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Decanter Rare Lafite and Napa wines sold from Joseph Phelps private cellar
A bottle of Lafite from 1865 and a series of rare gems from 1970s California have fetched high prices in an auction of wines owned by the late Napa Valley pioneer Joseph Phelps.
It said 501 lots from the ‘personal estate of Joseph Phelps’ fetched $2.2m (£1.64m) in total, versus a pre-sale high estimate of $1.374m.
An auction list showed how Phelps,
who died in 2015, had collected great wines from around the world for his private cellar, alongside his pioneering role in elevating the winemaking and reputation of Napa Valley.