ERI Fine and Rare Wine Dec 7 2008

Auction Date: December 07, 2008 01:30 PM EST
at Chicago, IL
 
225 lots total

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Jacques Selosse
Blanc De Blancs Brut Substance Grand Cru
4 Bottles per lot $900 - 1100

Current Bid: $1,050.00 Reserve Met       Place Absentee Bid 

Dom Ruinart - Vintage - 1996
Rose
"A fresh, elegant rosé, with just a hint of strawberry and cherry flavors, while the citrus and smoke notes dominate. Very refined and well-integrated, with a firm aftertaste of cherry and spice." 93 points. Wine Spectator, 7/07
4 Bottles per lot $900 - 1100

Current Bid: $1,100.00 Reserve Met       Place Absentee Bid 

Krug - Vintage - 1996
"A powerful, majestic Champagne. Deep and compelling, with aromas of whole-grain toast, coconut and dried citrus that draw you in. Lean and racy on the palate, with a creaminess that's yet to be integrated. A classic '96, with ripe, exotic aromas and a steely structure. Still a baby, with the long, resonant finish confirming its potential." 99 points. Wine Spectator, 7/07
3 Bottles per lot $750 - 900

Current Bid: $850.00 Reserve Met       Place Absentee Bid 

Philipponnat - Vintage - 1996
Clos Des Goisses
"Hints of orange marmalade vie with whole-grain bread and roasted almond in this dry, mealy Champagne. Turns austere on the finish, but has intensity, so enjoy with food." 91 points. Wine Spectator, 11/06
3 Bottles per lot $475 - 550

Current Bid: $550.00 No Reserve       Place Absentee Bid 

Salon - Vintage - 1996
Le Mesnil
"A deep, vinous style, with understated power and grace. The lemon verbena, toast and honey aromas and flavors are propelled by the well-integrated structure and fine bubbles. There's just a hint of greenness, marking its youthful impetuosity. Has great length." 95 points. Wine Spectator, 12/07
Original Wooden Case.
6 Bottles per lot $1400 - 1800

Current Bid: $1,300.00 No Reserve       Place Absentee Bid 

Philipponnat - Vintage - 1999
Clos Des Goisses Rose
Original Carton. 1000 Bottles Produced.
6 Bottles per lot $1900 - 2400

Current Bid: $2,100.00 Reserve Met       Place Absentee Bid 

Louis Roederer - Vintage - 1999
Cristal Rose
"Rich and creamy, with dried berry and dried citrus notes. Well-integrated, with a lively structure, creating an attractive presentation overall." Wine Spectator, 12/06
2 Bottles per lot $650 - 750

Current Bid: $650.00 No Reserve       Place Absentee Bid 

Chateau Clos De Sarpe - Vintage - 2000
"Liqueur of St.-Emilion, the 2000 Clos de Sarpe is provocative stuff. A blockbuster effort made for readers with nineteenth century tastes, this wine is intensely concentrated, with abundant yet sweet tannin. Its dense purple color is accompanied by a big, chewy bouquet of black fruits intermixed with minerals, smoke, and licorice. While immense on the palate, with high tannin, it has become more civilized after bottling. However, patience is definitely a prerequisite for this monster St.-Emilion. It is a no-compromise, fascinating wine made for long-term cellaring." 95 points. Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, 4/03
4 Base Neck.
4 Bottles per lot $325 - 400

Current Bid: $250.00 No Reserve       Place Absentee Bid 

Chateau Clos St Martin - Vintage - 2000
"A magical wine from this microscopic vineyard, Clos St. Martin's 2000 has freakish intensity and complexity. Even better than the great 1998, its saturated opaque blue/purple color is followed by a knock-out nose of blueberries, blackberries, and minerals, with subtle oak notes well-hidden by the wealth of fruit. Medium to full-bodied and rich, with high tannin but fabulous symmetry as well as overall presence, it will require patience. This is magnificent juice! One of the potential legends of 2000." 96 points. Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, 4/03
4 Base Neck.
4 Bottles per lot $325 - 450

Current Bid: $350.00 No Reserve       Place Absentee Bid 

Chateau Leoville-Las Cases - Vintage - 2000
"This wine has put on weight and, as impressive as it was from cask, it is even more brilliant from bottle. Only 35% of the crop made it into the 2000 Leoville Las Cases, a blend of 76.8% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14.4% Merlot, and 8.8% Cabernet Franc. The wine is truly profound, with an opaque purple color and a tight but promising nose of vanilla, sweet cherry liqueur, black currants, and licorice in a dense, full-bodied, almost painfully rich, intense style with no hard edges. This seamless classic builds in the mouth, with a finish that lasts over 60 seconds. Still primary, yet extraordinarily pure, this compelling wine, which continues to build flavor intensity and exhibit additional layers of texture, is a tour de force in winemaking and certainly one of the great Leoville Las Cases. In another sense, it symbolizes / pays homage to proprietor Michel Delon, who passed away in 2000. Michel has been succeeded by his son, Jean-Hubert, another perfectionist." 99 points. Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, 4/03
Base Neck.
1 Double Magnum per lot $1200 - 1600

Current Bid: $1,100.00 Reserve Met       Place Absentee Bid 

Chateau Leoville-Las Cases - Vintage - 2000
4 Base Neck.
4 Bottles per lot $950 - 1100

Current Bid: $900.00 No Reserve       Place Absentee Bid 

Chateau Lynch-Bages - Vintage - 2000
"The 2000 Lynch-Bages exhibits a dense purple color, loads of glycerin and extract, big, muscular, sweet creme de cassis notes, with hints of new saddle leather, earth, and tobacco leaf. The 2000 is forceful yet plush, with a thick, juicy, succulent mid-palate, ripe tannin, and a long, layered finish. I know it will be tempting to pull corks on this wine in its youth, but it really will not hit its stride for 7-10 years and will last for at least 25." 95 points. Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, 4/03
6 Base Neck.
6 Bottles per lot $700 - 950

Current Bid: $650.00 Reserve Met       Place Absentee Bid 

Chateau Pavie - Vintage - 2000
"Give Gerard Perse credit. People thought his numerous assurances that 2000 was the greatest Pavie ever produced were premature as well as arrogant. However, after tasting this extraordinary blend of 60% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon (made from low yields of 28-30 hectoliters per hectare) six separate times in 2003, it is unquestionably one of the most monumental wines Bordeaux has ever produced. Bottled in March, 2003, about nine months later than other 2000s, the color is an opaque purple, and the bouquet offers up notes of liquid minerals, blackberries, cherries, and cassis intermixed with spice box, cedar, and white flowers. On the palate, it exhibits a massive display of richness and extract, yet with pinpoint delineation and vibrancy as well as a 60+ second finish, this is the kind of phenomenal wine that Perse's critics were afraid he might produce - a no-compromise, immortal wonder that represents the essence of one of Bordeaux's greatest terroirs. Life is too short not to own and consume the 2000 Pavie."100 points. Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, 4/03
4 Base Neck.
4 Bottles per lot $1000 - 1400

Current Bid: $900.00 No Reserve       Place Absentee Bid 

Chateau Ausone - Vintage - 2003
"The 2003 Ausone is off the charts in terms of richness. While I gave a 3-digit score to the 2000, I think this profoundly concentrated wine may be even more sublime and exotic. Its inky/blue/purple color is followed by an extraordinary perfume of flowers, crushed rocks, sweet raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, and God knows what else. The impression is one of extraordinary richness and purity, and a multilayered texture yet a surreal lightness as well as laser-like precision. This exquisite offering must be tasted to be believed. Incredibly young, it will undoubtedly close down over the next few years, re-emerging after 15-20 years. It should last for 70-100 years. It is a wine for anthology!" 100 points. Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, 4/06
2 Into Neck.
2 Bottles per lot $2200 - 3000

Current Bid: $1,900.00 No Reserve       Place Absentee Bid 

Chateau Cos D’Estournel - Vintage - 2003
"The prodigious, fantastic 2003 Cos d’Estournel is a candidate for “wine of the vintage.” A blend of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon (unusually high for this chateau), 30% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc, 17,500 cases were produced from low yields. An inky/blue/purple color is accompanied by a compelling perfume of black fruits, subtle smoke, pain grille, incense, and flowers. With extraordinary richness, full body, and remarkable freshness, elegance, and persistence, this is one of the finest wines ever made by this estate. The good news is that it will be drinkable at a young age yet evolve for three decades or more. Kudos to winemaker Jean-Guillaume Prats and owner Michel Reybier." 98 points. Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, 4/06
3 Into Neck.
3 Bottles per lot $425 - 500

Current Bid: $375.00 No Reserve       Place Absentee Bid 

Chateau Latour - Vintage - 2003
"A prodigious effort, it boasts a saturated purple color as well as a gorgeous perfume of smoke, cedar, creme de cassis, flowers, crushed rocks, and blackberries. Massive and multi-layered, with huge richness and low acidity, it is about as unctuous as a young Latour can be. It could be compared to the 1982, but it may be even more pure, at least at this early stage, than that monumental wine. The level of intensity builds prodigiously in the mouth, and the finish lasts nearly a minute. Disarmingly accessible (although analytically the tannin level is high), I suspect it will ultimately shut down, but it was performing impeccably when I tasted it." 100 points. Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, 4/06
Into Neck.
1 Double Magnum per lot $3500 - 4600

Current Bid: $3,100.00 Reserve Met       Place Absentee Bid 

Chateau Latour - Vintage - 2003
Original Wooden Case. 12 Into Neck.
12 Bottles per lot $8200 - 9300

Current Bid: $7,500.00 No Reserve       Place Absentee Bid 

Chateau Margaux - Vintage - 2003
"A wine of extraordinary complexity and intensity, it reveals a deep purple color, a style not unlike the 1990 Margaux (possibly even more concentrated), a velvety texture, and notes of spring flowers interwoven with camphor, melted licorice, creme de cassis, and pain grille. Not a blockbuster, it offers extraordinary intensity as well as a surreal delicacy/lightness. There is riveting freshness to this offering, which tips the scales at a lofty (for this estate) 13.5% alcohol, as well as an alluring sweetness and accessibility. It probably will tighten up over the next few years. Nevertheless, it is a profound Chateau Margaux that brings to mind a hypothetical blend of the 1982 and 1990." 99 points. Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, 4/06
Into Neck.
1 Double Magnum per lot $2700 - 3400

Current Bid: $2,400.00 Reserve Met       Place Absentee Bid 

Chateau Pavie - Vintage - 2003
"The 2003 Pavie (7,080 cases; 13.5% alcohol) is closest in style to the 2000, but slightly more evolved and exotic. Its dense plum/purple color is accompanied by an extraordinary perfume of charcoal, creme de cassis, melted licorice, espresso roast, and blackberries. The wine, which hits the palate with a dramatic minerality, comes across like a hypothetical blend of limestone liqueur intermixed with black and red fruits. With massive depth, richness, and body, this tannic 2003 should be forgotten for 4-5 years, then enjoyed over the next four decades. The integration of acidity, tannin, and wood is flawless, and the wine is incredibly pure, rich, and intense. Kudos to Gerard Perse, who is trying, in a more modern fashion, to recreate the glories of such ancient Bordeaux vintages as 1921, 1929, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1959, and 1961. From my perspective, he comes as close to that goal as anyone in Bordeaux."98+ points. Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, 4/06
6 Into Neck.
6 Bottles per lot $950 - 1100

Current Bid: $850.00 No Reserve       Place Absentee Bid 

Chateau Petrus - Vintage - 2003
"Fleshy, fat, and already sexy, the dark plum/purple-tinged 2003 Petrus is exceptionally ripe and rich. While not as exotic as its rival, Lafleur, it is rich, heady, and loaded. A tour de force in winemaking for Pomerol, it vindicates Christian Moueix’s decision to harvest nearly all his Merlot on September 3 and 4, and the Cabernet Franc on September 17. However, production is tiny ... less than 1,700 cases. Full-bodied, powerful, and exceptionally pure without losing its nobility and elegance, this stunning Petrus can be drunk in 2-3 years or cellared for three decades." 95+ points. Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, 4/06
2 Into Neck.
2 Bottles per lot $2700 - 3700

Current Bid: $2,300.00 No Reserve       Place Absentee Bid 

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