Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Rothschild Descends Upon New York
If you’ve been saving your pennies, queue up tomorrow night at Sotheby’s for a very special auctioning of the private cellar of Baroness Philippine de Rothschild of Chateau Mouton Rothschild. The lion's share of the auction will be bottles from and of her legendary First Growth Chateau. Bottlings date from the 1887 vintage through the present. Most of the bottles are of her famed chateau, gilded with the classic golden lamb with labels commissioned by Picasso, Chagall, Miro and other world-renowned artists since the 1945 bottling. However, the Baroness is also auctioning bottles from the other First-Growth producers Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, Chateau Margaux, Chateau Latour, and Chateau Haut-Brion. Opening bids for these lots start anywhere from $500 to $80,000. The later price for one of the highlight of the auction- a ‘45 Mouton in Jerobaom-a legendary wine from the beginning of Mouton's artist series and certainly considered a treasure amongst eonophiles. A great value, if one can call it that, is the ‘26 Chateau Margaux. And, keep your bidding paddles en guard for the ‘61 Haut Brion and the ‘47 Cheval Blanc. Happy Bidding!
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