Sotheby`s November Wine Sale To Include Hermitage La Chapelle

Sotheby`s November Wine Sale To Include Hermitage La Chapelle

Press Release New York
For Immediate Release
New York | +1 212 606 7176 | Lauren Gioia | [email protected] |
Dan Abernethy | [email protected] |
Sotheby’s November Wine Sale To Include
Hermitage La Chapelle
Direct From The Domaine
NEW YORK; On 11 and 12 November 2011 Sotheby’s will
offer Finest and Rarest Wines Including Hermitage La
Chapelle Direct From The Cellars Of Paul Jaboulet Aine. La
Chapelle is known as one of the greatest Rhône wines and a
standard bearer of the appellation with the 1961 vintage
widely recognized as a vinous masterpiece that is ranked
alongside the Bordeaux First Growths from that year. The
sale represents an exceptionally rare opportunity for
collectors to acquire a range of La Chapelle vintages which
have never before left the Domaine at which they were
produced. The auction includes 84 lots of La Chapelle
expected to bring over $250,000, estimates range from
$60/100,000 for six bottles of the 1961 vintage to $250/350
for a jeroboam from 2003.
Further highlights from the sale include a wide selection of top Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne, as well
as a superb range of Italian wine from the Reserve Cellar of Danny Meyer’s Union Square Café. Overall the
auction is estimated to bring $2.5/3.6 million.
Serena Sutcliffe MW, Worldwide Head of Wine at Sotheby’s said: “La Chapelle is one of the truly great
Rhône wines, and so I am delighted that the Frey family allowed Sotheby’s access to some of their most
remarkable library of vintages. Together we have created this unique sale that gives all lovers of La Chapelle
an extraordinary opportunity to buy this iconic wine over a period of six decades.”
Union Square Café
A further highlight of the sale is a selection of wine from the
reserve cellar of the Union Square Café. Over 260 lots will be
offered from the legendary New York establishment with an
estimate in excess of $125,000.
Serena Sutcliffe MW commented: “Union Square Cafe is a New York institution and its founder, Danny
Meyer, has given a new meaning to restaurant hospitality, with unbending standards and amazing consistency.
When raiding the Reserve Cellar, we came up with great vintages of some of Italy's most alluring wine names
and regions, in years that could be poured at Thanksgiving in a few weeks, surely the most suitable moment to
share delicious wine and food with family and friends.”
Important La Chapelle Highlights
Lot 2: 1 magnum 1959, est. $8,000-11,000 (pictured
above)
Lot 3: 6 bottles 1961, est. $60,000-100,000 (left)
Lots 24-25: 6 bottles 1978, est. $10,000-15,000
Lot 42: 12 bottles 1990, est. $6,000-9,000
Lot 69: 1 Melchior 2006, est. $3,000-5,000
Lot 84: 1 Melchior 2009, est. $6,500 – 9,500
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Union Square Café Highlights
Lots 431–435: 12 bottles 1995 Giuseppe Quintarelli, Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva, est. $2,000-3,000 per
lot
Lots 457 – 458: 12 bottles 1997 Giuseppe Quintarelli, Alzero Cabernet Franc, est. $2,000–2,750 per lot
Lots 554-559: 12 bottles Bartolo Mascarello, Barolo 1999, est. $650-900 per lot
Other Sale Highlights
Champagne:
Lots 247-248: 2 mathusalem 1990 Louis Roederer Cristal, est. $9,000-12,000 each
Lot 424: 6 magnums 1990 Dom Pérignon Rosé, est. $5,500-7,500
Lots 429-430: 12 bottles 1996 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne, est. $2,250-3,250 per lot
Lot 428: 12 bottles 1996 Salon le Mesnil, est $2,750-3,750
Red Bordeaux:
Lots 306, 1414: 12 bottles 1982 Lafite, est. $37,500-50,000
Lot 258: 12 bottles 1982 Latour, est. $18,000-25,000
Lots 261, 1169-1170, 1327-1328: 12 bottles 1982 Mouton Rothschild, est. $14,000-20,000
Lots 265, 1416: 12 bottles 1982 Margaux, est. $9,000-12,000
Lot 1417: 12 bottles 1989 Haut Brion, est. $12,000-16,000
Red Burgundy:
Lot 233: 8 bottles 1990 Richebourg, DRC, est. $7,000-10,000
Lot 693:1 bottle Romanée Conti, DRC, est. $10,000-20,000
Lot 1179: 12 bottles Musigny 1990, JF Mugnier, est. $8,500-12,000
Lot 902: 2 bottles Romanée Conti, DRC 2005, est. $14,000-20,000
White Burgundy:
Lot 778: 6 bottles Chevalier Montrachet 1997, Domaine Leflaive,
est. $1,800-2,500
Lot 386: 2 bottles Montrachet 2003, DRC, est. $4,000-5,500
(pictured right)
Lots 388-391: 12 bottles Montrachet, Marquis de Laguiche 2004,
Joseph Drouhin, est. $2,500-3,500 per lot
Lot 397: 3 bottles Montrachet 2004, Domaine des Comtes Lafon,
est. $4,000-6,000
Lot 402: 1 bottle Montrachet 2000, Domaine Leflaive, est. $2,5003,500
Lot 403: 1 bottle Montrachet 2001, Domaine Leflaive, est. $2,250-3,250
Italy:
Lots 431-435: 12 bottles Amarone della Valpolicella, Classico Riserva 1995, Giuseppe Quintarelli,
est. $2,000-3,000 per lot
Lot 708: 4 bottles Barolo Monfortino Riserva 1990, Giacomo Conterno, est. $1,600-2,250
Lot 709: 3 bottles Sassicaia 1968, est. $1,800-2,500
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Lot 713: 3 bottles Sassicaia 1985, est. $3,000-4,000
Rhone:
Lot 1056: 12 bottles Château de Beaucastel, Hommage à Jacques Perrin 1998, est. $4,000-6,000
Lot 1058: 12 bottles Château de Beaucastel, Hommage à Jacques Perrin 2001, est. $4,000-5,500
Lot 1066: 12 bottles Chateauneuf du Pape Deus Ex Machina 2007, Clos St Jean, est. $2,000-3,000
Lot 1071: 12 bottles Chateauneuf du Pape, Pegau, Cuveé Capo 2000, est. $3,000-4,000
Lot 1072: 1 Methusaleh Chateauneuf du Pape, Pegau, Cuveé Capo 2000, est. $2,500-3,500
Lot 1075: 1 Methusaleh Chateauneuf du Pape, Pegau, Cuveé Capo 2003, est. $2,000-3,000
California:
Seven vintages of Screaming Eagle including:
Lot 1504: 3 bottles Screaming Eagle 2002, est. $3,500-4,500
(pictured right)
Lot 1509: 3 bottles Screaming Eagle 2007, est. $4,000-5,500
Eight vintages of Harlan Estate including:
Lot 1496: 6 bottles 2007, est. $3,000-4,000
Twenty-six vintages of Caymus Special Selection including:
Lot 1355: 12 bottles 1985, est. $1,100-1,600
Twenty-eight vintages of Heitz Martha’s Vineyard including:
Lot 1377: 11 bottles Heitz Martha’s Vineyard Cabernet 1974: est.
$7,000-10,000
Lots 1393-1394: 12 bottles of Heitz Martha’s Vineyard Cabernet
1985, est. $1,700-2,250 per lot
Eight vintages of Joseph Phelps Cabernet Insignia including:
Lots 984-986: 12 bottles 2001, est. $950-1,400 per lot
Lots 987-994: 12 bottles 2005, est. $950-1,400 per lot
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