12 bottles per lot
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A COMPLETE CASE OF RICHEBOURG 1985 FROM DOMAINE HENRI JAYER
Lying in Twickenham, Middlesex (EHD)
Offered duty-paid, but available in bond
Richebourg Grand Cru--Vintage 1985
Côte de Nuits. Domaine-bottled: Henri Jayer
Very lightly bin-soiled labels. Levels: 2cms below corks or better
Henri Jayer: When asked why his wines are so consistently great, Jayer simply responds, "I make the kind of wine I like." His wines are aged in 100 new oak, are never filtered, and are bottled directly from the barrel. The excellent colour and well-delineated, intense Pinot Noir fruit he gets could well come from his special "cold maceration," which involves totally destemming the grapes after picking and putting them in tanks where they stay before the fermentation starts.
Modern oenologists would no doubt be horrified at such a process as the risk of oxidation is high, but never, ever have I tasted a volatile or oxidized bottle of wine from Jayer. As he says, to make great wine, one must assume certain risks. Jayer feels his finest vintages are 1978, 1985, 1980, and 1986. The 1985s are all quite profound, deeply coloured, and packed with fruit. Robert Parker. Burgundy Book 1990
12 bottles per lot
Lying in Twickenham, Middlesex (EHD)
Offered duty-paid, but available in bond
Richebourg Grand Cru--Vintage 1985
Côte de Nuits. Domaine-bottled: Henri Jayer
Very lightly bin-soiled labels. Levels: 2cms below corks or better
Henri Jayer: When asked why his wines are so consistently great, Jayer simply responds, "I make the kind of wine I like." His wines are aged in 100 new oak, are never filtered, and are bottled directly from the barrel. The excellent colour and well-delineated, intense Pinot Noir fruit he gets could well come from his special "cold maceration," which involves totally destemming the grapes after picking and putting them in tanks where they stay before the fermentation starts.
Modern oenologists would no doubt be horrified at such a process as the risk of oxidation is high, but never, ever have I tasted a volatile or oxidized bottle of wine from Jayer. As he says, to make great wine, one must assume certain risks. Jayer feels his finest vintages are 1978, 1985, 1980, and 1986. The 1985s are all quite profound, deeply coloured, and packed with fruit. Robert Parker. Burgundy Book 1990
12 bottles per lot
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Offered duty paid, but available in bond. VAT at 17.5% will be charged on the hammer price on removal of the lot from bond.