The ‘Generations of Jayer’ assortment included 42 numerous a number of the most interesting Burgundies ever bottled.
A 12-bottle case of Grand Cru Henri Jayer for Georges Jayer, Echézeaux 1999 from Côte de Nuits led the cost, promoting for £100,000 on the London public sale.
The second priciest lot was the Henri Jayer for Georges Jayer, Echézeaux 2001, which acquired a successful bid of £85,000.
Henri Jayer was dubbed the ‘godfather of Burgundy’ after pioneering a spread of key improvements within the area. He believed that low yields had been the inspiration of actually nice wines, and he fiercely resisted the in depth use of chemical compounds in vineyards.
Since his dying in 2006, his silky Pinot Noirs have grown more and more uncommon, making a cult following amongst collectors and connoisseurs alike.
Christie’s worldwide director of wine, Tim Triptree MW, as soon as described his wines as ‘definitely among the many most interesting I’ve ever tasted, significantly the Richebourg, Echézeaux and Cros Parantoux’.
King’s Faculty, Cambridge, bought the wines from UK importer Richards-Walfords and saved them inside its historic cellars.
They lastly went below the hammer this week, together with many extra Burgundian classics. Additional highlights included 12 bottles of Domaine Coche-Dury, Corton-Charlemagne 1996, which bought for £75,000, and 12 bottles of Domaine Coche-Dury, Corton-Charlemagne 2007, which achieved £50,000.
All tons from the ‘Generations of Jayer’ assortment bought. The £1,365,125 from that assortment contributed to a complete of £2,734,363 achieved on the public sale, which Christie’s titled: ‘Best and Rarest Wines and Spirits: That includes Generations of Jayer, Burgundy from the Historic Cellars of King’s Faculty, Cambridge’.
One other spotlight got here from Royal Salute, the high-end Scotch whisky model owned by Chivas Brothers. It launched a commemorative whisky to rejoice Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee.
The unique bottling blends whiskies aged 32 years or older from seven silent stills, every now misplaced to time. It was completed for greater than two years in tawny port casks – a wine served through the Coronation Banquet in 1953.
The limited-edition launch consists of simply 21 units of seven hand-crafted Dartington Crystal decanters, with packaging impressed by Her Majesty’s ‘vibrant pastel clothes and iconic brooch assortment’.
Quite a bit that includes one of many units bought for £175,000 within the public sale. Every of the seven decanters is known as after one among Her Majesty’s brooches.
