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BURGUNDY RARITIES INCLUDING CROX PARANTOUX FROM HENRI JAYER
The following collection of wines comes to us from the private collection of an internationally renowned celebrity chef. A unique element to this collection is a subset representing truly "the best of the best," from the Rôhne Valley, red and white Burgundy, and Bordeaux. Among a selection of gems, the largest diamond is the scope of wines from Henri Jayer. All of the wines in this collection were bought on release by the current owner, and kept in temperature controlled storage in Paris and New York. A wine connoisseur, as well as a collector, the current owner purchased his wine for consumption, and as such you'll see from the catalog notes some of the labels have suffered from high humidity. The conditions of the wines however, as indicated by ullage and color, are uniformly excellent. Where a vintage was obscured, we have relied on the handwritten notes of the consignor's cellar master and sommelier, who took receipt of the bottles himself, prior to the labels' disintegration. Further, personal strip labels adhered to the backs of bottles indicating the consignor's private cellar have been removed by Christie's Specialists as a service to our client's wishes for anonymity.
DRC MONTRACHET
"The tiny Montrachet vineyard produces the world's greatest dry white wine, though fanatics argue as to why this is so. Some claim the ideal southeast exposure allows the Chardonnay grape the chance to achieve perfect ripeness. Other swear it is the unique terrior of a limestone foundation overlaid with drainage-friendly calcerious soils that lend ""Mont Rachat"", or translated ""bald mountain"", its telltale minerality. It is these reasons and a series of intangibles that together create the most opulent form of white Burgundy known as Montrachet.
Historically, Montrachet ranks among the world's most expensive dry white wines and Domaine de la Romanée-Conti's tiny production under 300 cases per year ranks among the most precious. DRC's Montrachet parcel lies on the Chassagne side and measures out to be just under one hectare large. The Domaine's Montrachet has phenomenal richness and concentration with white flowers, green apples, honey, liquefied minerals and smoked nuts. Harnessing the wine's full explosiveness, DRC Montrachet combines definition and balance of flavour with an intense depth and everlasting length.
Montrachet--Vintage 1996
Côte de Beaune, Domaine de la Romanée Conti
1 bottle per lot
The following collection of wines comes to us from the private collection of an internationally renowned celebrity chef. A unique element to this collection is a subset representing truly "the best of the best," from the Rôhne Valley, red and white Burgundy, and Bordeaux. Among a selection of gems, the largest diamond is the scope of wines from Henri Jayer. All of the wines in this collection were bought on release by the current owner, and kept in temperature controlled storage in Paris and New York. A wine connoisseur, as well as a collector, the current owner purchased his wine for consumption, and as such you'll see from the catalog notes some of the labels have suffered from high humidity. The conditions of the wines however, as indicated by ullage and color, are uniformly excellent. Where a vintage was obscured, we have relied on the handwritten notes of the consignor's cellar master and sommelier, who took receipt of the bottles himself, prior to the labels' disintegration. Further, personal strip labels adhered to the backs of bottles indicating the consignor's private cellar have been removed by Christie's Specialists as a service to our client's wishes for anonymity.
DRC MONTRACHET
"The tiny Montrachet vineyard produces the world's greatest dry white wine, though fanatics argue as to why this is so. Some claim the ideal southeast exposure allows the Chardonnay grape the chance to achieve perfect ripeness. Other swear it is the unique terrior of a limestone foundation overlaid with drainage-friendly calcerious soils that lend ""Mont Rachat"", or translated ""bald mountain"", its telltale minerality. It is these reasons and a series of intangibles that together create the most opulent form of white Burgundy known as Montrachet.
Historically, Montrachet ranks among the world's most expensive dry white wines and Domaine de la Romanée-Conti's tiny production under 300 cases per year ranks among the most precious. DRC's Montrachet parcel lies on the Chassagne side and measures out to be just under one hectare large. The Domaine's Montrachet has phenomenal richness and concentration with white flowers, green apples, honey, liquefied minerals and smoked nuts. Harnessing the wine's full explosiveness, DRC Montrachet combines definition and balance of flavour with an intense depth and everlasting length.
Montrachet--Vintage 1996
Côte de Beaune, Domaine de la Romanée Conti
1 bottle per lot