1 half-bottle per lot
细节
A RANGE OF FINE WINES FROM THE WEINGUT KUNSTLER, HOCHHEIM
Gunther Künstler is, unquestionably, one of the stars in the German wine producing firmament, making, from top vineyard sites in Hochheim, wines of excellent quality.
From Shakespeare's time, through the 18th Century and well into the 19th. 'Hock' the English term for Rhine wine, particularly 'Old Hock', was fashionable and expensive. 'Hock' (fine old) first appeared in an auction catalogue in February 1767, just two months after James Christie's inaugural sale. A dozen bottles of 'very old Hock' was sold at Christie's in 1808 for over 10 guineas, the highest price for any wine at auction between 1766 and the 1880s.
Thomas Jefferson, a noted wine connoisseur, later to become President, visited Hochheim in his tour of wine regions during his period as American envoy based in Paris in the 1780s; and following the visit of Queen Victoria, another German wine enthusiast, in 1865, a monument was erected in a vineyard renamed Königen Victoria Berg. M.B.
Hochheimer Kirchenstück Riesling Beerenauslese--Vintage 1971
Rheingau. Weingut Künstler
Great vintage, sweet wines of this quality still at their peak. MB
1 half-bottle per lot
Gunther Künstler is, unquestionably, one of the stars in the German wine producing firmament, making, from top vineyard sites in Hochheim, wines of excellent quality.
From Shakespeare's time, through the 18th Century and well into the 19th. 'Hock' the English term for Rhine wine, particularly 'Old Hock', was fashionable and expensive. 'Hock' (fine old) first appeared in an auction catalogue in February 1767, just two months after James Christie's inaugural sale. A dozen bottles of 'very old Hock' was sold at Christie's in 1808 for over 10 guineas, the highest price for any wine at auction between 1766 and the 1880s.
Thomas Jefferson, a noted wine connoisseur, later to become President, visited Hochheim in his tour of wine regions during his period as American envoy based in Paris in the 1780s; and following the visit of Queen Victoria, another German wine enthusiast, in 1865, a monument was erected in a vineyard renamed Königen Victoria Berg. M.B.
Hochheimer Kirchenstück Riesling Beerenauslese--Vintage 1971
Rheingau. Weingut Künstler
Great vintage, sweet wines of this quality still at their peak. MB
1 half-bottle per lot
注意事项
Offered duty paid, but available in bond