is lightly bin soiled.
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Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, Cabernet Sauvignon - Galilee
Vintage 2001 Excellent Appearance.
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Above 5 bottles .
per lot $150-240 Three labels are nicked.
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3 bottles
Above 1 1-liter bottle and per lot $30-50
458 • Franciscan Oakville Estate, Cabernet Sauvignon - 4 bottles
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Vintage 1998
Napa Valley
Excellent Appearance. 465 • Barolo, B. Giacosa - Vintage 2000
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Piedmont
8 bottles per lot $80-160
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Alexander Valley
Excellent Appearance. 466 • Brunello di Montalcino, Gualto, Camigliano -
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2 bottles
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Vintage 1998
Tuscany
Hafner, Cabernet Sauvignon, Estate - Vintage 2001
Two labels are scuffed.
Alexander Valley .
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contents unknown. The decanter has no markings
467 • Fontalloro, Fattoria di Felsina - Vintage 1997 whatsoever.
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Tuscany 1 decanter .
per lot $60-90
Label is scuffed.
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1 half-bottle per lot $120-150
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Tuscany 1 bottle
Six labels are lightly bin soiled, scuffed.
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Campari
6 bottles per lot $600-900 Italy
Excellent Appearance.
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469 • Guado Al Tasso, Antinori - Vintage 1997
Tuscany Cinzano, Sweet Vermouth
Italy
Six labels are lightly bin soiled, scuffed.
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Label is nicked.
6 bottles per lot $600-900 .
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1 half-bottle
Disaronno Amaretto
470 • Tignanello, Antinori - Vintage 1997 Italy
Tuscany Older style label, excellent appearance.
Level is neck-shoulder. Label is lightly bin soiled, scuffed.
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2 bottles
“The 1997 Tignanello is a blend of 80% Sangiovese, 15% Disaronno Amaretto
Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Cabernet Franc, aged in Italy
small French oak casks for 12 months, and bottled with no Older style label, excellent appearance.
filtration. It possesses a dense, ruby/purple color, and an .
1 500ml bottle
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1 bottle per lot $140-200
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Galliano
Italy
471 • Tignanello, Antinori - Vintage 1997 Older style label, excellent Appearance.
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Tuscany
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Six levels are neck-shoulder. Six labels are lightly bin Romana Sambuca
soiled.
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Italy
6 bottles .
per lot $850-1,200 Excellent Appearance.
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2 bottles
472 • Château Rieussec - Vintage 1995 Above 8 bottles and 1 half- .
per lot $100-180
Sauternes, Premier Cru Classé bottle and 1 500ml bottle
Level is neck-shoulder. Label is lightly bin soiled.
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Domaine de la Courtade, L’Alycastre, Rosé - Canada
Vintage 2005 Excellent Appearance. One bottle has the original
Côtes de Provence Canadian tax stamp dated 1974.
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4 bottles
Sancerre, R. Pannier - Vintage 2004 Scotland
Loire Excellent Appearance.
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Above 6 bottles per lot $70-120 Tennessee
Excellent Appearance.
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473 • 12 Sided Crystal Decanter José Cuervo, Tequila Gold Especiale
Unknown Jalisco
8 1/2” tall crystal decanter with wax seal over cork, Excellent Appearance.
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2 bottles Two levels are 1” below cork. Two labels are scuffed.
Seagram’s VO, Canadian Whisky Two capsules are slightly corroded.
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Canada
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2 bottles
Excellent Appearance. Bottle has the original Canadian Above 5 bottles per lot $60-110
tax stamp dated 1981.
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Above 2 1-liter bottles and per lot $90-180 481 • Fisher Winery, Chardonnay, Coach Insignia -
7 bottles
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Vintage 1996
Napa Valley
Four labels are missing. Three corks are slightly
477 • Johnnie Walker, Black Label, Scotch Whiskey depressed.
Scotland .
Label style and bottle shape suggest they are from the
1960s. “Duty Free for exportation only” printed on label. 482 • Bridgehampton, Cabernet Sauvignon - Vintage
1988
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Level is neck-shoulder.
478 • Albariño, Martin Códax - Vintage 2000 .
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1 bottle
Rias Baixas
Label is nicked. Crozes-Hermitage, Les Pierrelles, Belle Père et Fils
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- Vintage 1991
1 bottle
Rhône
Crios de Susana Baldo, Rosé of Malbec - Vintage Labels: one is lightly bin soiled, one is nicked. One
2002 capsule is slightly corroded.
Argentina .
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2 bottles
Excellent Appearance.
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Dolcetto d’Alba, Azelia - Vintage 1990
1 bottle
Dolcetto d’Alba
Peter Zemmer, Pinot Grigio - Vintage 1993 Level is neck-shoulder. Label is bin soiled, nicked.
Alto Adige .
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Excellent Appearance.
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Grgich Hills Cellars, Zinfandel - Vintage 1990
1 bottle
Napa Valley
Pinot Noir Rose, L. Crochet - Vintage 1996 Excellent Appearance.
Loire .
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2 bottles
Two labels are lightly bin soiled.
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Above 6 bottles per lot $120-180
3 bottles .
Above 6 bottles .
per lot $40-60
483 • Mayo Family Winery, Pinot Noir - Vintage 1996
Carneros
479 • Côte-de-Nuits-Villages, Chopin-Groffier - Vintage Excellent Appearance.
1996 .
8 bottles .
1 bottle
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1 bottle
Louis Roederer, Brut Curacao
Champagne Excellent Appearance.
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2 bottles
Sancerre, Paul et Fils - Vintage 1992 Cognac
Loire Valley Excellent Appearance.
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1 bottle
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Crème de Grand Marnier Russia
France Excellent Appearance.
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1 bottle
Tanqueray Sterling, Vodka
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1 bottle
Framboise de Bourgogne, Trénel England
France Excellent Appearance.
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2 bottles
Above 4 bottles per lot $40-60
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1 1-liter bottle .
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Ireland
Liquor has separated. Dewar’s, White Label, Blended Scotch Whisky
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Scotland
1 bottle
Excellent Appearance.
Above 6 bottles and 3 1- per lot $90-150 .
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liter bottles
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1 1-liter bottle
Famous Grouse, Blended Scotch Whisky
Scotland
486 • Chianti Classico, Riserva, Viticcio - Vintage 1990 Excellent Appearance.
Tuscany .
1 bottle
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. 4 bottles
1 bottle Above 6 bottles and 1 1- per lot $120-190
Above 2 bottles .
per lot $80-120 liter bottle
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487 • Beefeater, Gin 491 • Scotch Whisky, Balvenie, Double Wood, Single
England Speyside Malt
One label has a sticker on it.
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Scotland
Excellent Appearance.
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3 1-liter bottles .
1 bottle
California Scotch Whisky, Islay Single Malt, 12 Year,
Excellent Appearance.
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Bowmore
1 bottle Scotland
Above 3 1-liter bottles and .
per lot $50-90 Excellent Appearance.
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1 bottle
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1 bottle
Scotch Whisky, Single Speyside Malt, 12 Year,
488 • Bombay, Dry Gin Cragganmore
London Scotland
Excellent Appearance. Excellent Appearance.
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1 bottle
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1 2-ounce bottle
Grand Marnier Scotch Whisky, Single Speyside Malt, 12 Year,
France Glenlivet
Excellent Appearance. Scotland
Excellent Appearance.
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1 2-ounce bottle .
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2 50ml bottles
492 • Scotch Whisky, Single Highland Malt, 18 Years
Above 2 2-ounce bottles and per lot $10-20
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Excellent Appearance.
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1 bottle
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Scotland ņņņņņņņņņņņņņņņņņņņņ
Excellent Appearance.
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1980s BORDEAUX FEATURING 1982
PICHON-LALANDE.
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1 bottle
Scotch Whisky, Single Lowland Malt, 12 Year, The Property of a New York Collector.
Glenkinchie Removed from Professional storage.
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Scotland
Excellent Appearance.
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498 • Château Ducru-Beaucaillou - Vintage 1985
1 bottle St.-Julien, Deuxième Cru Classé
Above 2 bottles .
per lot $120-160 Excellent Appearance, owc.
“For sheer elegance, charm, and finesse, the 1985 Ducru-
Beaucaillou has it all. The wine is close to full maturity,
494 • Dow’s, Vintage Port - Vintage 1963 yet retains a vibrancy and youthfulness that is unusual for
Douro
a 1985. The generous flavors are soft, but not flabby. The
Label is bin soiled.
wine possesses outstanding concentration yet is elegant
“This is an extraordinary house that seems to have been
and refreshing. This is a beautifully knit, harmonious
particularly successful with its vintage port since
Ducru.” 92 points, RMP.
1977.The 1963 is a classic, a monumental, rich, still tannic .
RMP.
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Harvey’s, Fine Tawny Hunting Port 500 • Château Pichon-Longueville, Comtesse de Lalande -
Portugal Vintage 1982
Label is lightly bin soiled. Pauillac, Deuxième Cru Classé
Levels: eight are very high shoulder, three are high
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Above 3 bottles per lot $30-40 shoulder, one is high-mid shoulder. Twelve labels are very
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Unctuously-textured and full-bodied, with low acidity,
ņņņņņņņņņņņņņņņņņņņņ fabulously sweet, rich fruit, surprising definition for a
1982 LAFITE. wine of such lushness and intensity, this is one of the
The property of an Upper East Side Collector. vintage’s most compelling and profound efforts. It has
Removed from temperature controlled storage.
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been delicious since birth, but absolutely stupendous over
the last decade.” 100 points, RMP.
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12 bottles .
per lot $1,800-2,400
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