SEPTEMBER NY AUCTION
EXCEEDS ESTIMATES BY 20%!

The Top Ten Lots of the auction were a celebrity death match between two of Burgundy’s biggest names, Domaine de la Romanee Conti and Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, who both represented nine out of the ten Top Lots as well as sixteen of the Top Twenty. The Top Lot of the sale went to a rare Methuselah of 2001 DRC Montrachet, which sold for $55,800. Second place was taken by another DRC specialty, a twelve-bottle 2000 Assortment in a banded original wood case that fetched $52,080. The third through fifth positions were captured by more banded cases of DRC, this time three bottles each of Romanee Conti, as the 2001 and 2006 vintages sold for $49,600 a piece and the 2011 vintage realized $47,120. Sixth and seventh places were taken by World-Record setting Jeroboams of 2005 and 2010 Comte Liger-Belair La Romanee, which sold for $47,120, two of Ten World Records set by one of Burgundy’s most collectible producers. The Comte’s streak continued as twelve bottles of 2007 and six bottles of 2009 La Romanee took the eighth and ninth positions, selling for $42,400 and $39,680 respectively. Rounding out the Top Ten was Bordeaux’s only entrant, a lot of twelve bottles of 1982 Chateau Lafite Rothschild in original wooden case that realized $39,680. Other coveted producers slipping into the Top Twenty were Rousseau, Raveneau, and Chateau Haut Brion.