February Rare and Fine Wine Live

February Rare and Fine Wine Live (#69) 08/02/2022 6:00 PM NZDT CLOSED

Description

Welcome to our first Live auction of 2022, the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Tiger. We have some stellar wines from previous years of the Tiger including 1998 Chateau Lafite Rothschild, 1998 and 2010 Penfolds Grange and 1998 Te Mata Coleraine. This will be an amazing auction and certainly one of, if not the, best we have ever curated and includes what we understand to be the most expensive bottle auctioned in New Zealand.

We start strongly with thirteen vintages of Te Mata Coleraine in both bottle and magnum. This is ably supported by Stonyridge Larose (both magnum and bottle) and Te Whau from Waiheke as well as Church Road Tom, Craggy Range Sophia and the first vintage of Trinity Hill from Hawkes Bay.

If Pinot is your bag check out the many vintages of Felton Road Blocks 3 and 5 and Valli from Central Otago, Mountford Gradient and Pyramid Valley from North Canterbury and Dry River flying the flag for Martinborough.

Our Syrah’s are world class, and this is evident with the heavenly Craggy Range Le Sol and Trinity Hill Homage (in both bottle and magnum).

If it is New Zealand’s beautifully balanced and fresh whites you are craving, the 2010 Riesling Challenge with 12 different wines made by 12 different winemakers all from the same block in North Canterbury in their own style will be hard to go past. Not to mention the many vintages of Felton Road Block 1.

Wines from the lucky country are always well received and this auction is no different with magnums of Henschke Cyril Cabernet and Hill of Grace, a 100-point Torbreck RunRig, the allocated wines of Two Hands Block wines, including My Hands. We also have 21 vintages of Penfolds Grange including Year of the Tiger 1998 and 2010. There are two verticals of Grange, all professionally stored, covering 1995 – 2004 and 2005 – 2014 inclusively. Not to be forgotten there is also Bins 707, 407 and 389 with St Henri, Cellar Reserve and RWT on offer from Penfolds.

We round out the new world section with a selection of wines from South Africa and California including Ridge Geyserville.

International travel maybe out of our plans at present but we can still enjoy the wines from our favourite European destinations. Germany kicks things off with wines from Donnhoff, Schloss Lieser and Joh Jos Prum. Italy has some wonderful food wines with Paolo Scavino and Marcarini from Piedmont but for me, the Tuscans with Masseto, Ornellaia and Antinori’s Solaia and Tignanello (both in magnum), are hard to go past.

We have been blessed with consignments from Alsace with Domaine Weinbach and Zind Humbrecht standing proud. Rhone also has had some great wines in our auctions of late and we continue this run with a 100-point Le Clos du Caillou Reserve Chateauneuf du Pape, superstar negociant Tardieu-Laurent and a couple of stunners with Beaucastel’s Hommage.

However, it is with Burgundy and Bordeaux that the sparks really start flying. Burgundy has had a stunning run of vintages of late, and it is with great pride we are able to offer some of the greatest wines from that region. White Burgundies from the likes of Blain-Gagnard, JM Boillot and Raveneau always impress, and the wines of DRC and Leroy have often been hailed as the jewel in the crown. We have on offer 2002 DRC La Tache and, what we believe to be the most expensive wine to come to auction in New Zealand; a very rare magnum of 1996 Romanee Conti and a 1999 Domaine Leroy Romanee St Vivant. All three of these wines have come from excellent cellars and are enough to make one come over all a quiver. And that’s not all as we back these up with wines from new superstar Liger Belair, de Vogue, Fourrier, Jadot and Comte Armand.

Bordeaux is no less impressive with the rarely seen Le Pin (1990) and 1982 Petrus from Pomerol, six vintages of Chateau Lafite Rothschild (including former Year of the Tiger 1998 and the 100-point 2003), two vintages of Chateau Latour backed up by Super Seconds - Chateaux Cos d’Estournel and Ducru Beaucaillou. That should be enough to bring a smile to one’s face!

Finally, to wash down all these gorgeous wines enjoy our 1977 Warres Vintage Port or South Australian legend Seppelt’s Para Liqueur. If that’s not your jam how about a grappa from Sassicaia or cognac from Delamain?

If the risk-reward scales of buying wine at auction are deemed favourable, we have a lovely selection of wines at various stages of maturity available in this current sale. Happy browsing and please bid responsibly.

All bids are binding.

Collection Information

To collect your purchases from The Wine Auction Room, please contact the team at least 24 hours prior to your preferred collection time. Collection is from 16-22 Virginia Avenue East, Eden Terrace. If you have supplied us with an out of Auckland address we will automatically assume you will want your wine couried to you. The cost of the courier is passed on at our cost and will automatically be added to your invoice. All wine must be collected within 10 days of invoice.

Terms and conditions

Important Conditions of Sale

VIEWING TIMES

Full terms and conditions are available to view here.

Viewing by appointment only.

CONDITION OF WINE

Goods are described as accurately as can be ascertained by The Wine Auction Room at the time, however Buyers of older wine must make appropriate allowances for natural variations of ullage and the condition of corks and labels. The Wine Auction Room has made every effort to describe any bottle that is not in excellent condition. Each Lot is sold by the Vendor with all faults and defects (if any) and with all errors of description and shall be at the Buyer’s risk on the fall of the hammer and neither The Wine Auction Room nor the Vendor shall be accountable for any deficiency, damage or loss which may arise thereafter.

CONDITIONS OF SALE FOR BUYERS

Please refer to www.wineauctionroom.com for The Terms and Conditions For Buyers. The Terms and Conditions For Buyers can also be viewed in The Wine Auction Room’s sale room.

BIDDING

All bids and price estimates are per bottle (excepting sets), not per lot. For example, if you make a bid of $10 per bottle on a lot containing 12 bottles you are making a total bid of $120. All prices are in New Zealand dollars. Successful buyers shall pay to The Wine Auction Room a buyer’s premium of 17.5% of the hammer price plus GST on the premium.

Bidding is per bottle and you must take the entire lot on offer unless the auctioneer states otherwise. All wines are checked prior to consignment. Phone bidding is by prior arrangement. Absentee bidding is available for registered bidders.

ONLINE BIDDING

You can also bid online during the auction if you have registered with us.

INCREMENTS

$1 - $19 $1 increments

$20 - $49 $2 increments

$50 - $99 $5 increments

$100 - $499 $10 increments

$500 - $999 $20 increments

$1000 - $4999 $50 increments

$5000+ $100 increments

PAYMENT

Payment is Cash, Bank Cheque, Credit Card, or Money Transfer. We accept Visa and MasterCard for all wine purchases with an addition of 3%. Payment must be cleared prior to collection of wine and is due five days after the completion of the auction at the latest. This includes all buyers either Absentee Bidders or those present on the night.

COLLECTION

Ratings

We have used ratings from a number of well-known wine writers. RP (RobertParker.com), WS (Wine Spectator), AG (Vinous), JO (Jeremy Oliver), JCL (Jeannie Cho Lee MW), BC (Bob Campbell MW) D (Decanter) and BH (Burghound) scores are out of 100. JR (Jancis Robinson MW) and (RC) Raymond Chan are scores out of 20.

Descriptions

Ullage is the term that refers to the gap between the bottom of the cork and the fill level of the wine. All wines are listed in the catalogue have Ullage level “IN into neck” or higher. If the level is lower, it is stated in the catalogue.

TS (Top Shoulder) A good level in any wine 20 years or older.

US (Upper Shoulder) Indicates slight natural reduction through easing of the cork and evaporation through the capsule

MS (Mid Shoulder) Indicates some weakening of the cork and therefore some risk. This is not unusual in wines over 50 years old and estimates will take this into account.

LMS (Low Mid Shoulder) indicates high risk and will attract low estimates.

OC Original Carton

OPB Original Presentation Box

OWC Original Wooden Case

IN Into Neck

TS Top Shoulder Fill

US Upper Shoulder Fill

MS Mid Shoulder Fill

LS Low Shoulder Fill

TC Torn Capsule

OX Oxidised Capsule

NC No Capsule

CC Corroded Capsule

RL Replacement Label

FL Faded Label

TL Tattered Label

TOL Torn Label

STOL Slightly Torn Label

HSL Heavily Stained Label

BSL Bin Stained Label

TSL Tissue Stained Label

SOL Soiled Label

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February Rare and Fine Wine Live (#69) 08/02/2022 6:00 PM NZDT CLOSED

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