Above 9 bottles per lot
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FINEST AND RAREST WINES FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
Christie's are delighted to offer for sale one of the finest wine collections ever to come to auction. This outstanding collection - Lots 1 to 135 - includes many of the world's greatest and longest-lived wines from Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rhône, Portugal and Italy which have been painstakingly amassed from reputable merchants by this most discerning collector predominantly in the 1980's and early 1990's.
The wines were recently removed from long-term professional storage under optimum temperature and humidity-controlled conditions at Octavian in Wiltshire for checking and condition reports by Christie's specialists. The wines are in excellent condition and with impeccable provenance this auction offers wine enthusiasts and collectors alike a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to aquire some of the Finest and Rarest wines ever produced.
Highlights include:
From Bordeaux
12 bottles of Château Trotanoy 1971
24 bottles of Château Pétrus 1982
6 Magnums of Château Lafleur 1982
From Burgundy
6 Magnums of Romanée-Conti Grand Cru 1971
6 Magnums of La Tâche 1971
24 bottles of Chambertin, Clos de Bèze 1978 from Domaine Armand Rousseau
12 bottles of Romanée-Conti Grand Cru 1983
From the Rhône
12 bottles of Hermitage La Chapelle 1961 from Paul Jaboulet Aîné
Lying in Weybridge, Surrey (EHD)
Lots marked ++are offered duty-paid, but available in bond
Taylor--Vintage 1927
English-bottled by Fortnum & Mason. Embossed metal capsules. New Labels. Levels: one base of neck, two into neck(3)
Fonseca--Vintage 1927
One English-bottled by Berry Bros. & Rudd with typed label, level into neck. One capsule missing, new label, level base of neck(2)
Graham--Vintage 1927
Embossed metal capsule. New label. Level base of neck(1)
Cockburn--Vintage 1927
English-bottled by Hankey Bannister & Co. Metal capsules. New labels. Levels base of neck(3)
Above 9 bottles per lot
Christie's are delighted to offer for sale one of the finest wine collections ever to come to auction. This outstanding collection - Lots 1 to 135 - includes many of the world's greatest and longest-lived wines from Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rhône, Portugal and Italy which have been painstakingly amassed from reputable merchants by this most discerning collector predominantly in the 1980's and early 1990's.
The wines were recently removed from long-term professional storage under optimum temperature and humidity-controlled conditions at Octavian in Wiltshire for checking and condition reports by Christie's specialists. The wines are in excellent condition and with impeccable provenance this auction offers wine enthusiasts and collectors alike a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to aquire some of the Finest and Rarest wines ever produced.
Highlights include:
From Bordeaux
12 bottles of Château Trotanoy 1971
24 bottles of Château Pétrus 1982
6 Magnums of Château Lafleur 1982
From Burgundy
6 Magnums of Romanée-Conti Grand Cru 1971
6 Magnums of La Tâche 1971
24 bottles of Chambertin, Clos de Bèze 1978 from Domaine Armand Rousseau
12 bottles of Romanée-Conti Grand Cru 1983
From the Rhône
12 bottles of Hermitage La Chapelle 1961 from Paul Jaboulet Aîné
Lying in Weybridge, Surrey (EHD)
Lots marked ++are offered duty-paid, but available in bond
Taylor--Vintage 1927
English-bottled by Fortnum & Mason. Embossed metal capsules. New Labels. Levels: one base of neck, two into neck(3)
Fonseca--Vintage 1927
One English-bottled by Berry Bros. & Rudd with typed label, level into neck. One capsule missing, new label, level base of neck(2)
Graham--Vintage 1927
Embossed metal capsule. New label. Level base of neck(1)
Cockburn--Vintage 1927
English-bottled by Hankey Bannister & Co. Metal capsules. New labels. Levels base of neck(3)
Above 9 bottles per lot
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
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