Moonlight

  • Room sale
  • 27 November 2022 02:00 PM CET
  • BEAU-RIVAGE GENEVA
  • sale #2211
  • 192 Lots

92

Richebourg 1959 - Henri Jayer

92

Richebourg 1959 - Henri Jayer


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92

Richebourg 1959 - Henri Jayer


WINE DESCRIPTION

Country of origin
France
Area
Burgundy
Subdivision
Côte de Nuits
Producer
Domaine Henri Jayer
Classification
Grand Cru
Vintage
1959
Alcohol Content
13,50%

LOT INFORMATION

Special Features
Provenance: a Swiss collection ideally preserved in a controled professional wine storage
Type
Red wine
Format
Bottle
Quantity
1
Nature
Wine
Capacity
75cl

Estimate CHF
60 000 - 120 000

Condition

Excellent appearance. New capsule and label from the Domaine in 2018. Original Henri Jayer Richebourg label N° 061. Level at 1.jpeg,2cms below base of capsule. This bottle was kept in Henri Jayer's cellar until it was acquired by a private collector directly from Henri's family in 2018. Since its acquisition.jpeg,it has been preserved under the care of Baghera/wines in optimal conditions of temperature and hygrometry.jpeg, in our underground storehouse in the Geneva FreePorts.

Saleroom notice

Rare witnesses to the Henri Jayer era on the Richebourg — 1959 and 1978 Henri Jayer’s extraordinary Richebourg is a wine which combines power and supreme elegance... one of the most sensual and complex wines he ever produced at the Domaine. Elaborated over a period of more than 40 years, from the Richebourg vines of what is now Domaine Meo-Camuzet, this wine is the combination of two parcels of vines. The smaller one (0.05 ha) is located just below Cros Parantoux in the Richebourg climat, the second (0.30 ha) is located just north of Cros Parantoux in the Verroilles climat. From 1985 onwards, part of the Riche- bourg production was sold under the Meo-Camuzet label, with Henri Jayer dramatically reducing its production for these latter vintages, until 1987, which marked his last vintage of Richebourg. These two rare bottles of Richebourg 1959 and 1978 – which the master himself considered to be his greatest successes, to the point of keeping a good quantity in his personal cellar for family events, such as the christening of his grandson... are of the purest provenance. Acquired by a private collector directly from Henri’s family in 2018, these two bottles, since their acquisition, have been preserved under the care of Baghera/wines who have safeguarded them on behalf of the collector, in optimal conditions of temperature and hygrometry, in their underground storehouse in the Geneva Ports Francs. Adorned with new labels and capsules in 2018 by Henri Jayer’s family before their departure for Switzerland, these two anthology bottles offer the most perfect provenance and an absolutely impec- cable state of preservation.