Live Auction Lots, Continued
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~Lot XI~ Four 750ml bottle lot One bottle each: 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001 One of Napa Valley’s true first growth wines. 1998: “The 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is a candidate for wine of the vintage. This rich, full-bodied Cabernet offers sweet tannin, a layered texture, and a finish that lasts for 45-50 seconds. It is a splendid accomplishment in a difficult vintage.” —Robert Parker 1999: “The 1999
Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is one of the finest wines of the
vintage. ..It is head and shoulders above any other Cabernet Sauvignon
from the Stags Leap appellation, combining an extraordinary elegance,
delineation, and purity with a tremendously layered, thick opulence that
coats the palate with exceptional purity as well as precision.” 2000: “The inky ruby/purple-colored 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is one of the lighter examples of this cuvee, but it stands out as one of the vintage’s finest wines. A powerful, concentrated, medium to full-bodied Cabernet possessing outstanding fruit and aromatics as well as suppleness, and a sweet, low acid finish.” —Robert Parker 2001: “Shafer’s flagship wine is the 2,000 case cuvee of Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon. Aged 32 months in 100% new French oak prior to bottling, it is one of the world’s greatest Cabernet Sauvignons.” —Robert Parker Value: $1,000 Donated by Rhoda and Howard Sherry |
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~Lot XII~ Six 750ml bottle lot One bottle each: 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1998 One of Napa Valley’s true first growth wines. 1986: “Another impressive showing for this consistently stylish, authoritatively powerful wine.” —Robert Parker 1990: “A soft, restrained wine, with a healthy, dark ruby color, ripe tannin, medium body, a gentle, rich, graceful fruitiness, and excellent purity.” —Robert Parker 1991: “This knock-out Cabernet Sauvignon boasts a youthful purple color, a sweet, blackcurrant, vanilla, and earthy-scented nose, great ripeness and sweetness of fruit, high flavor extraction, well-integrated acidity and tannin, and a layered, multi-dimensional, complete feel in the mouth with no hard edges or toughness.” —Robert Parker 1992: “I have previously extolled the virtues of the 1992 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select prior to its release, and now that it is in the marketplace, it is every bit as fabulous as I had hoped.” —Robert Parker 1993: “The 1993 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is an outstanding wine that is close in quality to the 1992 and 1991.” —Robert Parker 1998: “The 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is a candidate for wine of the vintage. This rich, full-bodied Cabernet offers sweet tannin, a layered texture, and a finish that lasts for 45-50 seconds. It is a splendid accomplishment in a difficult vintage.” Value: $1,610 Donated by Laura Chancellor and Larry Archibald |
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~Lot XIII~ Signed by Winemaker Doug Shafer One of Napa Valley’s true first growth wines. “The 1993 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is an outstanding wine…” —Robert Parker Value: $1,500 Donated by John & Doug Shafer of Shafer Vineyards |
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~Lot XIV~
Valery Kosorukov, a prominent Russian fine artist born in Moscow, completed with honors the graduate and post-graduate fine arts degree programs at the Moscow State Surikov Fine Arts Institute, where he later taught painting and drawing for over 25 years. Ballet has been a main creative theme of Kosorukov's art since the time of his studies at one of the world’s most prestigious fine art schools. As a young artist, he created a visual chronicle of the Bolshoi Theater in a series of unparalleled original artwork. Since the mid-1970s, Kosorukov gained world recognition. He had personal exhibits in Moscow, Novosibirsk, Jackson, Varna, Cairo, New Orleans, Madrid, and Milan. Kosorukov's artwork and his loyalty to the ballet theme became widely noticed in the art world, and he began to be called the “Russian Degas” by those who appreciated his art. The artist uses methods of impressionism, filling his artwork with refined play of light and colors. Precise brush strokes combined with softer elegant ones create jewel-like colorful patterns, both attracting and fascinating. While he continues to develop his ballet theme, Kosorukov successfully works in other genres – including portraiture, landscapes, and nudes. Many fine art experts put the name of Valery Kosorukov next to the name of the great Russian master of drawing of the 19th century, Valentine Serov. For the last several years Kosorukov has maintained his art connection with Russia. Meanwhile, Kosorukov’s work is located in many public collections: Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum, Museum of the Bolshoi Theatre, Ministry of Culture (Russia), Artists’ Union of Russia, George Bush Presidential Library, Chevron USA, Inc., and in various private collections in Russia, Austria, Netherlands, Canada, Germany, Egypt, Italy, Switzerland, Spain and the United States. Value $3,500 Donated by Zaplin-Lampert Gallery |
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~Lot XV~ One 750ml of each premier grand cru: 1999 Chateau Haut-Brion 1999 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild 1999 Chateau Lafite-Rothschild 1999 Chateau Latour 1999 Chateau Margaux It doesn’t get any better than first growth Bordeaux. 1999 Chateau Lafite-Rothschild: “This extraordinary Lafite increasingly appears to be a modern day clone of the majestic 1953.” —Robert Parker 1999 Chateau Latour: “Readers looking for a modern day version of Latour’s magnificent 1962 or 1971 should check out the sensational 1999 Latour.” —Robert Parker 1999 Chateau Margaux: “A quintessential Margaux; seductive, sexy, yet beautifully balanced…” —Robert Parker 1999 Chateau Haut-Brion: “… nuanced, subtle, deep, and provocatively elegant. It is made in the style that only Haut Brion appears capable of achieving.” —Robert Parker 1999 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild: “The beautiful 1999 Mouton-Rothschild may be a modern day clone of their 1962 or 1985. The wine is forward, lush, and full-bodied…complex as well as succulent, fleshy, and long.” —Robert Parker Value: $2,100 Donated by Shelley & Fred Glantz |
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