Sotheby’s Wine London is proud to present our first auction of the 2025 summer sale season, Finest & Rarest Wines | London Edition, open for online bidding from 16 May and culminating in an online-only auction on 30 May from 10:00 AM BST.

This tightly curated auction features important collections from across the United Kingdom, Bordeaux, and Scandinavia, spanning a range of classical regions, legendary vintages and formats from bottles to nebuchadnezzars, all with impeccable provenance and carefully cellared under first-rate storage conditions. 

The sale opens with The Property of a Noted Champagne Connoisseur, featuring case quantities of DP Oenothèque 1996, Comtes de Champagne 2004 and further exceptional offerings from Ruinart, Philipponnat, and Bollinger. 

A stunning vertical flight of Chateau Rayas follows, spanning vintages from 1986 to 2011, and a case each of Petrus 2011-2014 and Le Pin 2007, The Property of a Dedicated Collector. 

The third major collection Outstanding Bordeaux, Burgundy and Rhône, supplies a case of the legendary Latour 1982, and Rousseau’s Clos St Jacques and Chambertin, Clos de Bèze 2002, professionally stored since purchase. 

Further highlights include: 

• Case quantities of Left Bank Titans Lafite, Mouton Rothschild, Pichon Lalande plus Right Bank Icons Cheval Blanc, Ausone, and Pavie. 
• 6 Duclot Collections, Petrus and Le Pin, Haut Brion 1989, DRC and stellar champagne such as Krug, Dom Pérignon’s P2 and P3, all underpinned by a selection of large formats. 
• Petrus 2010 and La Tâche 2014 from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. 

Finest & Rarest Wines | London Edition will open for online bidding from 16 May, culminating in an online-only auction on 30 May from 10:00 AM BST. 

For assistance with bidding and registration, please contact:

Bids.london@sothebys.com

(+44) 207 293 5283 (bids general line)

For sale enquiries please contact:

Frédéric Guyot du Repaire

Deputy Head of Wine, EMEA

+ 44 (0) 7 595 357 980

FREDERIC.GUYOTDUREPAIRE@SOTHEBYS.COM

Claire Collini

Head of Auction Sales, UK, Wine

+44 20 7293 5578

CLAIRE.COLLINI@SOTHEBYS.COM

Finn Schauer

Deputy Head of Auction Sales, UK, Wine

+44 20 7293 5045

FINN.SCHAUER@SOTHEBYS.COM

James Reed

Director, Senior Specialist, Inspections UK & Europe

+44 20 7293 5014

JAMES.REED@SOTHEBYS.COM

Zofia Dalkowska

Specialist, Wine

+44 207 293 6961

ZOFIA.DALKOWSKA@SOTHEBYS.COM