Hi there! Some cellars don’t just age well - they become history. That history is now up for auction.
This week on Grays, a curated private cellar spans 60 years of Australian wine: Penfolds Grange from 1966 through to 2005, Henschke’s 60th Anniversary Mount Edelstone, 99-point Clarendon Hills Astralis, and cult names like Chris Ringland and Rockford. 100 lots. All cellared, and the vast majority unreserved.
Sydney metro? Guaranteed next-day delivery on this sale. Bidding closes tonight - Tuesday 4 August at 8:45 PM AEST. Six decades don’t come up for auction twice. |
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| Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1966 |
The oldest Grange in the sale, and one of the oldest you’ll find at auction anywhere. This is Grange from an era before the label carried its now legendary status - a genuine piece of Australian wine history, cellared and ready for a serious collection or a vertical tasting nobody else can replicate. It’s also a birth year wine for anyone turning 60 this year. Bottles this old rarely surface, and almost never in this condition. |
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| Henschke Mount Edelstone 60th Anniversary Shiraz 2012 |
Released to mark 60 years since Mount Edelstone’s first vintage - a fitting centrepiece for a sale built around six decades of Australian wine. Henschke needs no introduction, and this anniversary bottling is as collectible as it is drinkable. Unreserved, and already well contested. |
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| Autumnus Son of Eden Single Vineyard Shiraz 2016 |
A boutique, single-vineyard Shiraz from Eden Valley - the same patch of South Australia that produces Hill of Grace. Autumnus is a name serious collectors already watch closely, made in small volumes with real vineyard character. At $125 and unreserved, it’s one of the smartest entry points into cult Eden Valley Shiraz in the whole sale. |
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A serious line-up of Japanese whisky, rare cognac and vintage port headlines the Premium Ports & Spirits sale - aged single malts from Yamazaki, Nikka and Macallan, sitting alongside prestige spirits from around the world. |
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| Nikka Whisky Taketsuru 21 Year Old |
Named after the father of Japanese whisky himself, this 21-year-old single malt from Nikka is deep, complex, and getting harder to find at this age statement every year. Currently sitting at $800 with no reserve and only one bid - for a whisky this rare, that’s an opening most collectors won’t see twice. |
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| The Yamazaki Distiller's Reserve Single Malt Whisky |
Japan’s original single malt distillery, and still the benchmark everyone else is measured against. Distiller’s Reserve is Yamazaki’s flagship pour - mizunara oak, dried fruit, a whisper of smoke. Virtually unobtainable on shelves right now, and unreserved here. |
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| The Macallan Archival Series Folio 7 Single Malt |
One of Macallan’s most coveted limited releases, prized as much for its collectible packaging as for what’s in the bottle. It’s carried a reserve in past sales - this time it’s unreserved, and bidding already reflects it. |
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