Auction introduction: This dazzling collection of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is from the cellar of a highly successful international businessman and eclectic wine lover. This collector’s huge love affair with wine encompasses both collecting and being a vigneron themselves, with the family owning an estate in Bordeaux, where they are personally involved, and they are as demanding on their own wines as the marvels he selects for their own cellar. This deep passion and understanding of wine, the tradition and culture around it, has enabled them to develop strong relationships with vignerons across France. For example, the entirety of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti in this sale has been sourced directly from the estate for over 20 years. The wines have then aged peacefully in one naturally cold cellar and one climate-controlled cellar, offering collectors an unrivaled opportunity some of the greatest modern-day vintages of this iconic Estate with impeccable provenance. With a cold and humid cellar there are some labels that are slightly bins soiled and in no way effecting quality at all. Encompassing every vintage from 1999 through to 2019 and with each of the DRC red Grand cru represented, with much of the stock still in OWC, this is a wonderful chance to back fill or kick start your own cellar of this historic Burgundian Domaine! From the same cellar come the stunning wines from Domaine Leroy and Domaine d’Auvenay as well as four bottles of the legendary 1978 vintage from Rayas!