ONLINE AUCTION LOTS
Lot 1002C - Dinner for Eight at Hartford's City Steam, an Esquire Magazine's Top Choice for its Unusual hand-crafted Beers
Lot 1004C - The Ultimate Wine Storage Cave with 12 Whites and 12 Reds to Get You Started.
Lot 1006 - Extraordinary Fisher Wines
Lot 1014 - Ridge Monte Bello, 1999 a 92-Point Classic
Lot 1024C - Dinner for Eight at Køji Downtown with Wines, Sake and their Sake Sommelier
Lot 1034 - Framed Original Edition Annual Wine Poster from Willie's Wine Bar, 1995
Lot 30C - An Extraordinary Dinner for Eight with Grant's Chef Billy Grant and Collector Robert Naboicheck's World-Class Wines.
Lot 31 - (1) 1.5 Liter Robert Mondavi To Kalon Vineyard Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, 2000
Lot 35C - Dinner for Eight at Avon's BOSC Kitchen & Wine Bar with Phenomenal Wines
Lot 42C - Extraordinary Duckhorn Vineyard Wines at Simsbury's Metro Bis for Eight
Lot 43 - The rarest of Barsac Wines--Château Coutet, 2002
Lot 45C - Five-Course Seasonal Dinner Menu for Six at Farmington’s Apricot’s with Wines
Lot 46 - 3-Liter Maculan Cabernet Breganze Fratta, 1983
Lot 54 - A 100-Point Château Mouton Rothschild
Lot 1002C - Dinner for Eight at Hartford's City Steam, an Esquire Magazine's Top Choice for its Unusual hand-crafted Beers.
Esquire Magazine recognized City Steam's Crop Circle limited release handcrafted beer as one of the nation's most unusual.
Our Hartford neighbor, City Steam, and proprietor Ron Ronald, will be your host for a wonderful evening capped by a dinner for eight. You'll get a first-hand look at a range of several of their handcrafted beers and ales, meet the brewmaster, and sample several different beers served as fresh as one could ever experience.
A three-course dinner starts with a flight of five beers ranging from lighter to full-bodied styles. And one bottle each of Talbot Sleepy Hollow Chardonnay, Beringer Sbragia Chardonnay and Turley cellars Zinfandel will broaden the beer-lover's horizons.
Restrictions: Two weeks notice required. Date and time to be determined by mutual agreement. Dinner available Monday through Thursday, except holidays or if the restaurant is closed. Gratuity not included. It is suggested that a $25 per guest gratuity be made.
Donated by: City Steam Brewery Cafe and Ann Donahue
Auction Estimate: $1,000
Minimum Bid: $700
Please contact Lori Lawlor at Lori@ccwa2008.org or 203-457-9791.
Lot 1004C - The Ultimate Wine Storage Cave with 12 Whites and 12 Reds to Get You Started.
If you're looking for a high-quality, 80-bottle wine storage unit with many features, the CAV185 is available. It will come with a nice collection of reds and whites from worldwide producers--an instant wine cellar.
Features and benefits include:
* Size 23x25x34" size for ultimate flexibility
* Hermostatically controlled temperature, fully automatic defrost and evaporation.
* Controlled hygrometry with 60-75% humidity.
* Active carbon filter purifies air through natural ventilation.
* Easy-to-clean inner lining.
* Flexible shelves make the cabinets very spacious.
* Wire shelves with wood front are standard.
* Panoramic glass door with protection against ultraviolet rays.
* Door hinges are interchangeable: door opens to the left or right.
Donated by: Brian Lindroth and Ann Donahue
Auction Estimate: $3,400
Minimum Bid: $2,400
Please contact Lori Lawlor at Lori@ccwa2008.org or 203-457-9791.
Lot 1006 - (UPDATED) Extraordinary Fisher Wines
Colgin, Blankiet Estate, Staglin, Araujo and Dalle Valle. Apart from representing some of the greatest wines in the world, what is the point of commonality with these highly acclaimed estates? Well they are all previous employers of David Abreu and Mia Klein, who form part of Fisher?s winemaking team. With such a celebrated roll-of-honor, the production of world-class wine seems almost guaranteed by default. Though make no mistake, Fisher’s enviable place in the world of fine wine is owed in the main part to the unerring pursuit of perfection of one man, Fred Fisher. Few vintners have the intimacy with the land Fred Fisher has. From the moment he stepped aside of the business world in search of his own paradise, he personally tackled each craft himself. He cleared and farmed the land, milled the lumber then built his home and winery.
Founded in 1973 by Fred and Juelle Fisher, Fisher Vineyards grows and produces wines from both its Napa Valley Estate and Spring Mountain Estate in Sonoma County. For 30 vintages and through a succession of winemakers, each Fisher Vineyard block has expressed a footprint, a definitive quality of greatness. It was this that drew Abreu and Klein to the Fisher estate.
Abreu offers these words, “You just don?t find many vineyards of this caliber”.
(4) 750ml Fisher RCF Merlot, 2001
The 2001 RCF Merlot is full of luscious cassis and blueberry fruit, ripe tannins, notes of bittersweet chocolate and sweet spice, all of which add complexity and richness to this bright, elegant Merlot. For those who have come to love the unique character of this bottling, you'll experience it in abundance in this classic 2001 vintage. 89 points
(1) 750ml Fisher Wedding Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, 2000
The 2000 Fisher Wedding Vineyard Cabernet reveals the vintage’s hard tannin and clipped personality, along with attractive complexity, earthy, cedar, black cherry fruit...89 Points. Robert Parker, Wine Advocate.
Donated by: A Friend of the Connecticut Classic Wine Auction
Auction Estimate: $650
Minimum Bid: $460
Please contact Lori Lawlor at Lori@ccwa2008.org or 203-457-9791.
Lot 1014 - Ridge Monte Bello, 1999 a 92-Point Classic
From one of the top California producers, the Ridge Monte Bello, 1999, a cabernet sauvignon blend from Santa Cruz Mountains." a wine of great balance, finesse and grace. well-focused, the ripe, tart, rich blackberry and currant fruit is intense yet elegant,..." enjoy through 2012. 92 points Wine Spectator.
(3) 750ml Ridge Monte Bello, 1999
Donated by: A Friend of the Connecticut Classic Wine Auction
Auction Estimate: $560
Minimum Bid: $320
Please contact Lori Lawlor at Lori@ccwa2008.org or 203-457-9791.
Lot 1024C - Dinner for Eight at Køji Downtown with Wines, Sake and their Sake Sommelier
K?ji is a new Pan-Asian restaurant and bar located in downtown Hartford, brought to you by the Toshi Restaurant Group.
What is Køji?
Køji is one of the crucial ingredients in sake brewing. Without køji, there is no sake.
Køji will prepare an extraordinary tasting menu for eight paired with four wines and a premium Sake tasting designed to complement the dinner offerings. You will enjoy an extraordinary Riesling from Trimbach, a fine Pinot Noir from Faiveley--Nuit St. Georges and a premier Champagne from Pommery.
Appetizers:
Saku Saku – A crispy seafood roll wrap with rice paper.
Sake: Ai San San (Jumai) - Neat and clean, round and clear taste. Medium dry.
Spicy crab cake with mango and cucumber relish.
Sake: Oni No Shitaburui (Hobjozo) - Reminding of pine leaves and bamboo leaves. Simple, smooth and very dry.
Salad:
Spicy calamari salad - Slightly fried squid legs with endive, red pepper, and red onion with their spicy kimchee sauce.
Sake: Nanbushi (Yamahai Junmai) - Round aroma of grain, rich and full bodied, with high acidity.
Soup:
Lobster Bisque: Creamy lobster Bisque with chunky lobster meat.
Sake: Kikusui Junmai Ginjo---Subtle aroma is followed by very smooth and round flavor and a clean finished.
Main Courses:
Sushi and Sashimi: Chef Choice the fish of the day
Wine: Riesling from Trimbach
Miso Marinated Skirt Steak
Wine: Pinot Noir from Faiveley
Dessert:
Tempura Ice Cream with fresh fruit salsa
Plum Sake: Premium Sake infuse with real plum
Champagne Pommery for Toast
Restrictions: Two weeks notice required. Date and time to be determined by mutual agreement. Dinner available Monday through Thursday, except holidays or if the restaurant is closed. Gratuity not included. Guests will be presented with a $25 per person server gratuity at the conclusion their meal.
All Wines listed are included. Sake will be delivered to the restaurant once a date has been determined.
Donated by: Køji Downtown and A Friend of the Connecticut Classic Wine Auction
Auction Estimate: $1,800
Minimum Bid: $1,200
Please contact Lori Lawlor at Lori@ccwa2008.org or 203-457-9791.
Lot 1034 - Framed Original Edition Annual Wine Poster from Willie's Wine Bar, 1995
Description to follow
Donated by: To follow
Pre-Auction Estimate: $500
Minimum Bid: $300
Please contact Lori Lawlor at Lori@ccwa2008.org or 203-457-9791.
Lot 30C - An Extraordinary Dinner for Eight with Grant's/Bricco Chef Billy Grant and World-Class, Over-the-Top Wines
Top chef and restaurateur Billy Grant and noted collectors Kathy and Brian Lindroth will join hands to ensure that you will have an evening to remember at Grant's Restaurant & Bar in West Hartford. Billy will work with you to pair his fresh, seasonal cuisine with extraordinary wines one can only dream about.
Eight guests will fondly recall "the dinner of one's lifetime."
The Wines:
Champagne Pommery
Duckhorn Sauvignon Blanc, 2005
Kongsgaard Chardonnay, “The Judge" 2005, the rarest of their wines
Penfolds Bin 707
Château LaMission Haut Brion, 1997
Grange, 1993
Restrictions: Two weeks notice required. Date and time to be determined by mutual agreement. Dinner available Monday through Thursday, except holidays or if the restaurant is closed. Gratuity not included. Guests will be presented with a $25 per person server gratuity at the conclusion their meal.
All Wines listed are included.
Dinner Donated by: Billy Grant of Grant’s Restaurant & Bar
Wines Donated by: Kathy and Brian Lindroth
Pre-Auction Estimate: $3,300
Minimum Bid: $24200
Please contact Lori Lawlor at Lori@ccwa2008.org or 203-457-9791.
Lot 31 - (1) 1.5 Liter Robert Mondavi To Kalon Vineyard Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, 2000
The rarest of All Mondavi Wines --To Kalon Vineyard Reserve in Large Format 1.5L 2000. "Best Before 2025."
Collector's can find Robert Mondavi's To Kalon Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon only at the vineyard. And they will find fewer than 30 cases upon release.
It is considered their greatest wine, drawing as much as $9000 for a case of 750 ml bottles at the Napa Valley Wine Auction. Robert Parker calls it "a big, ripe, rich style with juicy currant, black cherry and plum interwoven with herb, olive, sage and spicy, toasty, cedery oak. Long, intense finish, drink from 2008-2025." Wine Advocate 93 points. Wine Spectator terms it Mondavi's best-ever effort a stunner for the 2000 vintage and rates it 94 points. Stephen Tanzer rates it 92 points.
Donated by: A Friend of the Connecticut Classic Wine Auction
Auction Estimate: $1,000
Minimum Bid: $750
Please contact Lori Lawlor at Lori@ccwa2008.org or 203-457-9791.
Lot 35C - Dinner for Eight at Avon's BOSC Kitchen & Wine Bar with Phenomenal Wines
A memorable dinner for eight at BOSC Kitchen & Wine Bar paired with seven stunning wines. BOSC Kitchen and Wine Bar has emerged as a west-of-the-river star offering a menu of exceptional variety, quality and depth. You'll enjoy a dinner for eight with top wines paired by BOSC's talented staff any Monday through Thursday evening. The wines will include a Magnum of Pommery Champagne, Groth Sauvignon Blanc, Mer Soleil Chardonnay, an extraordinary Faiveley Pinot Noir, a top Right Bank Bordeaux from LaConseillante and impossible to-find Turley Zinfandel. Château Coutet Barsac will end your meal.
By Michael Gannon, The Hartford Courant:
“BOSC serves its dishes with poise and warmth in a simple, serene atmosphere. In a way, it's a brochure for the charms of wealthy suburban dining - educated, indulgent cuisine, a design that provides comfort and privacy and a staff that waits on you hand and foot. Entrees also dazzled the table. Highly recommend you visit BOSC for your next memorable meal.”
The following wines will be paired with your memorable dinner:
Pommery Champagne en Magnum
Groth Sauvignon Blanc, 2005
Faiveley Nuit St. George, 2002
Mer Soleil Chardonnay, 2004
Château LaConseillante, 2002
Turley Cellars Old Vines Zinfandel, 2005
Château Coutet, 2002
Restrictions: Two weeks notice required. Date and time to be determined by mutual agreement. Dinner available Monday through Thursday, except holidays or if the restaurant is closed. Tax and Gratuity not included. Guests will be presented with a bill at the conclusion their meal.
All Wines listed are included.
Dinner Donated by: BOSC Kitchen & Wine Bar
Wines Donated by: Friends of the Connecticut Classic Wine Auction
Auction Estimate: $2,200
Minimum Bid: $1,400
Please contact Lori Lawlor at Lori@ccwa2008.org or 203-457-9791.
Lot 42C - Extraordinary Duckhorn Vineyard Wines at Simsbury's Metro Bis for Eight
Metro Bis, since 1998 has been the reference standard for a growing legion of Connecticut foodies and lovers-of-wine. Tonight we are pleased to offer a stunning collection of early and extremely limited production Duckhorn vintages from the pristine cellars of Joan and Michael Zaccaro. You would have to spend a great deal of time and retirement funds at the Napa Valley Wine Auction to duplicate the wines. To replicate the entire package would be "tres difficile." Chef Chris Prosperi will pair the wines perfectly with his impeccability fresh, seasonal cuisine.
(1) 750ml Duckhorn Sauvignon Blanc, 2002
(1) 750ml Duckhorn King Eider California Premium Dry Vermouth
(1) 750ml Duckhorn Napa Valley Three Palms Vineyard Merlot, 1991
(1) 750ml Duckhorn Paraduxx, 1996
(1) 750ml Duckhorn Napa Cabernet Sauvignon Monitor Lodge Vineyard, 1999
(1) 375ml Duckhorn Napa Valley late Harvest Miel, 1992
Restrictions: Two weeks notice required. Date and time to be determined by mutual agreement. Dinner available Monday through Thursday, except holidays or if the restaurant is closed. Gratuity not included. Guests will be presented with a $25 per person server gratuity at the conclusion their meal.
All Wines listed are included.
Dinner Donated by: Metro Bis
Wines Donated by: Joan and Michael Zaccaro
Auction Estimate: $2,800
Minimum Bid: $1,800
Please contact Lori Lawlor at Lori@ccwa2008.org or 203-457-9791.
Lot 43 - The rarest of Barsac Wines--Château Coutet, 2002
Château Coutet Premier Cru Sauternes-Barsac is Bordeaux almost as rare and long-lived as the region's red counterparts. A blend of Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon.
Pale yellow. Sexy aromas of peach, honey and crème brulee, with lovely floral lift. Fat, impressively sweet and fruit-driven, with concentrated, rather powerful peach and pear flavors. Finishes spicy and broad, with echoing flavors of fruit salad, menthol and caramel. A very rich Coutet that will need time to absorb its alcohol. 92 Points International Wine Cellar
(9) 750ml C Château Coutet Premier Cru Sauternes-Barsac, 2002
Donated by: A Friend of the Connecticut Classic Wine Auction
Auction Estimate: $1,000
Minimum Bid: $700
Please contact Lori Lawlor at Lori@ccwa2008.org or 203-457-9791.
Lot 45C - Five-Course Seasonal Dinner Menu for Six at Farmington’s Apricot’s with Wines
Ann and Joe Howard's eponymous restaurant in Farmington opened its doors in 1982 and Connecticut it has continued to achieve great balance on two levels between a friendly neighborhood restaurant and a top regional gourmet destination.
To celebrate that anniversary Apricot's will prepare a stunning seasonal menu for six perfectly paired with wines one would assume are not for the faint of heart.
The wines for the evening will start with passed hors d'oeuvres accompanied by Dom Perignon, 1998. They will be followed by five courses featuring Château Y, the incredible, dry white Bordeaux from the producers of Château d'Yquem; Château Haut Brion Blanc, 1998, the rarest of white Bordeaux; Opus One, 2003 and Château Mouton Rothschild, 1998. Dessert will be accompanied by Château Rieussec.
The wines alone have a current restaurant value in excess of $3000.
Restrictions: Two weeks notice required. Date and time to be determined by mutual agreement. Dinner available Monday through Thursday, except holidays or if the restaurant is closed. Gratuity not included. Guests will be presented with a $25 per person server gratuity at the conclusion their meal.
All Wines listed are included.
Donated by: Apricot’s Restaurant & Pub, and Friends of Boundless Playgrounds, Connecticut Children's Medical Center and Interval House.
Pre-auction Estimate: $4,000
Minimum Bid: $2,400
Please contact Lori Lawlor at Lori@ccwa2008.org or 203-457-9791.
Lot 46 - 3-Liter Maculan Cabernet Breganze Fratta, 1983
Extremely rare 3-Liter format, #25 of 25 produced. A blend 72% Cabernet Sauvignon and 28 % Merlot destined to be a 30-year-wine by Michael Broadbent
The 2000 Fratta is a superb blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot aged 18 months in new French oak. This unfined/unfiltered red is the qualitative equivalent of a first or second growth Bordeaux. Its saturated ruby/purple color is followed by gorgeous aromas of cigar smoke intermixed with cedar, cassis, chocolate, and espresso. Full-bodied, rich, and layered, this is a Pauillac from Veneto ... believe it or not. W/S 92 points.
Donated by: A Friend of the Connecticut Classic Wine Auction
Auction Estimate: $1,000
Minimum Bid: $600
Please contact Lori Lawlor at Lori@ccwa2008.org or 203-457-9791.
Lot 54 - A 100-Point Château Mouton Rothschild
Robert Parker feels that the 2003 Mouton will settle in between 95 - and 100 points. Here is one's opportunity to acquire the extraordinary example appreciating by 20 % a year in Europe.
2003 Château Mouton-Rothschild, Pauillac
".... With full-bodied, meaty, powerful, dry flavors as well as a huge finish, this high class wine should be at its finest between 2012-2040+.
During its sojourn in barrel, it reminded me of a hypothetical blend of the
1982 and 1986 Moutons, but since bottling, it appears different, and even more tannic than those two vintages..." 95/100 points Robert Parker.
"Blackberry, cherry and currant with just a hint of toasted oak. Full-bodied, with silky tannins and a lovely combination of ripe fruit and vanilla character. Goes on and on. Long and very stylish. Balanced and refined. Best after 2011. 23,330 cases made." 95 points Wine Spectator
(3) 750ml Château Mouton Rothschild, 2003
Donated by: A Friend of the Connecticut Classic Wine Auction
Auction Estimate: $2,400
Minimum Bid: $1,400
Please contact Lori Lawlor at Lori@ccwa2008.org or 203-457-9791.
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