This wonderful, tightly curated selection features important collections from across the UK, Switzerland and Scandinavia, spanning a range of regions, vintages and formats, all with impeccable provenance and stored in perfect conditions since purchase. The sale provides collectors with an opportunity to explore the abundance of the fine wine world, offering excellence from Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Rhône, Italy and Spain, as well as from across the New World including California, Australia and Chile.

Important collections from the UK, Switzerland and Scandinavia

Finest & Rarest Wines

Navigating the Auction

Spread across several collections, the choice of Bordeaux, both red and white, is remarkable in this sale.&nbsp; First Growths are featured in abundance and include legendary wines such as Lafite 1996 and 2000, Haut Brion 2005, Mouton 1986 and 2000. The constantly overperforming Super Seconds, such as Pichon Longueville, Lalande and Baron, or Léoville Las Cases, are also available in a variety of vintages. Bordeaux connoisseurs will be pleased to find a plethora of the extremely rare and coveted Haut Brion Blanc, with impeccable provenance and in excellent condition. Finally, from the Right Bank, we find the most revered names including Petrus, Lafleur, Cheval Blanc and Ausone.

Wonders from both banks of the river, spanning many decades

Bordeaux Icons

While Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, with multiple offerings in this sale, is secure in its place as royalty of the Fine Wine World, the highlight of this auction is undoubtedly an ultra-rare selection of 1990s Domaine Leroy, with Musigny 1996 often considered the ‘Holy Grail’ of wine collecting. Sourced from a private Continental European Collector, with impeccable provenance and stored in a state-of-the-art home cellar in Switzerland since purchase, these Leroy wines are truly a rare gem on the market. The sale also&nbsp; boasts other sought-after Domaines, such as Comte Georges de Vogüé, Armand Rousseau and Comte Liger Belair.

The coveted 1990s Domaine Leroy reigns supreme, joined by other revered producers

Transcendent Burgundy

A wine inextricably linked to celebrating, Champagne is the perfect accompaniment to holiday festivities - and our last auction of the season offers plenty of it. Mature, delightfully complex Krug 1982 and 1985, Krug Clos du Mesnil 1988, Salon Le Mesnil from the iconic 2002 vintage, and superb Louis Roederer, Cristal Brut and Rosé from the 1980s and 1990s are some of the highlights.

Fabulous sparkling delights from famed Maisons, including Krug, Salon and Louis Roederer

Magnificent Champagne

Firmly standing their ground against French classics, the greatest producers in Italy and Spain have their own, devoted following. Some of them, like Sassicaia and Vega Sicilia, contributed to the success of their respective regions on fine wine markets and have become modern icons. Highlights include Vega Sicilia ‘Unico’ 1974, 1989, 1994 and 1995 in magnums, as well as Sassicaia 1985 and 1994.

The most admired names from Italy and Spain, such as Vega Sicilia, Sassicaia and Gaja

European Treasures

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Head of Wine Auction Sales UK

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Sotheby’s Wine London is proud to present the last auction of the 2024 season, Finest &amp; Rarest Wines, open for online bidding from 25 November and culminating in an online-only auction on 9 December at 10:00am GMT.

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