Bonhams will auction 30 direct-from-estate Domaine Hubert Lignier lots in Paris on Nov. 7

Bonhams said Tuesday that it will hold three live wine auctions in Paris on Nov. 7, led by 30 lots consigned directly from the cellar of Domaine Hubert Lignier and two private collections focused on top Burgundy producers and other European wines.

The sales are scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. at Bonhams’ premises at 6 avenue Hoche in Paris’ 8th arrondissement. The auction house said the full day will center on high-end Burgundy and European wines, with one sale devoted to bottles from Domaine Hubert Lignier, a second to the next installment of a major European cellar, and a third to private collections built around Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and Domaine Leroy.

The direct-from-estate consignment from Domaine Hubert Lignier is the headline feature of the day. Bonhams described that provenance as unusually strong because the bottles come straight from the producer’s cellar rather than passing through merchants or multiple private owners. Amayès Aouli, Bonhams’ global head of wines and spirits, said in a statement that offering wines directly from a domain such as Hubert Lignier is “extremely rare” and reflects current demand from collectors for bottles with the clearest possible history. He said the three sales share the same standard: collections with “impeccable history,” with each bottle inspected by Bonhams’ European team under the direction of Eloïse Rusier.

Hubert Lignier, quoted in the release, tied the sale to the estate’s broader philosophy. “The soil is the source of a great wine’s success, and respecting it is essential to revealing a great terroir,” he said. He added that he was pleased to organize the sale with Bonhams’ specialists and introduce the wines to collectors around the world.

The first auction, starting at 2 p.m., focuses on Domaine Hubert Lignier, a family estate in Morey-Saint-Denis whose Clos de la Roche has long been its flagship wine. Bonhams said the family owns about one hectare in that grand cru, spread across the Monts Luisants and Les Fremières climats, with vines between 60 and 70 years old. The 30 lots from the estate include the first vintage of Clos de la Roche MCMLV, from 2017, estimated at €3,000 to €4,000 for a case of three bottles.

Bonhams said Laurent Lignier created the MCMLV cuvée in 2017 as a tribute to his grandfather Henri. The wine comes only from 27 rows of pinot noir planted in 1955 in Monts Luisants. According to the auction house, those vines later served as the source material for replanting the rest of the estate’s vineyards in the 1960s. Bonhams said the parcel produces small berries with high concentration and that annual output is limited to two or three barrels. The first sale will also include two Clos de la Roche “Trilogies,” covering the 1980s and the 1990s, each estimated at €3,000 to €4,000, as well as a 1978 Charmes-Chambertin estimated at €1,200 to €2,200.

The second auction is set for 3 p.m. and is billed as the second part of “Exceptional wines from a prestigious European cellar.” Bonhams said the group brings together some of Burgundy’s best-known names alongside selected wines from other French and European regions.

Among the top lots in that sale is a magnum of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2005, estimated at €35,000 to €45,000. Bonhams said the bottle comes from what it called one of the strongest Burgundy vintages of the century, in a format that collectors particularly seek. Another major lot is 12 bottles of La Romanée 2006 from Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, estimated at €22,000 to €28,000. Bonhams noted that La Romanée is a monopole of 0.85 hectare with annual production of about 4,000 bottles, and said the 2006 vintage has special importance because it was the first in which Louis-Michel Liger-Belair had full control of both the vineyard and the winemaking after the end of a contract with Bouchard Père & Fils.

The same sale will also feature two bottles of Chevalier-Montrachet 2003 from Domaine d’Auvenay, estimated at €15,000 to €19,000. Bonhams said Domaine d’Auvenay is Lalou Bize-Leroy’s personal estate and that the wine comes from a 0.16-hectare parcel acquired in 1992. The auction house said the 2003 vintage yielded only about 320 bottles. Other highlighted lots include one bottle and two magnums of Champagne Salon 1995, estimated at €3,500 to €4,500, and 12 magnums of Silex 2000 by Didier Dagueneau, estimated at €3,800 to €4,800. Bonhams said Silex was the winemaker’s signature cuvée and was made during his lifetime before his death in 2008.

Another lot in that second sale points beyond France. Bonhams is offering a 9-liter bottle of Gantenbein Pinot Noir 2003, estimated at €2,000 to €2,500. The auction house said Martha and Daniel Gantenbein, based in Fläsch in the Swiss canton of Graubünden since 1982, planted Burgundy clones and work entirely by gravity without pumping or filtration. Bonhams said the estate’s annual production does not exceed 25,000 to 30,000 bottles, making a large-format bottle of that kind unusual.

The third auction, scheduled for 5 p.m., is centered on private collections from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and Domaine Leroy. Bonhams said the Romanée-Conti collection includes assortments spanning the 2006 to 2022 vintages, covering nearly two decades of the estate’s production, and will be complemented by several lots from Domaine Leroy. The release did not provide individual estimates for the third sale’s key lots.

The Nov. 7 event underscores the continued strength of the top end of the fine-wine market, where buyers often place heavy weight on provenance, bottle condition, rarity and direct links to producers. Bonhams has emphasized those points in its presentation of the Paris sales, particularly in the Hubert Lignier offering, which it framed as a chance to buy wines that have remained in the estate’s own cellar until consignment.

Bonhams said its wine department has more than 20 years of experience and stages sales in the United States, London, Hong Kong, Paris and Denmark. The company, founded in 1793, operates across 24 countries and maintains flagship salerooms in London, New York, Paris and Hong Kong.