Aulden Cellar-Sotheby’s Opens The Fall Season With Finest And Rarest Wines On September 20th

AULDEN CELLAR-SOTHEBY’S OPENS THE FALL SEASON WITH FINEST AND RAREST WINES ON SEPTEMBER 20^TH

Aulden Cellars-Sotheby’s will hold its first of four wine sales this fall season in New York beginning with a various-owner sale of Finest and Rarest Wines, on September 20^th, 2008. The sale will include 1,361 lots, and is estimated to bring $2.3/3.3 million. Three sales will follow, one each month through December, including an Evening Sale on Tuesday, October 28^th.

The September sale will include wines from Bordeaux, Sauternes, Burgundy, Champagne, Rhone and California, a few highlighted are featured below. The sale will begin at 10am followed by a lunch served to all registered bidders. A pre-sale tasting will be held on September 18^th from 6-7 pm (please call the Sotheby’s Wine department for reservations (212) 606-7050).

Below is a list of highlights that will be offered on September 20^th: Please note that estimates do not include buyer’s premium

Bordeaux

• 4 cases of 6 magnum bottles of Château Lafite 1966 (est. $2,250/3,250 per lot)

• 6 bottles of Château Cheval Blanc 1961, (est. $4,500/6,000)

• 12 bottles of Château Haut Brion 2000 (est. $5,500/7,500 per lot)

• 12 bottles of La Mission Haut Brion 2000 (est. $5,500/7,500 per lot)

Sauternes

• 24 half bottles of Château d’Yquem 1990 (est. $6,500/8,000)

• 12 bottles of Château d’Yquem 1990 (est. $6,000/9,000)

Red Burgundy

• 6 bottles of Clos de la Roche, 1966 Armand Rousseau (est. $3,000/5,000)

• 3 bottles of Richebourg 1949, Leroy (est. $4,750/7,000)

• 4 cases of 12 bottles of Musigny, Cuvée Vieilles Vignes, 1999 Comte Georges de Vogue (est. $4,500/6,500 per lot)

White Burgundy

• 3 bottles of Montrachet 1983, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (est. $4,250/7,500)

• 12 bottles of Meursault Charmes 1990, Domaine des Comtes Lafon (est. $3,000/4,000)

• 2 magnums of Montrachet 1995, Domaine Ramonet (est. $5,000/7,000)

Champagne

• 3 magnums of Krug 1985 (est. $3,000/5,000)

• 1 magnum of Bollinger, R.D. 1961 (est. $2,000/3,000)

• 3 magnums of Dom Perignon 1971 (est. $6,000/9,000)

• 3 magnums Salon Le Mesnil, Blanc de Blanc 1985 (est. $3,000/$5,000)

Rhone

• 6 bottles of Côte Rôtie, La Landonne 1985 Guigal (est. $4,250/6,500)

• 5 bottles of Côte Rôtie, La Mouline 1985 Guigal (est. $3,500/4,500)

Cailfornia

• 14 bottles of Groth Reserve 1985 (est. $3,500/5,500)

• 2 cases of 4 bottles of Screaming Eagle 2005 (est. $4,000/6,000 per lot)

• 6 bottles of Harlan Estate 1997 (est. $6,000/9,000)

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