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Press Release - February 16, 2021
Elite Domestic Wines Highlight Return of Heritage Auctions’ Platinum Session
| Harlan, Screaming Eagle and Sine Qua Non among event's top labels BEVERLY HILLS, California (February 16, 2021) — Heritage Auctions kicks off 2021 in spectacular fashion in its March 12 Fine & Rare Wine Auction in Beverly Hills, California. The event, in which the first 240 lots mark the return of the multi-vendor Platinum Session, will feature an array of the very best domestic wines, including the largest selection Heritage has offered of Harlan, Screaming Eagle and Sine Qua Non. "This auction responds beautifully to the increased demand for extraordinary domestic wines since the fires that devastated Napa Valley last year," Heritage Auctions Fine & Rare Wine Senior Director Frank Martell said. "More than half the sale is domestic cabernet, but the sheer diversity of labels and vintages in this offering is what makes this sale really special." The auction features a strong selection of burgundy, including Romanee Conti 1995 Domaine de la Romanee Conti Bottle (2) (estimate: $24,000-32,500), an immaculate and perfectly stored collection of the ne plus ultra of Burgundy and Bordeaux from a California collector. • Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1982 Pauillac Imperial (1) (estimate: $20,000-28,000) is a variable performer that may have taken more than 30 years to reach its peak. • Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1945 Pauillac Bottle (3) (estimate: $20,000-28,000) is regularly a 100-point wine, and one of the top wine offerings of the century, easily identifiable to the discerning collector. Other top selections include, but are not limited to: • Chateau Haut Brion 1989 Pessac-Leognan Bottle (12) (estimate: $18,000-24,000) • Chateau Latour 1961 Pauillac Bottle (6) (estimate: $14,000-18,000) • Chateau Latour 1982 Pauillac Bottle (12) (estimate: $13,000-16,000) • Chateau Latour a Pomerol 1961 Pomerol Bottle (3) (estimate: $13,000-16,000) The auction includes offerings from a slew of exceptional domestic wineries, including Accendo, Beau Vigne, Fairchild, Favia, Futo, MacDonald, Nine Suns, Odette and Vice Versa, as well as Colgin, Dominus, Montelena, Phelps and Shafer. The auction includes a trove of 89 lots of Sine Qua Non, including but not limited to: • Sine Qua Non Gewürztraminer 1999Bottle (1) (estimate: $9,000-12,000) • Sine Qua Non Syrah 2002 Just for the Love of It Bottle (6) (estimate: $3,250-4,250) The auction includes 31 Screaming Eagle lots, including: • Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 Bottle (3) (estimate: $7,000-9,000) • Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 Bottle (3) (estimate: $6,500-8,500) • Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 Bottle (3) (estimate: $6,500-8,500) Top choices among the auction's 46 Harlan lots include, but are not limited to: • Harlan Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 Bottle (6) (estimate: $4,500-6,000) • Harlan Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 Bottle (4) (estimate: $3,000-4,000) • Harlan Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 Bottle (5) (estimate: $3,000-4,000) For information about all lots in the auction, visit HA.com/5513. Heritage Auctions is the largest fine art and collectibles auction house founded in the United States, and the world's largest collectibles auctioneer. Heritage maintains offices in New York, Dallas, Beverly Hills, San Francisco, Chicago, Palm Beach, London, Paris, Geneva, Amsterdam and Hong Kong. Heritage also enjoys the highest online traffic and dollar volume of any auction house on earth (source: SimilarWeb and Hiscox Report). The Internet's most popular auction-house website, HA.com, has more than 1,400,000 registered bidder-members and searchable free archives of five million past auction records with prices realized, descriptions and enlargeable photos. Reproduction rights routinely granted to media for photo credit. For breaking stories, follow us: HA.com/Facebook and HA.com/Twitter. Link to this release or view prior press releases. Steve Lansdale, Public Relations Specialist 214-409-1699; SteveL@HA.com |