‘Rarest’ bottles at Zachys next Asia sale

For its September sale, the auction house will offer the third and final installment from the cellar of collector Graham Lyons which features some of the rarest selections of Burgundy and Bordeaux.

12 bottles of Barbaresco Santo Stefano di Neive going for HK$ 190,000-280,000

Zachys has announced its third and final sale from the cellar of Graham Lyons, known internationally for his meticulous collecting and with particular focus on some of the rarest collections of Burgundy and Bordeaux in existence.

Entitled: “A London Gentleman’s Cellar: Historic Wines from the Collection of Graham Lyons Part III – The Final Offering” the sale is described by the auction house as “the highlight of the fall international auction season” and will be held at the Mandarin Oriental on 11 September.

Anais Marmonier, Zachys Asia marketing manager said, “The real star of the show is provenance. With few exceptions, every lot in the sale can be traced back via Mr. Lyons’ meticulous handwritten notes to either well-known European merchants, the nascent days of wine auctions with Mr. Michael Broadbent himself at the helm or, in many instances, the châteaux themselves.

“What is also interesting is that the Graham Lyons auction catalogue will stand as a benchmark for the fine wines of all of the great collection regions: Champagne, Bordeaux, Burgundy, the Rhône Valley, and even Germany, Spain, Hungary and as rare as Crimea.”

Particular auction highlights include: A jeroboam of 1961 Château Haut-Brion (estimated between HK$ 120,000-200,000) sourced directly from Château Haut Brion, three magnums of 1971 Romanée-Conti (estimated between HK$ 550,000-550,800) from Adnam’s on 19 October 1975 and 12 bottles of 1964 Barbaresco Santo Stefano di Neive Riserva Speciale from Giacosa (estimated HK$ 190,000-280,000) from Christie’s in London on 29 July 1982 and sourced directly from the Domaine.

Jeff Zacharia, President of Zachys said: “Zachys held two landmark single owner sales for Graham Lyons in New York: Part I in 2008 and Part II in 2010. Lyons started collecting wines in the UK in the 1960s and purchased with tremendous knowledge and care. Many collectors who purchased wines from Lyons Parts One and Two have remarked on the freshness of the wines for age, and wish they had purchased more. Zachys is proud to offer the final part of the collection of Graham Lyons in Hong Kong.”