~Lot I~
Napa Magnums of Note

Elu Cabernet Sauvignon 2001 Napa St. Supery 1.5L
Caymus Special Selection 2004 Napa 1.5L
Quintessa 2005 Rutherford 1.5L

Quintessa:  “It's Quintessa, need I say more? Awesome wine. Dark fruit, chocolate, great legs.” —Wine Tracker

Elu: “A very rich Bordeaux blend that still needs a couple years. I let sit in the glass for an hour. It opened up to display cedar, currant, sage, cherry and some oakiness.”
—Wine Tracker

Caymus:  “Dark black as any Cabernet I've seen, this wine sports a massive nose of ripe cherry and raspberry, orange rind, and nutmeg. On the palate, it crescendos and fades in a fantastically balanced arc of complex interacting flavors that preserve their relative balance throughout the entire experience. It is the most concentrated, delicious wine I've ever tasted.”  —Wine Tracker

Value $750 

Quintessa Donated by Southern Wine & Spirits

Elu donated by St. Supery Winery

Caymus donated by National Distributing Company

~Lot II~
Great Spanish Wines

3 750ml botta lot Vega Siciilia Valbuena 1999/1999/2000

Probably the most sought after Spanish wine.   

“There is plummy black fruit, especially blackcurrants and an oaky sweetness. The nose is intense and long with great depths, and pleasantly aromatic.”  —Wine Tracker

Value $450

Donated by Allyx B. Interior Design

~Lot III~
Mature Bordeaux

Three 750ml bottles of classified growths

Chateau Troplong-Mondot 1990 Grand Cru St. Emilion

Chateau Talbot 1988 & 1999 Grand Cru St. Julien

Troplong-Mondot: “Wonderful exotic nose of spices, herbs, and cassis. Good concentration. Wonderful finish. Excellent.” —Wine Tracker 

Chateau Talbot 1989: “Chocolate cherry color with almost black rim.”  1988: “Nice mature Bordeaux. Dark garnet color with some bricking.”  —Wine Tracker

Value $600

Troplong-Mondot donated by Barry Fields

Talbot donated by Robin & Jerry Ward

~Lot IV~
Cadences, 1998; serigraph with hand embellished metallic oils 22" x 28"
Monoukian Martiros (b.1947)

Even as a child, Martiros exhibited his great enthusiasm for freedom, adventure, and nature. Full of energy and the desire for self-expression, he was already quite the individual, rebelling against the status quo, conformity, and anything "collective" in character. His unusually advanced artistic ability enabled him to enter the Academy of Art in Yerevan in 1967, directly from high school. On those rare occasions when Martiros does speak about art, his thoughts are a delight to hear: "My style is life, and I like life very much. My motif is beauty; the serenade, music are my leit motif; I enjoy mixing media because art is freedom, my feelings, my victory. I do not actually know what I feel when I paint; I just paint my mood, a feeling that camera's eye cannot catch, some special, subtle angle that perhaps others would not see." His colors combine mood and movement, key elements of his work. Some works by Martiros reflect something of antiquity in his homeland, reflections of centuries-old icons of Russian Orthodoxy. Others express contemporary images. All in one way or another, celebrate love of life and freedom.

Value $4,000 

Donated by Christine & Jerry Rancier

~Lot V~
Robert MOndavi Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Plus
Merryvale Merlot Reserve

Two Jeroboams   

2002 Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve, Napa Valley   

2001 Merryvale Merlot Reserve, Napa Valley 

2002 Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve:  “The stylish, elegant 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve… offers a beautiful marriage of power and elegance. Cedar wood, creme de cassis, spice box, and dried herb aromas soar from the glass.” —Robert Parker 

2001 Merryvale Merlot Reserve: “One of the top 10 California Merlots.  Excellent and
the panel favorite. Violet, cherry, dark berry and leather aromas; dense, rich cassis, dark plum and chocolate flavors; tobacco and violet notes on finish.” 
—The San Francisco Chronicle 

Value: $800

Robert Mondavi wine donated by Southern Wine & Spirits Donated by Southern Wine & Spirits

Merryvale Wine Donated by Merryvale Winery

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