Rare and Fine Wines Online

Rare and Fine Wines Online (#8)
25/09/2018 12:00 PM NZST - 30/09/2018 7:00 PM NZST CLOSED
Starts Ending 30/09/2018 7:00 PM NZST

Description

We’re very excited to bring to you our September Fine and Rare Wine auction. In my experience of working with wine auction houses in New Zealand and Australia I have rarely come across such great cellars where the owners have invested heavily in their care of their wines with temperature controlled cellars. When looking through this catalogue you will see wines that are 30 years old with very little, if any, ullage.

There are some great wines in this auction and far too many to mention all in this brief introduction but highlights from New Zealand include large format Antipodean from Matakana, an OWC of Te Motu 1993 (one of Auckland’s finest vintages), an OWC of 1998 Esk Valley Terraces, magnums of Central Otago Pinot, Stonyridge Larose and we still have OWC Destiny Bay from Waiheke.

Australia too has many highlights with Penfolds Grange from the 80’s covering many vintages, an OWC of Jim Barry Armagh, three vintages of Henschke Hill of Grace, Clarendon Hills Astralis (this wine gets huge money in the USA) and an up and coming superstar from Ben Glaetzer with his Amon Ra covering many vintages.

We are also fortunate to have Piedmont superstar Gaja from Italy with bottles and magnums. These are all very highly rated wines by the scribes and a great opportunity as these wines aren’t normally as available on the secondary market as we have in this auction.

The Rhone is well represented with wines from Rayas and Beaucastel Hommage to Jacques Perrin from the south and a couple of vintages of Paul Jaboulet La Chapelle Hermitage.

But I think that Bordeaux is going to be very hard to beat in this auction with the most First Growths I have been able to bring to auction in any of the auction houses I have worked for. There are First Growths from the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and 2000. We have Lynch Bages and Cos d’Estournel from the great 1982 vintage. A couple of vintages of d’Yquem for the Sauternes fans (of which I am one!) – all from temperature controlled cellars. The fill levels on the 1982’s are fantastic for their age.

If it is big format bottles you are looking for we have magnums and 5 and 6 litre bottles from NZ, USA and a wonderful 6 litre bottle of Chateau Leoville Barton 1982. Leoville Barton have confirmed to us that this was one of only 150 produced in 1982.

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!

Collection Information

Wine is not stored on-site. To collect your purchases from The Wine Auction Room, please contact the team at least 24 hours prior to your preferred collection time.

Terms and conditions

Important Conditions of Sale

VIEWING TIMES

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.

PAYMENT

Payment is Cash, Bank Cheque, Credit Card, EFTPOS 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

Wine is not stored on-site. To collect your purchases from The Wine Auction Room, please contact the team at least 24 hours prior to your preferred collection time.

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