8 bottles per lot
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A FINE SELECTION OF ORIGINALLY OWNED VINTAGES THAT HAVE BROUGHT MUCH PLEASURE TO ITS PRESENT OWNER
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE CASE REMNANTS OF 1982 HAUT BRION BLANC, CASES OF 1982 CRU CLASSÉ CLARET SUCH AS AN ORIGINAL WOODEN CASE OF PICHON LALANDE IN MAGNUMS, LÉOVILLE LAS CASES, GRUAUD LAROSE, CALON-SÉGUR, AND THE EVER POPULAR LYNCH-BAGES.
Property of a Central Coast Lady
Recently removed from a purpose built underground home cellar of impeccable storage conditions
Our consignor has graciously made available several selections from this collection that will be offered for your inspection at the pre-sale tasting. Inquire for details.
Note: This consignor is also participating with lots chosen specifically for the Los Angeles Evening Sale, April 27. Showcased lots from this collection include an Original Wooden Case of 1982 Château Latour in magnum, and two Original Wooden Cases of 1982 Château Ausone. Please see sale 1899 for further details.
Château Haut-Brion, Blanc--Vintage 1982
Pessac (Graves), cru classé
Levels: five 2.5cm and three 3.0cm; lightly bin soiled bottles and labels, these bottles were racked just below one of the cooling units
Tasting note from this lot: Upon meeting my charming host I was welcomed into the home with a wonderfully rare tasting opportunity, a glass of 1982 Haut Brion blanc. Admirers of this Château know the rarity of such an opportunity, so little is ever offered for sale as to make the wine more a myth than a tangible experience! The color is radiant, star bright, youthful, pale straw yellow with green accents as one holds it up to the light. We had just opened the bottle and warmed it in our hands to proper drinking temperature. The '82 is as reluctant as a child visiting the dentist. In time it opened and revealed that citrusy-nutty quality that only aged Bordeaux whites can deliver. Soon the talk of paring it with oysters was at hand...The aromas translated well to the pallet where much of the same was repeated but now a bees wax aroma and finish on the palate. The wine is firm with balanced acidity, well structured and integrated in every way. You would be hard pressed to estimate it's age. There is great viscosity and length to the wine. An absolute marvel to sample. As we spoke, we finished the bottle I might add, I learned more about the collection and tastes of my host...soon to follow the '82 blanc was an '85 Mouton Rothschild waiting in the wings...it too was marvelous. The preference, if I may be allowed to speak on my host's behalf, is for dry wines of complexity, balanced in every way a wine should be. The wine should be able to age and gain additional nuance. My host is a kindred spirit in matters of wine taste. The storage conditions are of the very best in quality, 70 humidity, 53 degrees temperature and constant. Everything inspected is from excellent storage conditions having been purchased on released and only recently moved for the sale. ST
From Michael Broadbent's Vintage Wine: "Successful vintage for dry white Bordeaux and the top wines are certainly worth pursuing. An impressive powerful wine [in May 1983] though clearly needing considerable bottle aging. A 'wonderful mouthful' in 1990, 'will develop further'. Indeed after nearly ten more years, thought still fairly pale, a magnificient bouquet, fragrant, nutty, opening up in the glass like a great Montrachet, pineapple, vanilla, peaches. Last noted at a pre-sale tasting in London, Jan 1999 ****(*)."
8 bottles per lot
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE CASE REMNANTS OF 1982 HAUT BRION BLANC, CASES OF 1982 CRU CLASSÉ CLARET SUCH AS AN ORIGINAL WOODEN CASE OF PICHON LALANDE IN MAGNUMS, LÉOVILLE LAS CASES, GRUAUD LAROSE, CALON-SÉGUR, AND THE EVER POPULAR LYNCH-BAGES.
Property of a Central Coast Lady
Recently removed from a purpose built underground home cellar of impeccable storage conditions
Our consignor has graciously made available several selections from this collection that will be offered for your inspection at the pre-sale tasting. Inquire for details.
Note: This consignor is also participating with lots chosen specifically for the Los Angeles Evening Sale, April 27. Showcased lots from this collection include an Original Wooden Case of 1982 Château Latour in magnum, and two Original Wooden Cases of 1982 Château Ausone. Please see sale 1899 for further details.
Château Haut-Brion, Blanc--Vintage 1982
Pessac (Graves), cru classé
Levels: five 2.5cm and three 3.0cm; lightly bin soiled bottles and labels, these bottles were racked just below one of the cooling units
Tasting note from this lot: Upon meeting my charming host I was welcomed into the home with a wonderfully rare tasting opportunity, a glass of 1982 Haut Brion blanc. Admirers of this Château know the rarity of such an opportunity, so little is ever offered for sale as to make the wine more a myth than a tangible experience! The color is radiant, star bright, youthful, pale straw yellow with green accents as one holds it up to the light. We had just opened the bottle and warmed it in our hands to proper drinking temperature. The '82 is as reluctant as a child visiting the dentist. In time it opened and revealed that citrusy-nutty quality that only aged Bordeaux whites can deliver. Soon the talk of paring it with oysters was at hand...The aromas translated well to the pallet where much of the same was repeated but now a bees wax aroma and finish on the palate. The wine is firm with balanced acidity, well structured and integrated in every way. You would be hard pressed to estimate it's age. There is great viscosity and length to the wine. An absolute marvel to sample. As we spoke, we finished the bottle I might add, I learned more about the collection and tastes of my host...soon to follow the '82 blanc was an '85 Mouton Rothschild waiting in the wings...it too was marvelous. The preference, if I may be allowed to speak on my host's behalf, is for dry wines of complexity, balanced in every way a wine should be. The wine should be able to age and gain additional nuance. My host is a kindred spirit in matters of wine taste. The storage conditions are of the very best in quality, 70 humidity, 53 degrees temperature and constant. Everything inspected is from excellent storage conditions having been purchased on released and only recently moved for the sale. ST
From Michael Broadbent's Vintage Wine: "Successful vintage for dry white Bordeaux and the top wines are certainly worth pursuing. An impressive powerful wine [in May 1983] though clearly needing considerable bottle aging. A 'wonderful mouthful' in 1990, 'will develop further'. Indeed after nearly ten more years, thought still fairly pale, a magnificient bouquet, fragrant, nutty, opening up in the glass like a great Montrachet, pineapple, vanilla, peaches. Last noted at a pre-sale tasting in London, Jan 1999 ****(*)."
8 bottles per lot