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MONUMENTAL WINES FROM ONE OF NORTH AMERICA'S GREATEST WINE AFICIONADOS. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE RARE HALF-BOTTLES OF VINTAGES OF THE 1950s, PRE-WAR RED BURGUNDY, MATURE GRAND CRU WHITES, SUPER ITALIANS AND TOP RHONES.

This offering is only part of a much larger collection and belongs to a wine connoisseur in the more traditional mould. The lots reflect a life-time's passion and devotion to seeking out the great bottles and drinking them with friends.

The emphasis here is on the classics of France, and suggests a palate often called English. Mature wines of great caliber are increasingly hard to find and this group presents some intriguing opportunities to taste wines rarely opened.

Richard Brierley

Château Latour
--Vintage 1948
Levels: one top and one upper shoulder; slightly corroded capsuleshalf (2)
--Vintage 1952
Levels: very top shoulder; bin soiled labels, Avery's capsuleshalf (2)
Above 4 half-bottles per lot

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