1 dozen bottles per lot
Details
CELLAR THINNING BY A MIDWESTERN WINE AFICIONADO
Today this kind wine enthusiast offers a fine selection of his treasures collected for over 20 years. The following lots include an easy to love, deep assortment of Bordeaux classed growths, classic California vineyards from the 80's and full range of Gaja and super Tuscans. Full cases 1989 Haut Brion, 1962 Bertani Amarone Recioto and 1978 Stag's Leap Cask 23 all warrant particular attention. Nearly the entire cellar is in original cases.
Removed from temperature controlled professional storage by Christie's staff
Dini V. Rao
Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1985
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
In original wooden case
Levels: bottom neck or better; recently removed from original tissue
"...It is still fairly deep in colour, with a dark velvety core; still a fairly youthful 15-year old, with the inimitable bricky, oyster shell nose which unravels in the glass. Perfect weight, balance, texture and control. Still fairly tannic and though it makes a delicious drink, still needing more time. My penultimate note: a delicious magnum at a dinner party at home, but still with time in hand. Most recently, a surprise - to say the least - bottle brought by my friend Christian Sauska from his cellar in New York via his apartment in Budapest, and drunk with his winemaker, Zanos Arvay in a roadside restaurant between Tokay and Saraspatak. It has travelled well. Last noted (in Hungary) August 2000 ****(*) Delicious now but another effortless 20 years." MB, Vintage Wine
1 dozen bottles per lot
Today this kind wine enthusiast offers a fine selection of his treasures collected for over 20 years. The following lots include an easy to love, deep assortment of Bordeaux classed growths, classic California vineyards from the 80's and full range of Gaja and super Tuscans. Full cases 1989 Haut Brion, 1962 Bertani Amarone Recioto and 1978 Stag's Leap Cask 23 all warrant particular attention. Nearly the entire cellar is in original cases.
Removed from temperature controlled professional storage by Christie's staff
Dini V. Rao
Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1985
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
In original wooden case
Levels: bottom neck or better; recently removed from original tissue
"...It is still fairly deep in colour, with a dark velvety core; still a fairly youthful 15-year old, with the inimitable bricky, oyster shell nose which unravels in the glass. Perfect weight, balance, texture and control. Still fairly tannic and though it makes a delicious drink, still needing more time. My penultimate note: a delicious magnum at a dinner party at home, but still with time in hand. Most recently, a surprise - to say the least - bottle brought by my friend Christian Sauska from his cellar in New York via his apartment in Budapest, and drunk with his winemaker, Zanos Arvay in a roadside restaurant between Tokay and Saraspatak. It has travelled well. Last noted (in Hungary) August 2000 ****(*) Delicious now but another effortless 20 years." MB, Vintage Wine
1 dozen bottles per lot