Château Mouton Rothschild 1982 wines in the recent Dreweatts auction.
Château Lafleur 1982 was a top performer among several wines from the famous Bordeaux 1982 vintage recently offered by UK auction house Dreweatts from a single owner’s Oxfordshire cellar.
Two 12-bottle lots of Lafleur 1982 in original wooden cases (OWC) each fetched a hammer price of £56,000, and an aggregate price of £69,440 (including buyer’s premium plus VAT). The pre-sale high estimate was £24,000 per lot.
The sale came as Decanter magazine revisited Bordeaux’s landmark 1982 vintage with a rare tasting in its October 2023 issue.
Caroline Shepherd, senior specialist in wine and spirits at Dreweatts, told Decanter full cases of Bordeaux 1982 First Growths and top Right Bank châteaux still command strong bidding interest at auction.
Other top Bordeaux wines from key 20th century vintages also performed well. Alongside Lafleur 1982, Shepherd highlighted strong competition for Petrus 1959 (9x75cl, hammer price: £22,000) and Mouton Rothschild 1961 (12x75cl, OWC, hammer: £10,000).
‘The sale attracted bidders from the UK and Europe, the USA and Asia, underlining the demand for top Bordeaux in mature vintages from immaculate cellar conditions,’ Shepherd added.
Among other lots, 12 bottles of Château Lafite Rothschild 1982 (OWC) fetched an aggregate price of £27,280 and a hammer price of £22,000, above the pre-sale high estimate of £18,000.
One 12-bottle lot of Mouton Rothschild 1982 (OWC) in the Dreweatts sale fetched a hammer price of £10,000, and aggregate of £12,400 (pre-sale high e: £10,000).