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Auction archive: Lot number 2

Cristal--Vintage 1979

Fine and Rare Wines
27 Feb 2010
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$5,400
Auction archive: Lot number 2

Cristal--Vintage 1979

Fine and Rare Wines
27 Feb 2010
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$5,400
Beschreibung:

Cristal--Vintage 1979
6 bottles per lot
AN ASTONISHING COLLECTION OF FINE AND RARE WINES FROM EARLY 20th-CENTURY TO THE PRESENT DAY Stored in professional temperature controlled wines cellar until removed by Christie's specialists for this sale. The lifeblood of the first NYWinesChristie's sale of 2010 is the consignment that follows. Meticulously curated, it begins with a large swath of Champagne, from the Grandes Marques in great vintages, to Selosse, Salon, Veuve and others, many with the perfect amount of bottle age: decades. Moving along, there's Bordeaux, and plenty of it. Again, the Firsts are all there, but they're buffetted by bits and bobs of curiousities, little wine treasures for the curious person in all of us. Burgundy is no different. Whether it's DRC, Jayer, or the lesser-known Vougeraie you're after, it's all there. There are even some new world gems, including a Monte Bello vertical back to the 1960s. If I had to choose one word to describe this consignment it would be "breadth." This, truly, is the collection of a wine lover. He collected the greats, the blue chip wines, many in large format, but he also had an eye towards some off-the-beaten-path stuff, much of it from old vintages. It's things like that that you don't see often in wine auctions, and it's what makes this consignment unique. It also made the cataloging and tasting from this collection a real pleasure. Bid with confidence on these lots and make some discoveries of your own! Photos of wines are available on request up to one week before the sale. Please allow 48 hours for photos. CRISTAL Cristal, or Cristal Brut, in its very distinctive clear glass bottle harks back to the prosperous pre-revolutionary period in Russia. It was in 1876 that Tsar Alexander II requested that his personal champagne should be presented in crystal bottles as opposed to the standard green bottles so as to prevent a would-be assassin from sneaking a bomb into his beloved bubby. Roederer's de luxe blend is made up of the finest cuves from top rated vineyards, from 55 to 60 percent Pinot Noir and from 40 to 45 percent Chardonnay. Between 15 and 25 percent of the base wine is fermented in oak casks and this base wine is generally prevented from undergoing malolactic fermentation, allowing for a purity and elegance that is the hallmark of the cuvee. Cristal--Vintage 1979 Reims Levels: very high above foil "For a long time this wine was undeveloped and young. At the age of twenty-two years, however, all its bits and pieces are in the right places. The nose is wonderful, with its elegance and peachy intensity. Now there are also delicious notes of roasted lobster shell and black truffles. The taste is superb, with an incredibly rich, exotic fruitiness. The height of elegance." RJ, Nov 2001, 4000 Champagnes 6 bottles per lot

Auction archive: Lot number 2
Auction:
Datum:
27 Feb 2010
Auction house:
Christie's
27 February 2010, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

Cristal--Vintage 1979
6 bottles per lot
AN ASTONISHING COLLECTION OF FINE AND RARE WINES FROM EARLY 20th-CENTURY TO THE PRESENT DAY Stored in professional temperature controlled wines cellar until removed by Christie's specialists for this sale. The lifeblood of the first NYWinesChristie's sale of 2010 is the consignment that follows. Meticulously curated, it begins with a large swath of Champagne, from the Grandes Marques in great vintages, to Selosse, Salon, Veuve and others, many with the perfect amount of bottle age: decades. Moving along, there's Bordeaux, and plenty of it. Again, the Firsts are all there, but they're buffetted by bits and bobs of curiousities, little wine treasures for the curious person in all of us. Burgundy is no different. Whether it's DRC, Jayer, or the lesser-known Vougeraie you're after, it's all there. There are even some new world gems, including a Monte Bello vertical back to the 1960s. If I had to choose one word to describe this consignment it would be "breadth." This, truly, is the collection of a wine lover. He collected the greats, the blue chip wines, many in large format, but he also had an eye towards some off-the-beaten-path stuff, much of it from old vintages. It's things like that that you don't see often in wine auctions, and it's what makes this consignment unique. It also made the cataloging and tasting from this collection a real pleasure. Bid with confidence on these lots and make some discoveries of your own! Photos of wines are available on request up to one week before the sale. Please allow 48 hours for photos. CRISTAL Cristal, or Cristal Brut, in its very distinctive clear glass bottle harks back to the prosperous pre-revolutionary period in Russia. It was in 1876 that Tsar Alexander II requested that his personal champagne should be presented in crystal bottles as opposed to the standard green bottles so as to prevent a would-be assassin from sneaking a bomb into his beloved bubby. Roederer's de luxe blend is made up of the finest cuves from top rated vineyards, from 55 to 60 percent Pinot Noir and from 40 to 45 percent Chardonnay. Between 15 and 25 percent of the base wine is fermented in oak casks and this base wine is generally prevented from undergoing malolactic fermentation, allowing for a purity and elegance that is the hallmark of the cuvee. Cristal--Vintage 1979 Reims Levels: very high above foil "For a long time this wine was undeveloped and young. At the age of twenty-two years, however, all its bits and pieces are in the right places. The nose is wonderful, with its elegance and peachy intensity. Now there are also delicious notes of roasted lobster shell and black truffles. The taste is superb, with an incredibly rich, exotic fruitiness. The height of elegance." RJ, Nov 2001, 4000 Champagnes 6 bottles per lot

Auction archive: Lot number 2
Auction:
Datum:
27 Feb 2010
Auction house:
Christie's
27 February 2010, New York, Rockefeller Center
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