6 bottles per lot
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JOSEPH DROUHIN
Few, if any, Beaune-based wine firms have so consistently, over the last 30 years, delivered authentic, dependable great bottles as this one. Beaune Clos des Mouches is, of course, a standard-bearer for the firm. They dominate the holdings in this vineyard, which marches alongside the Pommard boundary, not surprisingly showing more structure and panache than most 1st Growth Beaunes. The Echézeaux is also a little-known element in the Drouhin family Domaine. Both these 1985 wines are at their peak, with softened tannins, Pinot spiciness well developed and silky textures on the finish. AH
Lying at Christie's warehouse, Barking
Offered duty-paid, but available in bond
Echézeaux Grand Cru--Vintage 1985
Côte de Nuits. French-bottled: Joseph Drouhin
Parcel: lots 328 to 329
6 bottles per lot
Few, if any, Beaune-based wine firms have so consistently, over the last 30 years, delivered authentic, dependable great bottles as this one. Beaune Clos des Mouches is, of course, a standard-bearer for the firm. They dominate the holdings in this vineyard, which marches alongside the Pommard boundary, not surprisingly showing more structure and panache than most 1st Growth Beaunes. The Echézeaux is also a little-known element in the Drouhin family Domaine. Both these 1985 wines are at their peak, with softened tannins, Pinot spiciness well developed and silky textures on the finish. AH
Lying at Christie's warehouse, Barking
Offered duty-paid, but available in bond
Echézeaux Grand Cru--Vintage 1985
Côte de Nuits. French-bottled: Joseph Drouhin
Parcel: lots 328 to 329
6 bottles per lot
Special notice
ParcelWineOffered duty paid, but available in bond. VAT at 17.5% will be charged on the hammer price on removal of the lot from bond.