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STUNNING HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MAGNIFICENT PRIVATE CELLAR OF BARRY M. FOX
FEATURING AN EXTRAORDINARY OFFERING OF VINTAGE CHAMPAGNE
Removed by Christie's staff from two impeccably maintained private cellars in New York City and the country, this offering represents a small part of Barry Fox's extensive and eclectic cellar that is a true wine connoisseur's paradise. The over-stuffed cellars were in need of a little reconciliation and we leave him with some treasured older bottles, favourite white Bordeaux and white Burgundies as well as an extensive range of drinking wines from around the globe.
As a resident of London for many years, much of Mr. Fox's rare older champagne were acquired through the major auction houses in London when great offerings were made often from excellent Engligh country homes or directly from champagne houses at 'themed sales.' In the United States, he continued to endulge his passion by buying from the most reputable wine merchants in the city.
Beyond champagne there is excellent white Bordeaux, of which he is extremely fond; rare, old Riojas, a splash of California and carefully selected Bordeaux - but rarely leaving an empty bin.
This is a collection crafted with passion and the offering here is a gentle reduction of a drinker's cellar.
Richard Brierley
DOM PERIGNON
In 1935 Mo©et were asked to supply a special bottling for their British importers; Simon Bros. and Co. to celebrate the London firm's centenary. The Epernay house provided 300 specially commissioned, heavy bottomed bottles with a shield-shaped label which bore the inscription "Champagne especially shipped for Simon Bros. and Co.'s Centenary 1835-1935." The bottles were sent to the importer's 150 best customers- the vintage inside the 1926. Word of this luxury cuvée soon spread amongst affluent American society, revelling in the post-prohibition era, and there was great demand for such a Champagne. In response to requests, 100 cases were shipped to New York in November 1936, this time using the finer and more mature 1921 vintage. Not being able to use the same insctiption on the lable as used the previous year in London, Mo©et decided to name this cuvée Dom Pérignon after Champagne's founding father. The 1921 vintage, and subsequent vintages up to 1943, underwent secondary fermentation in a regular bottle then being transvasaged into the custom made bottles that we still know today for Dom Pérignon. The quality of Dom Pérignon lives to this day and it has been difficult to resist the urge to drink recent vintages before they are ready.
Dom Pérignon--Vintage 1955
Epernay
Level: 4cm below capsule, excellent appearance
1 bottle per lot
FEATURING AN EXTRAORDINARY OFFERING OF VINTAGE CHAMPAGNE
Removed by Christie's staff from two impeccably maintained private cellars in New York City and the country, this offering represents a small part of Barry Fox's extensive and eclectic cellar that is a true wine connoisseur's paradise. The over-stuffed cellars were in need of a little reconciliation and we leave him with some treasured older bottles, favourite white Bordeaux and white Burgundies as well as an extensive range of drinking wines from around the globe.
As a resident of London for many years, much of Mr. Fox's rare older champagne were acquired through the major auction houses in London when great offerings were made often from excellent Engligh country homes or directly from champagne houses at 'themed sales.' In the United States, he continued to endulge his passion by buying from the most reputable wine merchants in the city.
Beyond champagne there is excellent white Bordeaux, of which he is extremely fond; rare, old Riojas, a splash of California and carefully selected Bordeaux - but rarely leaving an empty bin.
This is a collection crafted with passion and the offering here is a gentle reduction of a drinker's cellar.
Richard Brierley
DOM PERIGNON
In 1935 Mo©et were asked to supply a special bottling for their British importers; Simon Bros. and Co. to celebrate the London firm's centenary. The Epernay house provided 300 specially commissioned, heavy bottomed bottles with a shield-shaped label which bore the inscription "Champagne especially shipped for Simon Bros. and Co.'s Centenary 1835-1935." The bottles were sent to the importer's 150 best customers- the vintage inside the 1926. Word of this luxury cuvée soon spread amongst affluent American society, revelling in the post-prohibition era, and there was great demand for such a Champagne. In response to requests, 100 cases were shipped to New York in November 1936, this time using the finer and more mature 1921 vintage. Not being able to use the same insctiption on the lable as used the previous year in London, Mo©et decided to name this cuvée Dom Pérignon after Champagne's founding father. The 1921 vintage, and subsequent vintages up to 1943, underwent secondary fermentation in a regular bottle then being transvasaged into the custom made bottles that we still know today for Dom Pérignon. The quality of Dom Pérignon lives to this day and it has been difficult to resist the urge to drink recent vintages before they are ready.
Dom Pérignon--Vintage 1955
Epernay
Level: 4cm below capsule, excellent appearance
1 bottle per lot