STYLE Edit: Sotheby’s three-day Wine Spring Sale returns to Hong Kong with US$12 million of fine wines and rare spirits up for auction
- Bordeaux and Islay take the spotlight, while the Whisky & Moutai live auction will feature a bespoke Bowmore Archive Cabinet expected to go for US$500,000
- The 148 lots taken from Joseph Lau’s private cellar are expected to fetch US$4.5 million, while The Finest & Rarest sale will offer a further 941 lots
Set for April 16 to 18, Sotheby’s Wine Spring Sale Series turns the focus on Bordeaux and Islay, with wines and spirits expected to fetch a combined sum of up to US$12 million. The upcoming Rare Whisky & Moutai live auction also features a unique Bowmore Archive Cabinet, estimated to sell for roughly US$500,000.
“Wines from the Cellar of Joseph Lau Part II” will feature another 148 lots of the finest French wines from Lau’s cellar, expected to fetch as much as US$4.5 million (HK$34.5 million). Among the offerings are a historic Château d’Yquem dating to 1865, and over 100 bottles of the fabled Henri Jayer Vosne-Romanée Cros Parantoux.
The second day’s “Finest & Rarest” sale offers 941 lots, estimated to fetch US$4.3 million, of both drinkable classics and rarities, in a diverse selection of formats and vintages, including Liger-Belair La Romanée vintages, as well as a vertical line-up of vintages from Ornellaia’s Archivio Storico.
Day two will also see other Henri Jayer vintages go under the hammer, among them four magnums of Cros Parantoux 1986 and a further 84 lots of Bordeaux, Rhône, Tuscany and Napa wines, from double magnums to 18-litre Melchiors.
