100% Of Lots Sold, an Immediate and Significant Success
Top-lot #37 Domaine Bizot “WOC SINGAPORE #1”. 12 bottles Vosne-Romanée 2019 – Sold for SGD 36,600 (CHF 25,241)
Singapore, 1 March 2023 – Thursday 23 February saw 100% of lots sold in Baghera/wines’ inaugural online white glove sale in Singapore. The sale achieved SGD 817,705/CHF 563,935/$604,538/€570,081. A total of 227 bottles and three magnums of extremely rare wines were sold mainly to a very well-informed Asian clientele, with more than 85% of the lots going to local customers. Consisting of wines entirely drawn from the Domaine Jean-Yves Bizot, the sale, entitled “WINE O’CLOCK SINGAPORE #1”, a unique collection of Domaine Jean-Yves Bizot wines from two European cellars, attracted keen interest, suggesting that there will be considerable activity to come in this region of the world.
The top lot in the sale, #37, consisting of 12 bottles of Domaine Jean-Yves, Vosne Romanée 2019, sold for SGD 36,600 (CHF 25,241). The top ten lots totaled over SGD 208,620 or CHF 120,000.
The lots that stood out in the top tier included a majority of Echézeaux with young vintages, followed by a few Vosne-Romanée. Lot #67, a very rare set of six bottles of 2019 Vosne-Romanée “Les Réas” from 2019, sold for SGD 18,910 (CHF 13,041), while lot #77, three bottles of Echézeaux 2005, sold for SGD 21,350, or more than SGD 7,000 per bottle.
Arthur Leclerc, Director of the Singapore office for Baghera/wines and Francesco Lee, Director Asia, said: “We are honored by the success of this inaugural sale on Singaporean soil! Our teams have taken great care to put together a collection in line with our European physical sales, guaranteeing the impeccable quality of each bottle offered, and in this respect, we salute the confidence of the two collectors who entrusted us with their goods.”
Michael Ganne, co-founder of Baghera/wines stated: “We are grateful for the welcome that the sale has received from our local and international clients. The relationships we have with influential local players allow us to calibrate sales in line with the expectations of fine wine lovers. Quality and provenance are also key elements. Above all, wine is an exceptional product from magnificent terroirs and climates that winegrowers know how to extol. We will never miss an opportunity to remind this. Domaine Bizot is undeniably one of the greatest wines of this beautiful Burgundy.”
Domaine Jean-Yves Bizot: spotlight on young vintages
This white glove sale (meaning 100% of the lots sold) is evidence of increased interest in rare wines, with young vintages, in this part of Asia. Rarity is a constant factor in the tastes and interests of Asian customers, and it must be remembered that the Jean-Yves Bizot estate operates 1 hectare 70 in Vosne-Romanée, with both vines planted in the 1930s as well as 25-year-old counterparts. The Domaine sells wines from the Orveaux parcel under the Échézeaux appellation, while the Treux parcel produces wines including two cuvées of white: Bourgogne Blanc and Hautes Côtes de Nuits Blanc sold under the Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru label. The total annual production amounts to about 280 bottles of extremely rare wine for each of these two cuvées.
Baghera/wines brought together those wines from the Domaine Jean-Yves Bizot, bottles, and magnums from the very early 2000s to 2019 exclusively for this inaugural Wine O’Clock sale in Singapore. Offered to the public for the first time, all the lots came from the collections of two European wine lovers.
Ensuring the exceptional quality of the wines on offer, Baghera/wines assists its audience in discovering the joys of wine. Drawing on the skills of its experts who are among the most experienced in the world, it has once again achieved a sale featuring unique and indisputable provenance.
ABOUT BAGHERA/WINES, EXPERTS IN EXCEPTIONAL WINES
European leader in rare wine auctions based in Geneva, Baghera/wines offers a new approach to sales of exceptional vintages by placing conviviality and sharing at the heart of their events. For the past five years, passionate experts Michael Ganne and Julie Carpentier have developed a bureau dedicated exclusively to rare wines, and which guides collectors in all aspects of enhancing the value of a collection.
In 2018-19, the historic sale of Henri Jayer’s personal cellar, to date the world’s most important wine auction ever (CHF 34.5M), followed by an unprecedented sale exclusively dedicated to the wines of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and then by the final bottles from Domaine René Engel, propelled Baghera/wines to the position of European leader in wine auctions.
The experienced team working with Baghera/wines’ experts offers excellent tailor-made professional advice to international collectors passionate about rare fine wines including the organization of master classes, as well as careful selection of wines for private tastings, dinners and events combining music and wine. In September 2020, Baghera/wines officially inaugurated its new Geneva establishment, incorporating a private club and boutique dedicated to fine wines, within the Beau-Rivage hotel, Geneva. In October 2022, the company further developed its activities in Asia, with the opening of Baghera/wines Singapore Ltd. in Singapore, which began holding physical and online auctions from early 2023.
