This remarkable sale begins with six private collections, all recently removed from high-quality temperature-controlled cellars in Switzerland, featuring a focussed selection of Burgundy and Bordeaux’s most lauded Domaines &amp; Châteaux including Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Domaine Leroy, all of the First Growths, Cheval Blanc, Petrus, Yquem, and countless others. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti leads this extraordinary line-up with a superb display of Romanée-Conti, La Tâche, Richebourg, Romanée St. Vivant, Grands Echézeaux and Montrachet across reference-point vintages, from 1978 through 2019. Beyond DRC, countless other leading domaines such as Leroy, Rousseau, Roumier or Leflaive complete the Burgundy portion of this wonderful auction. Moving west from Burgundy, Bordeaux comprises the backbone of these stunning collections, with Classed Growths well-represented across numerous vintages from the 1990s and 2000s, all within or entering their drinking windows. For devotees of the Right Bank, Cheval Blanc and Petrus represent the pinnacle of Saint Emilion and Pomerol, closely followed by Angelus, Ausone, Figeac, Lafleur and Vieux Château Certan. The cellars offered here represent a lifetime of dedicated work on the part of these longstanding, steadfast collectors and are offered with brilliant provenance. 
 
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Six private collections, all recently removed from high-quality temperature-controlled cellars in Switzerland

Eminent Alpine Cellars

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti leads this extraordinary line-up with a superb display of Romanée-Conti, La Tâche, Richebourg, Romanée St. Vivant, Grands Echézeaux and Montrachet across reference-point vintages, from 1978 through to 2019. The bottles offered here have been cellared with the utmost care and carry with them the full weight of exceptional provenance.

Romanée-Conti, La Tâche, Richebourg, Romanée St. Vivant, Grands Echézeaux and Montrachet across reference-point vintages, from 1978 through to 2019

The ‘Domaine’

Bordeaux comprises the might backbone of these stunning collections, featuring all of the First Growths, further Classed Growths such as Cos d'Estournel, Léoville Las Cases, Lynch Bages, Pichon Lalande, Pichon Baron, Ducru Beaucaillou, Giscours, plus exceptional offerings from the Right Bank such as Cheval Blanc, Petrus, Angelus, Ausone, Figeac, Lafleur and Vieux Château Certan.

Lots 45 to 277: First Growths, Cheval Blanc, Petrus, and further Classed Growths from the 90s and 00s

Left Bank Titans, Right Bank Royalty

Fine Wine from Various Owners including Latour, Haut-Brion, Yquem, Le Pin, Cheval Blanc, Georges Roumier, Arnoux-Lachaux, Sylvain Cathiard, Domaine de la Grange des Pères, Egon Müller’s Scharzhofberger Trockenbeerenauslese and countless others

Finest and Rarest Wines

Director | Head of UK Wine Sales

Acting Head of Sales, Continental Europe, Senior Specialist, Wine

Frédéric Guyot du Repaire

Senior Specialist | Inspections UK &amp; Europe

James Reed

Head of Auction Sales | France

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Sotheby’s Wine is delighted to present our last London sale of the 2023 summer season, Eminent Alpine Cellars | Finest and Rarest Wines, featuring a fantastic variety of Bordeaux and Burgundy’s greatest wines.