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IronGate Fine Wine Auction

Tue, Jun 11, 2024 10:00AM EDT - Tue, Jun 18, 2024 08:00PM EDT
  • 1979
  • 750ml
  • France
  • Champagne
  • Champagne Blend
  • White Sparkling
  • GG2207
  • GG2207
Lot 631

1979 Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame Champagne - 1 bottle(s)-750ml

Estimate: CAD$500 - CAD$700

Bid Increments

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CAD$0 CAD$20
CAD$500 CAD$50
CAD$1,000 CAD$100
CAD$2,000 CAD$200
CAD$3,000 CAD$250
CAD$5,000 CAD$500
CAD$10,000 CAD$1,000
CAD$20,000 CAD$2,000
CAD$50,000 CAD$5,000
CAD$100,000 CAD$10,000
This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 1979 Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame Champagne - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $500 - $700 with a reserve of $360. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11494.

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A Toronto based consignor who inherited her father’s wine. Her father’s love of wine began when he travelled through Europe. He truly loved the craft of winemaking. He became a sommelier and then, later in life, was the chair of the Wine Sommeliers Guild of Canada. He always enjoyed having people over to share bottles from his collection. His wine was purchased through the LCBO, from auction and in Europe. He stored his wine in a perfectly temperature-controlled cellar and then it moved to the Fine Wine Reserve before coming to Iron Gate.
The score for 1979 Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame Champagne is 95 from Robert Parker and the tasting note - The 1979 Brut La Grande Dame is showing brilliantly, unfurling in the glass with a rich bouquet of orange rind, clear honey, coniferous forest floor, wheat toast and hints of black truffle. Full-bodied, ample and layered, it's textural and concentrated, with lively acids, a pinpoint mousse and a long, saline finish. This is a muscular, intense Grande Dame at the peak of its powers.