Exceptional British Cellars | Finest and Rarest Wines

Icons from the British Cellar of a European Collector, featuring Lafite, Latour, Mouton, Margaux, Haut-Brion, Petrus, Cheval Blanc, and DRC, purchased upon release from highly esteemed merchants, stored thereafter in a custom built, temperature controlled cellar.

Icons from the British Cellar of a European Collector

Exceptionally rare Burgundian Gems from Domaine Leroy and Domaine d'Auvenay in OWC, plus recently released perfectly mature offerings from Maison Leroy.

Burgundian Gems from Domaine Leroy and Domaine d'Auvenay

L'Exceptionnelle Vendange des Sept Domaines: The exceptional harvest of the 7 Domaines created a magnificent bottle of extraordinary rarity. This Montrachet 2016 is a contemporary tale of solidarity and friendship between 7 Burgundian owners, who were the victims of the frost of April 27, 2016. Eventually, the decision was made amongst these 7 producers to pool the tiny quantity of grapes that had survived and combine them into one blend. The resulting 2 barrels (one new, the other a year old) were then aged for 18 months at Domaine Leflaive. The total yield was 600 bottles, a part of which has been kept back by the individual Domaines.

Ultra-rare: L'Exceptionnelle Vendange des Sept Domaines Montrachet

Blockbuster Comte Liger-Belair, Engel, Armand Rousseau and J.F. Mugnier, presented in uniformly excellent condition, removed from climate-controlled storage.

Wondrous Burgundy: Liger-Belair, Engel, Rousseau, and Mugnier

An exceptional and unique Collection of Arnoux Lachaux. From single bottles to original cartons, this is a unique opportunity to acquire one of the most sought after wine from Burgundy. Charles Lachaux, the vigneron at Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux produced wines that are pure and elegant, with depth of flavour.

Super-Star Arnoux-Lachaux’s Chambolle, Clos de Vougeot, and Vosne Romanée

A pristine collection of Lafite and Margaux in immaculate condition from 2000 to 2012. All the wines are offered in immaculate condition in their original wooden cases and have been stocked in professional storage since original purchase.

Complete Verticals of Lafite, Mouton, and Margaux from 2000–2012

An epic collection of claret, starting with all the First Growths, followed by a generous selection of Super Seconds and other Classed Growth claret. This is counterbalanced by important parcels from Rostaing, Jaboulet, Marc Sorrel, Chapoutier, Beaucastel and Paul Avril, together with an impressive selection of Rioja and stored in climate-controlled, professional storage.

First Growths, ‘Super Seconds’, Rhône Legends, and Fine Spanish offerings

An outstanding collection of Yquem spanning two centuries, including a large offering of 19th century bottles. All the 19th century bottles were purchased from Sotheby’s by the current owner and previously carefully authenticated by a team of Sotheby’s experts.

 Ancient Yquem spanning Two Centuries

Director | Head of UK Wine Sales

Gary Owen

Director | Specialist

James Reed

Celian Ravel d'Estienne

Deputy Director | Specialist

Finn Schauer

Director | Senior Specialist | London & Paris

Frédéric Guyot du Repaire

Meet our Specialists

Sotheby’s Wine is delighted to present our first London sale of 2023, Exceptional British Cellars | Finest and Rarest Wines, opening online-only for bidding on Thursday 9th March, and closing from 10AM GMT on Thursday 23rd March