Leland Little Auctions hosts fine wine specialty sale May 6

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Vintage 1989, Chateau Pichon-Longueville, Lalande, Pauillac, two 750 ml bottles. Leland Little Auctions image

 

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. – Since adding wine auctions to its menu a few years ago Leland Little Auctions now conducts the largest such specialty auctions in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Leland Little will auction 421 lots of wine, many of them multiples, on Thursday, May 4, beginning at 6 p.m. Eastern. Absentee and Internet bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

High on the list are two bottles of vintage 1989 Chateau Pichon-Longueville, Lalande, Pauillac (above) and three bottles of 1983 Chambertin, Clos de Beze, Clair-Dau (below).

 

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Vintage 1983, Chambertin, Clos de Beze, Clair-Dau, three 750 ml bottles. Leland Little Auctions image

 

The auction also features six lots of famous Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, including two bottles of vintage 2002 (below).

 

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Vintage 2002, Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, Pauillac, two 750 ml bottles, one with original tissue. Leland Little Auctions image

 

Two bottles of the desirable Chateau Latour, 1971 (below) and 2000, will be sold as separate lots.

 

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Vintage 1971, Chateau Latour, Pauillac. Leland Little Auctions image

 

From the northern Rhône wine region of France comes a bottle of 1990 Hermitage, La Chapelle, Paul Jaboulet Aine (below).

 

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Vintage 1990, Hermitage, La Chapelle, Paul Jaboulet Aine. Leland Little Auctions image

 

Leland Little Auctions is now consigning for the upcoming international wine auctions. Contact Mark Solomon, Leland Little’s fine wine director, at Mark@LelandLittle.com or phone 919-644-1243.