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Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1914
1 bottle per lot
CHRISTIE'S IS PROUD TO OFFER THIS TRULY OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF VERY FINE WINES FROM THE CELLAR OF A SWISS COLLECTOR THE COLLECTION WAS CAREFULLY COMPILED BY THE CURRENT OWNER AND WAS PURCHASED THROUGH THE MOST RESPECTED WINE MERCHANTS. THIS COLLECTION HAS BEEN STORED IN A SUPERB CELLAR IN OPTIMUM CONDITIONS SINCE PURCHASE THERE ARE SO MANY IMPORTANT WINES AND SO MANY HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS CELLAR, FROM THE GREAT CLASSIC WINES OF BORDEAUX THROUGH TO THE BEST THE NEW WORLD HAS TO OFFER. UNDOUBTEDLY, THE MAIN HIGHLIGHT OF THIS SALE HAS TO BE THE SUPERLATIVE COLLECTION OF PETRUS WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TO HAVE EVER BEEN OFFERED AT AUCTION. 1500 BOTTLES IN VARIOUS FORMATS SPANNING 6 DECADES OF PRODUCTION, MANY OF THE GREATEST VINTAGES OF THE 20TH CENTURY ARE INCLUDED, 1945, 1947, 1970, 1975, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1998 AND 2000. ALL OF THE FIRST GROWTHS ARE ALSO REPRESENTED IN THIS SALE, OVER 480 BOTTLES OF LAFITE, 500 BOTTLES OF MOUTON, 350 BOTTLES OF CHEVAL BLANC AND OVER 360 BOTTLES OF HAUT BRION FROM THE GREATEST VINTAGES. FROM ITALY, THE CELLAR OFFERS LARGE QUANTITIES OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER SUPER TUSCAN WINES INCLUDING SASSICAIA, MASSETO, ORNELLAIA, SOLAIA AND TIGNANELLO, AS WELL AS SMALLER QUANTITIES FROM THE PIEDMONT. FROM AUSTRALIA, WE WILL AUCTION MANY OLD AND RECENT VINTAGES OF PENFOLDS GRANGE, OVER 1000 BOTTLES ARE FEATURED, AS WELL AS RARE VINTAGES OF HENSCHKE HILL OF GRACE. MANY OTHER SUPERB BOTTLES FROM OTHER REGIONS AND COUNTRIES INCLUDING VEGA SICILIA, PINGUS, DOMINUS AND OPUS ONE ARE ALSO AVAILABLE CHÂTEAU LAFITE-ROTHSCHILD Château Lafite-Rothschild is the largest of the celebrated first-growths and of very ancient renown. It occupies the finest crests in Pauillac. Throughout the Middle Ages, the Seigneurs of Lafite were the high administrators of justice in the country. It was through the officers of their choice that they exercised this right until 1789. The great qualities shown by their wines earned them the sobriquet "Prince of Vines". Lafite was very fashionable at the king's table in the time of Louis XV. It had a place of honor at the banquets held by Marshal de Richelieu and Madame de Pompadour always poured some at her little suppers. After having been the property of the great Ségur family, it belonged to Mr. de Prichard, President of the Parliament of Guienne, until the end of the 18th century. Unfortunately, he was not spared by the upheaval of the revolution and was guillotined in Paris on June 30, 1794. At this point, Lafite became the property of the State, eventually it was acquired by a Dutchman, Vanderberghes and then by the English banker Sir Samuel Scott In 1868, it was purchased by Baron James de Rothschild and still belongs to his heirs. The Baron's purchase of Lafite came late in his life as he was 76 years old. By now many are aware of Lafite's legendary pre-phylloxera vintages - 1864, Lord Roseberry's 1865, the Glamis Castle's 1870 and the Woodperry House's 1874. Then of course there are great Lafite mid-century vintages of our time - 1945, 1947, 1949, 1959 and 1966. It is said that the bouquet of Lafite is very suave and of incomparable delicacy; its savor brings together at the same time the taste of almonds and the scent of violets without being possible to distinguish whether the one dominates the other. Lafite is simply in balance, poise and restraint Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1914 Pauillac, 1er cru classé Offered in a carton. Blue glass. Slightly bin-soiled label. Level upper-shoulder Tasting Note: Prettily coloured, delicate, fragrant, cedar-like nose and flavour. 1988 ** M.B. 1 bottle per lot