The enthusiasts and summer collectors, prepare your drivers.
Christie’s has been waiting for her first summer auction since 2022 on June 12, brought to you by a billionaire businessman, private collector and winner of the American Cup, Bill Koch. The three-day event contains 1,500 many that make up nearly 8,000 bottles of historical bottles from its private collection, which has a low estimate of $ 15 million but can exceed $ 21 million.
Bordeaux and Burgundy make up the part of the lion, and in the heart of the collection is more than 750 large format bottles, including over 45 jeroboams (three liters) and Methuselahs (six liters) from the domaine-cont.
In fact, the discovered summer manufacturer constitutes the whole of the Top 10 of value, with the 1985 number of Romanée-Cout Côte de Nuits Grand Cru-seeing a high estimate of $ 180,000.
“A summer trader in Chicikago brought this bottle to my attention in 1988. He won it from Europe,” Koch Posti told, referring to himself as a “geek” wine.
“I’ve loved big format bottles because they need a lot to mature,” he explained. “It is about the surface space and oxygen. The larger the bottle, the less exposure to oxygen, the better the summer.
Indeed, 1985 was a great year for summer, but this is also a big one. One methuselah holds six liters – or eight standard bottles.
“$ 120,000 divided by $ 203.2 ounces are equal to $ 590 plus for ounce,” said Joe Czerwinski, Reviewer of Canada Summer Lawyer, Napa Valley and New York State Regions.
“This is the low girlfriend, which does not include the buyer’s premium. If you go to high rating, you are talking up of $ 900 per ounce.”
Jhonel Faelnar, Director of Drinks for Naeun Hospitality, which includes Atoboy, Naro and two Michelin Atomix, believes it is one of the best vineyards ever produced.
“Romanée-Conti is, of course, one of the most story vineyards in Burgundy and in the world, coming from one of the most sacred Pinot Noir producers that exists,” he said. “I would probably like to drink this bottle if I had the opportunity to.”
He said the price of $ 180,000 is worth it – for the “people who can afford it”.
“These wines are part of history, and it is a special moment to encounter these, especially if you can be part of their opening and enjoyment,” Faelnar said.
While the collection contains a variety of pricing points-Château Haut-Brion of 1929 going for $ 2,000 to $ 3,000 to catch Faelnar-Ai’s attention that some may be very rich in one’s blood.
“You are offering for a piece of art at this point – one that I could bibred and consume potentially,” Faelnar said.
“Often, they can disappear in the glass-ato are, after all, a hundred years of wine bottles.
The six magnums of Château Mouton-Rothschild of 1982 are also for getting a number of $ 9,000 to $ 14,000. This good quality unlocks an essential memory for Koch, sharing it with Will Smith’s agent Jim Lassiter. (Yes, THAT Will Smith.)
“He came to my house with Steve Tisch and David Bloomfield of escape artists,” he recalled. “They had bought the movie rights for the book” Billionaire’s vinegar ” [and] were seeking my participation and investment capital. The excellent wine was the only thing they agreed on that evening. “
Koch said his ancestry of chemical engineering helped the influence of collecting his summer. At one point, he had 43,000 bottles in his basements in his possessions in Palm Beach, Florida, Cape Cod, Massachusetts and Aspen, Colorado.
He looks at the auction as a gift that continues to give – is part of a summer collection he has spent half a century curating.
“These bottles reflect my taste, my interest in history, my passion for my collection and respect for the care and work that goes to the development of great wines, year after year,” he told his draw, now in 21,000 bottles. “I have some of the best wines in the world, stored in a higher basement and more carefully researched and sworn than any collection I know. I am extremely proud of it.”
“I just don’t think we’ll see more collections like this come back to the market,” said Adam Bilbey, the global leader of Christie’s wine and souls. “This is a chance to be part of Vinous history.”
Koch told the post that after the sale, he will “still have about 12,000” bottles in his basement, but does not expect “add it”.
“As for those with which you are sharing, which include 45 large format bottles, there would be two lives and a daily parties regimen to go through it all. It is time for others to enjoy.”
The best 10 wines in the basement of William I. Koch: The Auction of the Great American Collector, by value:
- 1985 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Côte de Nuits Grand Cru Methuselah: Estimated low: $ 120,000; High estimated: $ 180,000
- 1991 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Côte de Nuits Grand Cru Methuselah: Estimated low: $ 110,000; High estimated: $ 170,000
- 1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Côte de Nuits Grand Cru Methuselah: Lower dear: $ 100,000; High estimated: $ 160,000
- 1996 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Côte de Nuits Grand Cru Methuselah: Lower dear: $ 100,000; High estimated: $ 160,000
- 1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti la tâche côte de nuits Grand Cru Methuselah: Lower dear: $ 80,000; High estimated: $ 120,000
- 1990 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Côte de Nuits Grand Cru Jeroboam: Lower dear: $ 70,000; High estimated: 100,000 dollars
- 1985 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Côte de Nuits Grand Cru Jeroboam: Lower dear: $ 48,000; High estimated: $ 70,000
- 1985 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Côte de Nuits Grand Cru Jeroboam: Lower dear: $ 48,000; High estimated: $ 70,000
- 1985 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Côte de Nuits Grand Cru Jeroboam: Lower dear: $ 48,000; High estimated: $ 70,000
- 1995 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Côte de Nuits Grand Cru Jeroboam: Rated low: $ 45,000; Dear High: $ 65,000 Dollars
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