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Domaine de la Romanee Conti Montrachet 1998, Cote de Beaune, bottle nos. 00238, 00240, two bottles. Estimate: $3,000-$5,000. Image courtesy Skinner Inc.

Skinner’s Nov. 2 wine auction timed right for the holidays

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf

Domaine de la Romanee Conti Montrachet 1998, Cote de Beaune, bottle nos. 00238, 00240, two bottles. Estimate: $3,000-$5,000. Image courtesy Skinner Inc.
Domaine de la Romanee Conti Montrachet 1998, Cote de Beaune, bottle nos. 00238, 00240, two bottles. Estimate: $3,000-$5,000. Image courtesy Skinner Inc.
BOSTON – Skinner Inc. will host its fall auction of Fine Wines on Nov. 2 at 4 p.m. Eastern at its 63 Park Plaza gallery. The sale, realized through a partnership with Lower Falls Wine Co. of Newton, Mass., will offer over 700 extensive lots of fine vintage Bordeaux, Burgundy, Italian and Spanish wines, as well as impressive selection of Champagne and Sauternes, and enticing dinner party lots for those wishing to educate, test or delight their palettes. LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet live bidding.

Not to be missed, the upcoming sale features a stunning 50-case “super lot” of all five First Growth Bordeaux spanning the years 1995-2004, which includes all provenance paperwork, estimated at $200,000-$300,000.

Skinner will include the soaring First Growth 1982 Lafite Rothschild in various quantities including a full case (estimated at $30,000-$45,000), single and large format bottles, top of the line Southern and Northern Rhone, a rare collection of Bas and Grand Bas Armagnac and many large format wines, including double magnums, imperials and methuselahs of Bordeaux and Burgundy.

The sale also boasts a 20-lot collection of Domaine de La Romanee including four bottles of Domaine de la Romanee Conti Richebourg 1990, estimated at $4,750-$6,500 and two bottles of Domaine de la Romanee Conti La Tache 1978, estimated at $4,500-$6,500. For the California cult cabernet fan, Skinner will offer four bottles of Screaming Eagle 1998 estimated at $4,000-$6,000 and a single bottle of Screaming Eagle 2003, estimated at $1,000-$1,500.

One of the most exciting collections in the sale comes to Skinner from the WGBH wine collection. WGBH has a long wine auction tradition and is partnering with Skinner to offer rare and fine wines from the WGBH wine cellar for bid in this special auction. All proceeds will support WGBH’s television, radio and children’s programming. The collection includes “The World” lot featuring fine wine from historic wine regions throughout the world from some of the finest producers, estimated at $7,000-$10,000 and ends with a “Mystery” lot including 65 bottles of the world’s finest, strongest and classic wines and is estimated at $7,000-$10,000.

To arrange for a preview, please contact Marie Keep, director of Skinner’s Fine Wines Department, at finewines@skinnerinc.com or 508-970-3296.

 

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

‘The World’ lot collection features more than 80 bottles of fine wine from historic wine regions throughout the world and some of the finest producers. Estimate $7,000-$10,000. Image courtesy Skinner Inc.
‘The World’ lot collection features more than 80 bottles of fine wine from historic wine regions throughout the world and some of the finest producers. Estimate $7,000-$10,000. Image courtesy Skinner Inc.