Beschreibung:

MONUMENTAL WINES FROM ONE OF NORTH AMERICA'S GREATEST WINE AFICIONADOS. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE RARE HALF-BOTTLES OF VINTAGES OF THE 1950S, FIVE VINTAGES OF PETRUS, PRE-WAR RED BURGUNDY, MATURE GRAND CRU WHITES AND TOP RHONES FROM THE 1978 VINTAGE. This offering is only part of a much larger collecton and belongs to a wine connoisseur in the more traditional mould. The lots reflect a life-time's passion and devotion to seeking out the great bottles and drinking them with friends. The emphasis here is on the classics of France, and suggests a palate often called English. Mature wines of great caliber are increasingly hard to find and this group presents some intriguing opportunities to taste wines rarely opened. Richard Brierley Château Cantemerle--Vintage 1921 Macau (Haut-Médoc), 5me cru classé Level: top shoulder "More recently: tawnyred; sweet, 'warm', bouquet of caramel and truffles, then singed violets (well, that is what I wrote at the time). Good flavour. Dry finish. From Mme Binaud's cellar, Oct 1988 " MB, Vintage Wine 1 bottle per lot