Feature Lots in Auction W550

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  W550 SILENT BID WINE AUCTION
Bids Close 5pm (Adelaide time)
Tuesday April 26 2005
   
#1125

1 half bottle PENFOLDS Shiraz 1952 - Red Wine Clinic 2004 (believed to be Grange)

$8,000 +
1126

1 bottle PENFOLDS Bin 50 Grange 1957 - One of the Hidden Grange (HS, no capsule, label good for age)

$12,000+
1131

1 bottle PENFOLDS Bin 95 Grange 1973 (signed by Max Schubert)

$280-350
1279

1 bottle PENFOLDS Bin 95 Grange 1965
- JWT (VVHS, torn capsule, cellar stained label)

$400-600
1286

1 bottle PENFOLDS Bin 95 Grange 1967
- JWT (VVHS, minor silverfish damaged label, minor sunken cork)

$200-300
1292

1 bottle PENFOLDS Bin 95 Grange 1968 (level just into neck, cellar stained & scuffed label)

 

$300-400
1294

1 bottle PENFOLDS Bin 95 Grange 1969 (VVHS, scuffed label)

$250-350
1297

1 bottle PENFOLDS Bin 95 Grange 1971 (VVHS, very minor stained label)

 

$540-640
1768

1 bottle SEPPELT Para Liqueur Port 1880
(in wooden presentation case)

 

$700-800
#2244

1 bottle CH HAUT BRION 1986 1er Cru Graves (torn label, duty free sticker on top left hand corner of label)

Tasting Note: It is unquestionably the wine of the vintage for Graves , and not far off the pace of the great 1986 first-growth Medocs. 93pts RP. Drink now to 2015

$360-400
#2246

1 magnum CH HAUT BRION 1990 1er Cru Graves

Tasting Note: Real breed & complexity, subtle, clean & concentrated, very well evolved, medium to full bodied, superbly concentrated. CC. Drink now to 2020

$1100-1400
2247

1 bottle CH HAUT BRION 1993 1er Cru Graves

Tasting Note: One of the great wines of the vintage, outstanding purity. 92pts RP. Drink now to 2020

$220-280
#2253

1 bottle CH LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 1961 1er Cru Pauillac (VHS, stained label, badly torn capsule)

Tasting Note: There is finesse in spades. CC 19.5/20 #230. Drink now to 2008

$750-1200
#2254

1 bottle CH LATOUR 1982 1er Cru Pauillac (level just into neck)

Tasting Note: Very pure, very rich, very classy. Full, rich & tannic. CC 19.5/20 #213. RP 100/100 #129. Drink now to 2020 +

$800-950
#2257

1 bottle CH LATOUR 1986 1er Cru Pauillac

Tasting Note: Rich but slightly austere, very fine fruit on the palate. Good length but not the greatest grip or depth. CC #199. Drink now to 2030

$400-450
#2275

1 bottle CH LATOUR 1989 1er Cru Pauillac

 

$350-450
#2295

1 bottle CH MARGAUX 1961 1er Cru Margaux (VHS, aged label, torn capsule)

Tasting Note: But lush & succulent. Lots of vigour. Very fine. CC 18.5/20 #204. Drink now to 2010

$900-1300
#2300

1 bottle CH MOUTON ROTHSCHILD 1982 1er Cru Pauillac

Tasting Note: Lush & succulent. Lots of vigour. Very fine. CC 18.5/20 #204. Drink now to 2010

$780-900
#2309

1 bottle CH MOUTON ROTHSCHILD 1986 1er Cru Pauillac (USA Import Sticker)

Tasting Note: Very Mouton, very lush, succulent & lovely. Very fine, classic, long, excellent & very impressive. I think Coates likes it! CC 20/20 #213. Drink now to 2040

$600-700
#2320

1 bottle CH MOUTON ROTHSCHILD 1990 1er Cru Pauillac

Tasting Note: Tough & attenuated, young & angular, which begs the question, will these tannins every go away? CC 16/20. Drink now to 2010

$350-450
#2344

1 bottle CH PETRUS 1985 Pomerol (duty free sticker on top right hand corner of label)

Tasting Note: Full, tannic, masculine, real potential. CC Grand Vins. Drink now to 2015

$800-1100
#2349

1 bottle CH d'YQUEM Sauternes 1975 (level just into neck, weeping & damaged capsule)

Tasting Note: The 1975 may turn out to be the greatest of the modern-day d'Yquems. RP 99pts Bordeaux 3rd Ed. Drink now to 2025

$700-900
2468

1 JIM BEAM - 1872 Grant Locomotive (original box)

1 JIM BEAM - Grant Coal Tender (never filled)

1 JIM BEAM - Grant Baggage Car (original box)

1 JIM BEAM - Grant Passenger Car

1 JIM BEAM - Grant Dining Car

1 JIM BEAM - Grant Red Caboose (original box) including 2 boxes (10 pieces) of track

6 ornamental decanters.

$120-160
2499 1 750ml bottle THE MACALLAN Speyside Single Malt Whisky 1961 (80% proof, distilled by Macallan-Glenlivet, bottled by Campbell, Hope and King, Elgin , screw cap) $450-550