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May 0614, 2019
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LOT 154

Lot 154

ROGER SABON CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE LE SECRET DES SABON 2005 (4) WA 98

ROGER SABON CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE LE SECRET DES SABON 2005 (4) WA 98
Lot 154 Details
ROGER SABON CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE LE SECRET DES SABON 2005

Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
u. 3 x 1 cm. 1 x scraped & scuffed label. 1 x scuffed label. 2 x stained, scraped & scuffed label.

The best showing yet from this cuvee (I rated in 96+ earlier this year), the 2005 Châteauneuf du Pape Le Secret de Sabon is a brilliant success and easily in the top handful of wines in the vintage. Made from mostly Grenache (it’s a field blend and the exact blend is unknown) and aged 18 months in demi-muids, it offers a full-bodied, powerful, yet perfectly balanced feel on the palate to go with knockout notes of black raspberry, currants, garrigue, licorice and Provencal herbs. Still youthful, yet drinking spectacularly today, it will continue to knock your socks off for another decade or more. February 2015 Drink: 2015-2030 WA 98

4 bts.    per lot $700 - $900

Realised: $852
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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