STELLAR SELECTIONS FROM YOUR CELLAR WINE COLLECTORS… Please help Lyric’s Wine Auction 2015 by donating any combination of the ideas below. Or call Stefanie Duff in the Women’s Board Office at 312-827-5682 to request an update on what is most needed for Wine Auction 2015. Thank you!
Exceptional Vintages in Bordeaux
1947, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2009
Bordeaux First Growth “Gems” Ch. Haut Brion Ch. Lafite Rothschild Ch. Latour Ch. Margaux Ch. Mouton Rothschild
“Super Seconds” of Bordeaux Ausone Cheval Blanc Cos d’Estournel Ducru-Beaucaillou Figeac Gruaud Larose
Lafleur (Pomerol) La Mondotte Léoville-Las-Cases Le Pin Lynch-Bages
Montrose Palmer Pétrus Pichon, Baron Pichon, Lalande
We’ve Aged So Well… Celebrate Burgundy
Red. Any well-known producer in great Burgundy vintages, with special hopes for the wines of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti: Romanée-Conti, La Tâche, Échézeaux, Grands-Échézeaux, Romanée-St.-Vivant White. Producers including Le Montrachet, Ramonet, Etienne Sauzet, Comtes Lafon, Corton-Charlemagne
Ooh la la…Vintage Champagne Dom Pérignon Krug
Roederer Cristal Salon “Le Mesnil”
A Class of its Own: White Bordeaux
Ch. d’Yquem (all vintages welcome!)
Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Veuve Clicquot “La Grande Dame”
Ch. Haut Brion Blanc
Red, White and Blue-Chip American Vineyards Dalla Valle, Maya Blend David Arthur, Elevation 1147 Diamond Creek (mature vintages) Dominus Estate Dunn Vineyards Harlan Estate Heitz, Martha’s Vineyard Hundred Acre Joseph Phelps “Insignia” Kistler
Screaming Eagle Shafer “Hillside Select” Silver Oak Sine Qua Non Sloan Spottswoode Stag’s Leap, Cask 23
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Kosta Browne Marcassin Mondavi Reserve Opus One Peter Michael Quilceda Creek Rhys Vineyards Saxum Scarecrow Schrader
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Abreu Alban Vineyards Araujo Aubert BOND Bryant Family Caymus “Special Selection” Ch. Montelena Charles Smith Colgin
Wines which have appreciated in value may be a tax deduction.