Our November auction brings a great array of fantastic wines. Whether you are looking for an everyday drinker or a ‘cult’ wine for the cellar there is something for everyone. There are a number of 100-point wines and even some 20/20 wines from Jancis Robinson which is high praise indeed from her. We have a huge amount of larger format bottles especially magnums. To quote Winston Churchill – ‘A magnum is the perfect bottle for two gentlemen especially if one of them isn’t drinking’.
New Zealand features a great selection of iconic brands with Church Road Tom, Coopers Creek wines from the fantastic 1998 vintage in bottle and Imperial format, Stonyridge Larose OWCs, Dry River covering all varieties, Felton Road pinots, Esk Valley Terraces (I had to take off the original shipping packaging to photograph these wines) and 1998 Reserve, The Antipodean and Destiny Bay. We also have an amazing choice of magnums from the likes of Kumeu River, Felton Road, Dry River, Te Mata Coleraine, Ata Rangi, Pegasus Bay, Millton, Quartz Reef, Gibbstone Valley, Fromm and Cloudy Bay.
Australia is well represented with Penfolds Grange, Bin’s 707, 389 and the rare 60A (this wine has only been made in three vintages and the best price I can find for this in retail worldwide is $825 which is considerably more than the reserve on this) and St Henri. Henschke covers Hill of Grace, Mt Edelstone and Keyneton Estate. There are also wines covering a few vintages of Wynn’s John Riddoch as well as a wine from the new owners of Escarpment – Torbreck.
Riesling has always been a favourite of mine and we have examples from Alsace and Germany.
Italy is very strong with the likes of Sassicaia, Antinori’s Solaia and a number of Gaja wines covering many vintages from both Barolo and Barbaresco and the Darmagi Cabernet Sauvignon.
However, it is probably the French selection that leaves me with a tingle. Magnums of Dom Perignon and Louis Roederer Cristal would be perfect for the Christmas lunch. Burgundies from Domiane du Comte Liger Belaire as well as a number of other Grand Cru, 1er Cru and villages wines. An amazing array of Sauternes including Chateaux d’Yquem, de Farges, Rieussec and Suduirant (including, but not limited to, an OWC of Suduirant). The ultimate highlight has got to be three of the greatest post-war vintages of Chateau Latour – 1945, 1961 and 1982 as well as Haut-Brion and Mouton-Rothschild from the fantastic 1982 vintage. To wash all of that down I would suggest an Armagnac from either 1903, 1930 or 1942. If Armagnac is not your thing perhaps a 1977 Dow’s Vintage Port?
Just to let you know one of the differences at The Wine Auction Room we don’t use stock images of any of the wines we are selling. All photos are the actual bottles you are bidding on. We show all bottles in a Lot and not just a sample. We only refer to OWC as cases that have not been opened.
As always please call if you have any questions about any of the wines in this auction – we are here to help and will give our honest opinion on any of the wines we are presenting.
Happy bidding!
