For more than 50 years, TAJAN Auction House has been honouring the Fine Wines and Spirits and the Art of Living during dedicated sales. With five auctions organised each year, the Wine and Spirits speciality, managed by Ariane Brissart with the collaboration of Vadim Pacoret, confirms its position as a major player in this sector.
Our department achieves excellent results (with an average of 85% of lots sold) thanks to the quality of the cellars entrusted to us, the regularity of the auctions, the estimates given on a realistic basis of the international wine market, as well as a file of loyal clients, made up of professionals and enlightened amateurs from all over the world.
During the dispersal of the cellars of great restaurants (Maxim’s sale, Taillevent,…), or important private cellars, we travel, meet the owners, visit the cellars, in order to offer our clients the guarantee that the wines are kept in excellent conditions (without temperature variation, without harmful vibrations, without light).
Each of our sales is an invitation to visit the great vineyards of France and abroad.
The Wines of Champagne
Champagne wines have been on the rise for several years. The prestigious vintages of the great Champagne Houses are always sought after by wine lovers and collectors, such as:
Billecart-Salmon, Bollinger (Cuvée La Grande Année, RD and Vieilles Vignes Françaises), Charles Heidsieck (Blancs des Millénaires), De Venoge (Louis XV), Deutz (William Deutz), Diebolt Vallois (Fleur de Passion), Dom Perignon, Gosset (Celebris), Heidsieck & Co (Diamant Bleu), Henriot, Jacquart, Krug (Clos du Mesnil), Lallier, Laurent Perrier (Alexandra), Moët et Chandon, Mumm (R. Lalou), Nicolas Feuillatte (Palmes d’Or), Perrier-Jouët (La Belle Epoque), Philipponnat (Clos des Goisses), Pol Roger (Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill), Pommery (Cuvée Louise), Roederer (Cristal), Ruinart (Dom Ruinart), Taittinger (Collection et Comtes de Champagne), Veuve-Clicquot (La Grande Dame), Salon et Selosse (Substance, Version Originale…).
Wines of the Rhône Valley
The vineyards of the Rhône Valley enjoy an excellent reputation, such as Châteauneuf-Du-Pape, Cornas, Côte-Rôtie (La Landonne, La Mouline, La Turque), Crozes-Hermitage, Condrieu, Ermitage (Pavillon, L’orée, Le Méal), Hermitage (La Chapelle, Le Gréal) or Saint-Joseph. The Rhone Valley owes its fame to talented winegrowers such as Boisrenard, Chapoutier, Château de Beaucastel (Perrin family), Château Grillet, Château de Fonsalette, Château la Nerthe, Chave, Clape, Cuilleron, Delas, Domaine de la Mordorée, Domaine de la Roquette, Domaine du Colombier, Gangloff, E. Guigal, Jaboulet, Jamet, La Gardine, Ogier, Rayas, Rostaing, Vieux Télégraphe….
Wines of Bourgogne
The fine wines of Bourgogne are always in demand, all appellations included, such as Bâtard-Montrachet, Bienvenue-Bâtard-Montrachet, Bonnes-Mares, Chambertin, Chapelle-Chambertin, Charmes-Chambertin, Clos De La Roche, Clos De Tart, Clos Des Lambrays, Clos Vougeot, Echezeaux, Grands-Echezeaux, La Tâche, Montrachet, Musigny, Pommard, Richebourg, Romanee-Conti, Romanee-Saint-Vivant, Vosne-Romanee (Cros-Parantoux)
The great names of the Bourgogne vineyards continue to be fiercely contested at auction, such as the wines of the following Domaines and Houses: Amiot, l’Arlot, d’Auvenay (Lalou Bize Leroy), Albert Bichot, Bonneau du Martray, Boillot, Bouchard Aîné, Bouchard P&F, Carillon, Bruno Clair, Clos de Tart, Chanson, Château Corton André, Château de la Tour, de Meursault, Coche-Dury, Comte Liger-Belair, Comte de Vogüe, Comtes Lafon, Confuron-Cotetidot, Dauvissat, Drouhin, Dugat Py, Duvernois, Arnaud Ente, Faiveley, William Fèvre, Vincent Girardin, Henri Gouges, Guffens Alain Gras, Jean Grivot, A. F Gros, Robert Groffier, Louis Jadot, Henri Jayer, Jayer-Gilles, François Lamarche, Louis Latour, Leflaive, Lambrays, Laurent, Magnien, Marchand, Matrot, Méo Camuzet, François Mikulski, Misserey, Moillard, Mommessin, Mugnier Michel Noëllat, Géantet Pansiot, Parent, Jacques Prieur, Ponsot, Ramonet, Raveneau, Antonin Rodet, Romanée-Conti, Ropiteau, Roumier, Rousseau, Etienne Sauzet, Jean-Louis Trapet…
The Wines of Bordeaux
The first classified growths and exceptional Châteaux of the Bordeaux vineyards are of course always in great demand. Whether it be Châteaux Angelus, Ausone and Cheval-Blanc in Saint-Emilion; Haut-Brion and La Mission Haut-Brion in Pessac-Léognan; Lafite-Rothschild, Mouton-Rothschild and Latour in Pauillac; Margaux in Margaux; Petrus in Pomerol or D’Yquem in Sauternes.
It should be noted that there is a growing interest in 1st growths, 2nd growths, 3rd growths, 4th growths and 5th growths, white or red, all appellations combined, such as :
Sauternes and Barsac: Climens, Coutet, D’yquem, Filhot, Gilette, Guiraud, Lafaurie-Peyraguey, Rabaud-Promis, Raymond-Lafon, Rieussec, Sigalas-Rabaud, Suduiraut
Haut Médoc and Moulis: Camensac, Cantemerle, Chasse-Spleen, Citran, Clarke, La Lagune, Poujeaux, Potensac, Sociando-Mallet.
Margaux: Bel Air Marquis D’aligre, Boyd-Cantenac, Brane-Cantenac, Cantenac-Brown, D’issan, Du Tertre, Giscours, Kirwan, Labegorce, Malescot-Saint-Exupery, Margaux, Palmer, Paveil De Luze, Prieure-Lichine, Rauzan-Gassies, Siran
Pauillac: Batailley, Carruades De Lafite, Croizet-Bages, Grand Puy Ducasse, Grand Puy-Lacoste, Haut Batailley, Lafite-Rothschild, Latour, Les Forts De Latour, Lynch-Bages, Mouton-Rothschild, Petit-Mouton, Pichon Longueville-Baron, Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse-De-Lalande, Pontet-Canet.
Pessac-Léognan: Bahans Haut-Brion, Carbonnieux, Domaine De Chevalier, Haut Bailly, Haut-Brion, La Louviere, La Mission Haut-Brion, La Tour Haut-Brion, Larrivet Haut-Brion, Latour Martillac, Laville-Haut-Brion, Les Carmes Haut Brion, Malartic-Lagraviere, Pape-Clement, Smith-Haut-Laffite.
Pomerol: Clinet, Gazin, L’evangile, La Conseillante, La Fleur Petrus, La Fleur Pomerol, La Pointe, La Violette, Lafleur-Gazin, Latour A Pomerol, Le Pin, Nenin, Petit-Village, Petrus, Rouget, Trotanoy, Vieux Château Certan.
Saint-Emilion: Angelus, Ausone, Beau-Sejour Becot, Canon-La-Gaffeliere, Canon, Carillon D’angelus, Cheval-Blanc, Corbin, Figeac, Clos Fourtet, Grand Corbin-Despagne, La Dominique, La Gaffeliere, Magdelaine, Pavie-Macquin, Pavie, Soutard, Tertre Roteboeuf, Troplong-Mondot, Trotte Vieille
Saint-Estèphe: Beausejour, Calon-Segur, Cos D’estournel, Lafon-Rochet, Montrose, Phelan-Segur.
Saint-Julien: Beychevelle, Branaire-Ducru, Clos Du Marquis, Ducru-Beaucaillou, Gloria, Lagrange, Leoville-Barton, Leoville-Las-Cases, Leoville-Poyferre, Saint-Pierre, Talbot.
The other French vineyards
France of course has many other exceptional vineyards from which wines of growing interest are made.
The Loire Valley: Nicolas Joly (Coulée de Serrant), Didier Dagueneau (Pouilly-Fumé and the Cuvées Silex, Buisson Renard and Pure Sang), Clos Rougeard (Brézé, Le Bourg, Les Poyeux), Domaine Huet, Vincent Gaudry…
Jura: Jean Macle, Henri Maire, Anne and Jean-Francois Ganevat, Emmanuel Houillon, Domaine de la Pinte, Tissot and the appellations Arbois, Vin Jaune, Château Chalon or Arbois- Pupillin.
Languedoc: Mas Daumas Gassac, Domaine la Bergerie de l’Arcade, La Grange des Pères, Domaine Gauby, Domaine Peyre Rose, La Petite Sibérie (Clos des Fées)…
The South-East and Provence region: Château de Pibarnon, Domaine de Trevallon, Domaine Tempier, Château Simone Palette…
Alsace: Emblematic estates such as Marcel Deiss, Josmeyer, Trimbach, Domaine Weinbach or Zind-Humbrecht and their great vintages (Altenberg de Bergheim, Clos Sainte-Hune, Clos Saint-Urbain Rangen de thann…)…
The Foreign Wines
Abroad, more and more vineyards and winemakers have gained worldwide recognition and are now highly prized.
South Africa (Klein Constantia, Kanonkop, The Sadie Family, De Toren…), Argentina (Catena Zapata, Lurton, Cheval des Andes, Vista Flores… and the Mendoza and Rio Negro regions), Chile (Almaviva, … ), USA (Diamond Creek, Joseph Phelps, Robert Mondavi, Monte Bello Ridge, Opus One, Screaming Eagle, Silver Oak, Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars or Ghost Horse Vineyard from Napa Valley and California), Spain (The Rioja, Ribera del Duera or Toro appellations in particular from Pingus, Dominio Romano, Vega Sicilia Unico… ), Italy (with renowned appellations such as Barolo, Barbaresco, Brunello Di Montalcino, Bolgheri Sassicaia, Langhe (Conteisa, Darmagi, Costa Russi, Sori Tildin, Sori San Lorenzo, Sperss), Tuscany (Masseto, Redigaffi, Solaia) from Antinori, Marco De Bartoli, Castello di Ama, Gaja, Gianfranco Alessandria, Bibi Graetz, Rossi di Medelana, Poliziano, Primo, La Massa, Ruffino Tenuta dell’Ornellaia, Tua Rita, La Spinetta or Roberto Voerzio) and Portugal (especially the old Colheita/Tawny or Vintage Ports (Andresen, Calem, Cockburn’s, Croft, Cruz, Da Silva, Dow’s, Fonseca, Graham’s, Niepoort, Quinta do Noval, Ramos-Pinto, Real Companhia Velha, Rozes, Sandeman, Taylor’s, Warres… ). ).
The Spirits
Finally, the spirits, in particular the old bottles, are particularly coveted by collectors from all over the world. Whether it is Armagnac or Bas-Armagnac (Baron de Sigognac, Château de Laubade, Laberdolive, Gelas, Marquis de Montesquiou, Sempé or Trepout ), Chartreuse (V.E. P, Blanche, Jaune or Verte), Cognac, Grande-Champagne or Fine-Champagne V.O, V.S.O.P or X.O. (Camus, Courvoisier, Delamain, Frapin, Hennessy, Hine, Rémy Martin (Louis XIII), Martel or Otard), Rum (Clément, Dillon, Depaz, Bally, J. M or Saint-James), Whisky Blend or Single Malt (Aberlour Ballantines Balvenie Bushmills Bruichladdich Cadenhead’s Chivas Regal, Hakushu Lagavulin, Kavalan, Nikka Glenfiddich Glenlivet Macallan,Redbreast Hibiki Suntory or Yamazaki), but also Benedictine, Calvados…
All year round we carry out free appraisals of your bottles, magnums, jeroboams, cases and cellars by appointment at Maison TAJAN or at your home. You can also regularly take advantage of our valuation days, in order to meet our department manager or send us your lists for estimation.
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