Incredible Aussie private cellar up for sale

One of Australia’s most significant and valuable private wine collections has been listed for sale.

The cellar comprises many of the world’s greatest and rarest wines and is now open for bidding online through Langton’s.

“The sheer quality, range of wines and scale of this single cellar is exceptional,” said auction head Stewart Langton. “It reflects a single minded pursuit for the best wines of the world.

“This auction catalogue is like a great stamp collection; almost every important wine post code is represented including Chåteau Lafite Rothschild (Pauillac, Bordeaux), Leroy (Vosne Romanée, Burgundy), Etienne Guigal (Rhône), Zind Humbrecht (Alsace), Gaja (Piedmont), Vega Sicilia (Ribera del Duero), Te Mata Estate (Hawkes Bay, New Zealand) and Wendouree (Clare Valley, South Australia)."

According to Langton’s the collector has been fastidious – all the wines have been stored in his own private state-of-the-art refrigerated/humidified cellars, held at a constant 12 degrees Celsius since purchase.
 
Highlights include a rare offering of Hardy’s Private Bin and Seppelt red wines from the 1960s and 1970s; complete dozens of 1975 Wendouree Shiraz; a vast collection of Grand Cru Burgundy from Armand Rousseau, Domaine de La Romanée Conti, Domaines des Comtes Lafon, Henri Jayer, Leroy, Thomas Moillard, Mongeard Mugneret and Georges de Vogüé; stellar vintages of Guigal La Mouline and La Landonne, Chapoutier, JL Chave, Paul Jaboulet, and Chåteau de Beaucastel; a comprehensive collection of Bordeaux from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s including Ausone, Cos d’Estournel, Ducru Beaucaillou, Lafite Rothschild, Leoville Lascases, Mouton Rothschild, Pichon-Longueville Lalande, and a litany of great vintages from Antonio Gaja, Ornellaia, Isole e Olena, Vega Sicilia, Hugel, Kuentz-Bas, SA Huet and Trimbach.

The cellar is now open for sale and the auction closes 6pm on Tuesday 22 December (Eastern Australian Summer Time).

Patrick Schmitt, 10.12.2009