Groupe Duclot Bordeaux Collection 2006 (9, OWC)

GROUPE DUCLOT BORDEAUX COLLECTION 2006 (9, OWC)

CHÂTEAU CHEVAL BLANC 2006 (1)
SAINT-ÉMILION. PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
U. VTS.

TASTED AT BORDEAUX INDEX'S ANNUAL 10-YEAR ON TASTING IN LONDON.THE 2006 CHÂTEAU CHEVAL BLANC IS A BLEND OF 55% MERLOT AND 45% CABERNET FRANC. IT HAS THE MOST FLORAL BOUQUET OF THE FOUR SERIÉ A GRAND CRU CLASSÉ: AN EXPLOSION OF CRUSHED VIOLETS AND POTPOURRI, HINTS OF LEATHER AND CIGAR BOX, THE CABERNET FRANC CLEARLY LENDING THIS COMPLEXITY AND CHARACTER. THE PALATE IS MEDIUM-BODIED WITH FINE TANNIN. IT FEELS WONDERFULLY STRUCTURED AND COMES WITH AN INSISTENT GRIP THAT COATS THE MOUTH. THIS IS BACKWARD AND ALMOST SURLY, BUT YOU HAVE TO STAND BACK AND ADMIRE THE PRECISION AND ARCHING STRUCTURE ON THE MINERAL-RICH FINISH. TOP-DOG SAINT EMILION? THAT'S FOR SURE. TASTED JANUARY 2016. DRINK TO 2040 WA 97

CHÂTEAU D'YQUEM 2006 (1)
SAUTERNES. PREMIER CRU SUPÉRIEUR
U. VTS.

MEDIUM LEMON-GOLD COLORED, THE 2006 D'YQUEM IS A LITTLE RETICENT AT THIS STAGE, SLOWLY REVEALING NOTES OF PINEAPPLE PASTRY, DRIED APPLE SLICES, ORANGE PRESERVES AND SPICE CAKE PLUS NUANCES OF CRÈME BRÛLÉE, PRESERVED GINGER, NUTMEG AND BAKING BREAD. THE PALATE OFFERS MOUTH-COATING TROPICAL FRUIT AND BAKING SPICE LAYERS WITH A SEDUCTIVE OILINESS TO THE TEXTURE AND LOADS OF CITRUS SPARKS, FINISHING WITH BOLD FRESHNESS AND AMAZING LENGTH. AUGUST 2019 DRINK TO 2046 WA 95+

CHÂTEAU HAUT-BRION 2006 (1)
PESSAC-LÉOGNAN. 1ER CRU CLASSÉ
U. 1.5 CM. SCUFFED LABEL.

TASTED AT BORDEAUX INDEX'S ANNUAL 10-YEAR ON TASTING IN LONDON. THE 2006 CHÂTEAU HAUT-BRION HAS A MORE OSTENTATIOUS BOUQUET THAN THE COMPARATIVELY RESERVED LA MISSION: QUITE FEISTY BLACKBERRY, BRIARY, KIRSCH AND RED PLUM SCENTS, HINTS OF LEATHER AND SAGE TUCKED JUST UNDERNEATH. THIS IS A BOUQUET DETERMINED TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION! THE PALATE IS MEDIUM-BODIED WITH SUPPLE TANNIN, WELL-JUDGED ACIDITY, A GENTLE BUILD TO A CONCENTRATED, EARTHY, TRUFFLE-TINGED FINISH THAT LINGERS LONG IN THE MOUTH. THIS SEEMS TO HAVE THE UPPER-HAND OVER THE LA MISSION AND PROBABLY HAS A LONGER FUTURE. A THOROUGHBRED FROM JEAN-PHILIPPE DELMAS AND HIS TEAM. TASTED JANUARY 2016. DRINK TO 2046 WA 96

CHÂTEAU LA MISSION HAUT-BRION 2006 (1)
PESSAC-LÉOGNAN. GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
U. BN.

THE 2006 LA MISSION HAUT-BRION IS SHOWING VERY WELL AT AGE 15, AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S STILL FIVE OR SIX YEARS AWAY FROM THE BEGINNING OF ITS PLATEAU OF MATURITY, IT IS ALREADY QUITE EXPRESSIVE, WAFTING FROM THE GLASS WITH AROMAS OF BLACKBERRIES AND BLACKCURRANTS MINGLED WITH NOTIONS OF SMOKE, CIGAR WRAPPER, BLACK TRUFFLE AND LOAMY SOIL. FULL-BODIED, FLESHY AND MUSCULAR, WITH A RICHLY LAYERED CORE OF FRUIT FRAMED BY AN ABUNDANCE OF RIPE, POWDERY TANNIN. FEBRUARY 2022 DRINK TO 2056 WA 95

CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2006 (1)
PAUILLAC. 1ER CRU CLASSÉ
U. BN.

TASTED AT BORDEAUX INDEX'S ANNUAL 10-YEAR ON TASTING IN LONDON AND THEN BLIND AT FARR VINTNERS TASTING. THE 2006 CHÂTEAU LAFITE-ROTHSCHILD OFFERS IMPRESSIVE FRUIT INTENSITY ON THE NOSE, ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT HAVE THE PRECISION OF THE 2006 MOUTON-ROTHSCHILD. RED BERRY FRUITS INTERMINGLE WITH ROSE PETALS AND SOUS-BOIS SCENTS - VERY TYPICAL LAFITE BOUQUET WHERE LESS CAN BE MORE. THE PALATE IS MEDIUM-BODIED WITH FINE TANNIN AND A KEEN LINE OF ACIDITY. IT IS CERTAINLY VERY WELL BALANCED WITH GRAPHITE-TINGED BLACK FRUIT, BUT WHEREAS MOUTON-ROTHSCHILD POSSESSES THAT PEACOCK'S TAIL, LAFITE REMAINS LINEAR. NEVERTHELESS, THE SOPHISTICATION REALLY COMES THROUGH HERE. IT IS A LAFITE-ROTHSCHILD THAT MAY SPRING A FEW SURPRISES DOWN THE LINE, ONE OF THOSE WINES THAT KEEPS DRAWING YOU BACK. UNDERSTATED CLASS. TASTED APRIL 2016. DRINK TO 2045 WS 95 WA 95

CHÂTEAU LATOUR 2006 (1)
PAUILLAC. 1ER CRU CLASSÉ
U. VTS.

THE 2006 LATOUR IS COMPOSED OF 91.5% CABERNET SAUVIGNON, 7.5% MERLOT, 0.5% CABERNET FRANC AND 0.5% PETIT VERDOT. DEEP GARNET-PURPLE COLORED, IT CHARGES OUT OF THE GATE WITH IMPRESSIVELY ENERGETIC CRÈME DE CASSIS, CURED MEATS, WOOD SMOKE AND BLACK FOREST CAKE NOTIONS PLUS HINTS OF LICORICE, SANDALWOOD AND IRON ORE, NOT TO MENTION A FRAGRANT WAFT OF DRIED ROSES THAT EMERGES WITH COAXING. MEDIUM TO FULL-BODIED, SUITABLY RICH, EXPRESSIVE AND ACCENTED BY SPARKS OF EXOTIC SPICES, IT HAS A FRAME OF NOW VELVETY TANNINS CONTRIBUTING JUST A BIT OF CHEW TO THE LONG, PERFUMED FINISH. DRINKING BEAUTIFULLY NOW, IT SHOULD CELLAR GRACEFULLY OVER THE NEXT 20+ YEARS. MARCH 2018 WA 95

CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 2006 (1)
MARGAUX. 1ER CRU CLASSÉ
U. BN. RAISED CORK.

TASTED AT BORDEAUX INDEX'S ANNUAL 10-YEAR ON TASTING IN LONDON.THE 2006 CHÂTEAU MARGAUX HAS A SENSE OF AIRINESS AND WONDERFUL DEFINITION ON THE NOSE: WILD STRAWBERRY, REDCURRANT, CEDAR AND CRUSHED ROSES SOARING FROM THE GLASS, BUT IT NEVER STRIVES FOR THE OPULENCE OF SAY THE 2006 CHÂTEAU PALMER. THE PALATE IS VERY WELL BALANCED WITH FINE AND QUITE FIRM TANNIN IN THE MOUTH. THIS SEEMS TO BE APPROACHING ITS PLATEAU AFTER A DECADE. WHILE NOT A POWERFUL OR OSTENTATIOUS CHÂTEAU MARGAUX, IT EPITOMIZES UNDERSTATEMENT AND REFINEMENT IN A SIMILAR VEIN TO LAFITE-ROTHSCHILD. IT IS ONLY AFTER THE WINE HAS BEEN SWALLOWED THAT YOU APPRECIATE ITS QUALITIES AND YOU FEEL URGED TO GO BACK FOR ANOTHER SIP. TASTED JANUARY 2016. WA 94

CHÂTEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD 2006 (1)
PAUILLAC. 1ER CRU CLASSÉ
WRINKLED LABEL.

IT REMAINS ONE OF THE STANDOUTS OF THE GROWING SEASON AND ACTUALLY REPLICATES PREVIOUS SHOWINGS JUST THE WEEK EARLIER AND IN JANUARY. AS EXPECTED, THE NOSE HAS QUITE BRILLIANT DELINEATION WITH BLACKBERRY, GRAPHITE, HERE AN ALMOST COLD SLATE-LIKE SCENT. THE PALATE IS HARMONIOUS WITH THE CAREFULLY JUDGED ACIDITY, FINE-GRAIN TANNIN AND IMMENSE DETAIL ON THE FINISH. RECENT BOTTLES SUGGEST THAT IT MAY CLOSE UP FOR SEVERAL YEARS, IN WHICH CASE, EITHER ENJOY THIS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS OR CELLAR THIS FOR A FEW YEARS AND RECEIVE VINOUS DIVIDENDS DOWN THE LINE. DRINK: 2023-2055 TASTED MAY 2016. WA 96

CHÂTEAU PÉTRUS 2006 (1)
POMEROL.
U. VTS.

THE 2006 PETRUS NOW SEEMS TO BE EVOLVING MORE SLOWLY THAN THE 2006 LE PIN: THE FRUIT DARKER WITH RASPBERRY COULIS, MULBERRY, HINTS OF MARMALADE AND CRUSHED ROSE PETALS COMING FORTH. THE PALATE IS MEDIUM-BODIED WITH FINE TANNIN, GENTLY GRIPPING THE MOUTH AND DEMONSTRATING ADMIRABLE WEIGHT AND COMPLEXITY. YOU MIGHT ALMOST THINK THERE WAS SOME CABERNET FRANC TOWARDS THE FINISH THANKS TO THE SUBTLE PEPPERY NOTES COMING THROUGH. IT IS PROBABLY READY TO DRINK NOW, BUT THE SUBSTANCE HERE SUGGESTS THAT IT WILL AGE FOR ANOTHER DECADE AND CONTINUE TO OFFER PLEASURE LONG AFTER. TASTED JANUARY 2016. WS 94 WA 96


9 BTS. PER LOT $8,000 - $10,000

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September 16, 2025

Estimate $8,000-$10,000

Realised: $19,200