Fine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: London Edition

Sale Overview

We are delighted to offer A Classic Collection of fine & rare wines from many of the finest wine estates in France and Germany. The wines were purchased on release from a highly respected UK fine wine merchant. Highlights include outstanding Bordeaux vintages from Châteaux Mouton Rothschild, Margaux, Haut Brion, Pichon Lalande, Cheval Blanc, Ausone, Petrus and Lafleur. From Burgundy, stunning wines from DRC, Clos de Tart, de Vogûé, Jacques Prieur and Domaine Leflaive feature. Also offered are sweet wines from Château d’Yquem, Domaine Huet and J.J. Prum.

The Historic Rarities Collection is a cellar of wines, unearthed by our specialists from a Continental collector. An amazingly rare 24 bottle case of 1970 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti was discovered, and the case still has the original delivery note from the Domaine attached. Bottles from this case, including Romanée-Conti, La Tâche, Richebourg, Romanée St. Vivant (with the historic Marey-Monge labels), Grands-Échézeaux, Échézeaux and Montrachet appear in lots. The case is with the lot of Romanée-Conti. Bottles of Domaine Rousseau, Chambertin 1976 and Chambertin-Clos de Bèze 1976 feature in magnificent condition. Future rarities include a magnum of 1959 Vieux Château Certan, Château d'Yquem 1947 and old vintages of Pousse d' Or, Faiveley and Drouhin. Unearthing a cellar with such treasures forgotten within, is a rare experience.

The Burgundy Connoisseur is a cellar of rare wines from Domaine Leroy, Domaine d’Auvenay, Roumier, Dujac, Bernstein, Le Moine and Fourrier. Treasured vintages of Grand Crus feature, including Roumier, Musigny 2005, Domaine d'Auvenay, Bonnes Mares 2009 and Domaine Leroy, Corton-Charlemagne 2011.

An English Country Cellar is a selection of Bordeaux and Rhône from the temperature and humidity controlled, underground cellar of an established wine lover. The offering of Château Mouton-Rothschild in original wooden cases is superb; 1986, 1995, 1996, 1998 and 2005, in full 12 bottle cases. Châteaux Margaux, Haut-Brion, Montrose, Léoville Poyferré, Ducru-Beaucaillou and Lynch-Bages all feature from fantastic vintages. Chave’s Hermitage, Jaboulet’s Hermitage La Chapelle and Avril’s Clos des Papes head up an offering of Rhône.

A Mansion Cellar is a collection from a subterranean vault in London. Bordeaux is the client’s first love, with all the First Growths featuring, including Château Margaux 1989 and Château Mouton-Rothschild 1996. Château Cos d'Estournel 1989 is a particular highlight, which our specialist team tasted in the cellar and found to be rich and exquisite. Magnums of Châteaux Ducru Beaucaillou and Léoville Poyferré will thrill Bordeaux lovers. Vintages of Petrus and Château Cheval-Blanc complete Bordeaux, alongside a selection of Bordeaux Blanc. Magnums of Leflaive, bottles of Sauzet and Deutz Blanc de Blancs also feature.

Fine Burgundy is a feature of the sale with a collection of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Assortments, 1998, 1999 and 2000, offered alongside bottles of Romanée-Conti, La Tâche, Richebourg and Romanée St. Vivant 2015. Rousseau Chambertin 1991, 1998 and 2001, Clos-de-Bèze 1995 and Clos St Jacques 2001 are offered from a family private collection.

We are delighted to partner with the Decanter World Wine Awards for an offering of medal-winning wines. These lots include wines from Champagne, Burgundy, the Loire, Italy, Rioja, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Provence Rosé wines feature for the second time.

Auction times

02 Sep 10:00 AM (BST)

Our specialist’s selection

Brought to you by

Noah May

Head of Wine and Spirits EMEA | Wine & Spirits

Noah joined Christie’s London Wine Department in 2007, after graduating from The University of Leeds with an honors degree in English Literature and Philosophy. Noah has been involved in several high-profile wine auctions in Europe, including the sale of Historic Cognacs from the Private Cellars of La Tour d’Argent in 2012 and the sale of Fine Wines from the Private Collection of Sir Alex Ferguson CBE in 2014. In May 2013, Noah was awarded the British Guild of Food Writers Award for Food Writer of the Year for various publications relating to wine and gastronomy. In September 2014, Noah joined Christie’s New York Wine Department, where he worked as Head of Sale, focused on building relationships with American collectors, the sourcing of rare wines and spirits for auctions in the US and Europe, sale curation and specialist wine events. In June 2018, Noah returned to Christie’s London Wine Department as Head of Department and is mainly focused on developing Christie’s Wine Department’s profile in the UK and across Europe, sourcing exceptional collections of Wines and Spirits for sale, inspection and authentication of property and building long-term relationships with collectors around the world. Noah’s professional interests include the fine wines of Burgundy, Bordeaux and Rioja, and the rare spirits market, with a focus on collectible whisky.

Edwin Vos

International Head of Department | Wine & Spirits

After graduating from Hotel Management School Edwin Vos started working in the wine trade where he held various positions buying and selling fine wines. From 1998 he commenced by noting all the fine Bordeaux, Burgundy, Madeira and Vintage Port wines in a personal database. From 2002 Edwin started visiting the annual primeur tastings in Bordeaux, during these extensive tastings of all the grand crus’s of the young vintage he has built up a wide reference and experience of fine Bordeaux wines.

During the Fête de la Fleur 2007, Edwin was introduced in the exclusive Commanderie de Bontemps de Medoc, Graves, Sauternes et Barsac. The introduction of Blandy’s Madeira on the Dutch market in 2009 was a personal passion where Edwin has greatly contributed to the on-going success of this category.

In 2012 Edwin joined Christie’s as Head of the Amsterdam Wine Department bringing with him more than 15 years of wine trade experience. After a year and a half he focused his attention to assisting the London, New York and Hong Kong sales. Following his knowledge and connections on Madeira Edwin has started to annually set up selective offerings of old and rare Madeira for all our global auctions. These have attracted a loyal following and are showing great success. Meanwhile breaking multiple world records for Madeira’s on sale. Christie’s remains the number one specialist in this field.

Under Edwin’s management in 2015 the exclusive bi-annual Geneva wine sales were successfully re-introduced. With Bouchard Pere & Fils he has set up a great single owner auction in 2016 offering reserve wines coming directly from their Chateau de Beaune cellars. To this day this remains the largest offering of old Burgundies coming direct from the producer’s cellars. The Historic Comte de Vogue auction that followed in May 2018 is a record for this sought after Burgundy producer and among the most elusive direct from the producers sales. He worked closely with the team at de Vogue to bring this auction to life. Edwin is a member of the Christie’s Wine executive team and has started auctioneering in 2017.

Tim Triptree MW

International Director, Specialist | Wine & Spirits

Tim Triptree MW is International Director, Wine at Christie’s. Tim’s main role is curating, sale planning and execution of Christie’s wine auctions internationally. Based at Christie’s London, his role includes sourcing consignments, inspection and authentication, developing client relations and hosting wine events and master-classes. Following an initial career in banking, Tim became interested in wine whilst living in Mendoza, Argentina studying Spanish and completing a sommelier course. Tim joined Christie’s Wine Department in 2005 after graduating with an MBA Distinction (Wine Business Management). He completed the Wine & Spirit Education Trust Diploma, gaining a Distinction in 2008 being awarded the Sherry Institute Scholarship and Constellation Scholarship, which involved wine visits to Jerez and New Zealand respectively. Tim was awarded the Trinity Champagne Scholarship in 2009 from the Institute of Masters of Wine and became a Master of Wine in September 2018. His Research Paper was on the use of reserve wines in Brut NV Champagne and has a specific interest in Champagne, as well as Rhône, Burgundy and Bordeaux. Tim has been a wine judge at the International Wine & Spirit Competition since 2011, a Panel Judge at Decanter World Wine Awards 2017/2018 and at Bacchus Wine 2018 in Madrid.

In January 2013, Tim was seconded to Christie’s Hong Kong for four years focusing efforts on raising the department’s profile in the region as well as involvement with wine auctions in Hong Kong and Shanghai. He became Head of Sale, Hong Kong before returning to London in January 2017 and was promoted to International Director in June 2018.

Charles Foley

Specialist | Wine & Spirits

Charlie joined Christie’s in 2014 after working for a fine wine merchant in the City. He graduated from Newcastle University, where he achieved 1st Class Honours in Classics, specializing in the ancient wine trade in Rome and Greece. He has worked for vineyards in South Africa and Argentina and won a scholarship to attend the European Wine Bloggers Conference in Turkey and subsequently also travelled with the Conference to Rioja. He has completed his WSET Diploma and has been pleased to work on auctions at Christie’s such as the Avery Family Collection, the Cellars of the Earl of Halifax and Wines from the Malbec Family Collection.

Charlotte Sère

Associate Specialist | Wine & Spirits

Charlotte joined the Christie’s Wine Department in London in the spring of 2018 having worked in the wine trade in London for several years. Charlotte manages the cataloguing processes and as a Specialist is involved in sourcing collections, negotiating consignments and auctioneering in London and internationally. Charlotte has been a driving force in several Single Owner auctions including The Chalk Cellar, The Wine Cellar of Le Gavroche and The Avery Family Collection. Charlotte works closely with clients in the UK and throughout Europe and is fluent in English and French. Charlotte holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of London, her professional interests include the wines of Bordeaux and Alsace.

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