World’s finest wines, spanning over 150 years go under the hammer
The Coats Family Cellar includes a deep collection of the world’s finest, most sought-after wines, spanning over 150 years.
Collected over many decades, The Coats Family Cellar was imported from Ireland to South Africa via reefer and has been cellared professionally since.
Each bottle in the cellar was authenticated by Michael Egan, who is a world expert in fine and rare wines with more than thirty-five years of experience.
Along with Michael Egan, the Strauss & Co Fine Wine team have tasted extensively through the cellar and are confident of the wine storage and hence the quality. The entire collection is currently stored at Wine Cellar.
Highlights from the wine auction
Château Mouton Rothschild is not only one of the finest Bordeaux wines, but it is also one of the world’s greatest. The First Growth from Pauillac holds an incredible track record for the most consistent and long-lived wines in all of Bordeaux. It can be argued that the modern age of Chateau Mouton Rothschild arose along with the modernization of the entire Bordeaux wine region.
Mouton Rothschild 1945
In 1945, to commemorate the Allied victory, Baron Philippe de Rothschild had the idea of embellishing the Mouton Rothschild label with artwork: in this instance, a symbolic design intended to celebrate the return of peace. He commissioned this from a young unknown artist, Philippe Jullian (1921-1977). Having displayed early promise as a designer, he was to go on to become a successful dramatist. He submitted several drafts for the label: this one is based on the famous “V for Victory” that Churchill used throughout the war to rally the forces of freedom.
Mouton Rothschild 2000
For the 2000, in an exceptional departure from this tradition, Baroness Philippine did not commission a painter. The bottle “in person” has become a collector’s item, its very glass adorned with a treasure from the Museum of Wine in Art at Mouton: the little “Augsburg Ram”, a chased silver-gilt drinking vessel created around 1590 by Jakob Schenauer, a German master goldsmith.
Chateau d`Yquem
Chateau d`Yquem is often described as the greatest sweet wine in the world and the only Sauternes First Growth of Bordeaux. Few wines in the world have produced consistently noble quality for more than 4 centuries. The sale includes six lots.
This is arguably the most prestigious fine wine collection ever to come to market in South Africa will go under the hammer in a live virtual auction at Strauss & Co on Sunday 6 November 2022.
