RARE TOKAY ESSENCE
Lying at Christie's
Tokay Essence--Vintage 1811
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Tokay Essence--Vintage 1811
Bottled about 1840. Berry Bros & Rudd label. Wax capsule (top missing). Protruding cork. Level 7.5cms. below cork
Michael Broadbent in his "Great Vintage Wine Book" writes: "The "Comet" Vintage, probably the most perfect ever recorded in Europe. From the cellars of the Princely family of Bretsenheim. The wine was walled up in the Hungarian revolution of 1848, unearthed and imported by Berry Bros & Rudd in 1925.
Tasting note: Amber; ambrosial; sweet, concentrated and lingering
1 half-litre per lot
Bottled about 1840. Berry Bros & Rudd label. Wax capsule (top missing). Protruding cork. Level 7.5cms. below cork
Michael Broadbent in his "Great Vintage Wine Book" writes: "The "Comet" Vintage, probably the most perfect ever recorded in Europe. From the cellars of the Princely family of Bretsenheim. The wine was walled up in the Hungarian revolution of 1848, unearthed and imported by Berry Bros & Rudd in 1925.
Tasting note: Amber; ambrosial; sweet, concentrated and lingering
1 half-litre per lot
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