1 double-magnum per lot
Details
Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1976
Pauillac, 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
Bin-soiled label. Level into neck
Tasting note: Once a charmer, nearly always a charmer though some of the patina wearing thin. It could almost have been a '53 so easy and flavoury from weaning in the cask through the 1980s, when most of my notes were made. Over six in the last decade, ignoring a corked bottle but including bottles drinking perfectly at a Bacchus Sociey dinner (in 1997): a fragrance that reminded me of orange blossom. Very sweet, enough flesh, delicious. At a pre-sale tasting in New York (1999), my impression was that it was losing its charm. Magnums presentated at a Domaines Baron de Rothschild dinner at Brooks's in London: though not, as at past dinners a co-commentator, I was quietly enjoying myself in a corner of the Great Subscription Room, one of the loveliest rooms in London, when Eric de Rothschild called for a comment. I duly obliged. The '76 was deeper than expected; its bouquet mature and totally harmonious; good fruit, good drink yet with keen-edged tannins. Very drinkable. Went well with the Welsh rarebit. Last tasted Nov 2000 **** but past its peak Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
1 double-magnum per lot
Pauillac, 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
Bin-soiled label. Level into neck
Tasting note: Once a charmer, nearly always a charmer though some of the patina wearing thin. It could almost have been a '53 so easy and flavoury from weaning in the cask through the 1980s, when most of my notes were made. Over six in the last decade, ignoring a corked bottle but including bottles drinking perfectly at a Bacchus Sociey dinner (in 1997): a fragrance that reminded me of orange blossom. Very sweet, enough flesh, delicious. At a pre-sale tasting in New York (1999), my impression was that it was losing its charm. Magnums presentated at a Domaines Baron de Rothschild dinner at Brooks's in London: though not, as at past dinners a co-commentator, I was quietly enjoying myself in a corner of the Great Subscription Room, one of the loveliest rooms in London, when Eric de Rothschild called for a comment. I duly obliged. The '76 was deeper than expected; its bouquet mature and totally harmonious; good fruit, good drink yet with keen-edged tannins. Very drinkable. Went well with the Welsh rarebit. Last tasted Nov 2000 **** but past its peak Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
1 double-magnum per lot
Special notice
(Wine sales only). Christie's charges a Buyer's premium calculated at 17.850% of the hammer price for each lot with a value up to €150,000. If the hammer price of a lot exceeds €150,000 then the premium for the lot is calculated at 17.850% of the first €150,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyer's Premium is calculated on this basis for each lot individually.